The 2007 ICSC Spring Convention will go down as the year sustainable design went mainstream. Dozens of developers were talking of their first significant steps towards adopting green techniques in upcoming projects. And the sense of excitement...
As the real estate industry's focus shifts away from traditional single-use properties to mixed-use projects, department stores are having a hard time adjusting to their loss of power, according to Sheldon Halpern, an attorney with Pircher...
Legacy Capital Partners, a small private equity firm based in Lyndhurst, Ohio, is happy to stand out from the financial crowd. While many real estate funds routinely raise $500 million or more of equity to acquire properties, Legacy Capital...
With competition for established retailers more intense, the Macerich Company has launched a new program called Mac 50 to improve communication and feedback between Macerich and 50 of its biggest tenants on what the retailers are looking for in a...
One of the single-biggest reasons behind the continued strength of retail real estate has been that despite a series of shocks to the system--wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the housing, exploding gas prices, deadly hurricanes, and on and on...
Much of the talk on the floor during Day 1 of the ICSC Spring Convention revolved around the larger than ever Leasing Mall that now contains 2 million square feet and spreads exhibitors across three halls rather than two. That extra 500,000 square...
Recognizing that ethnic shopping centers provide a highly attractive investment opportunity, Prudential Real Estate Investors has entered into a joint venture with Pacific Castle to acquire retail properties in the western U.S. Known as PIM...
