Retail landlords tell us things are getting better where leasing is concerned, with rent concession requests drying up and more tenants approaching the subject of expansion. But new numbers from Reis Inc., a New York-based research firm, show it's...
The National Retail Federation's Stores Magazine has just released its list of Top 100 Retailers for 2010. The list doesn't have too many surprises for retail industry insiders. While the accompanying story notes that brick and mortar chains...
Things have been quiet on the General Growth front since the hearing in early May during which the court approved the Brookfield backed recapitalization plan and then Simon Property Group withdrew from its pursuit. ...
June is just about other and it's becoming increasingly clear that the consumer has run out of steam. After a nice run earlier in the year, retail sales have begun to soften in recent months and figures so far in June make it look like same-store...
It looks like the industry can breathe a sigh of relief as the fears about a rise in the rate of taxation of carried interest will not come to fruition. ...
The Street has a short video of one of the insane lines for the iPhone 4 in New York City. Incredible.
Meanwhile there's a slideshow at showing lines from cities around the country.
Five years ago, the Supreme Court in an extremely controversial decision ruled in the Kelo v. City of New London case that the law of eminent domain could apply in condemning private property for economic development. ...
The latest numbers from the Moodys/REAL Commercial Property Price Index (CPPI) show that prices continue to move sideways and that a bottom in pricing seems to have formed. ...
CB Richard Ellis' Chicago office put out a new report, Retail Anchor Report- Spring 2010, that provides an illustrative look at the mindset of big-box tenants. The findings are just for Chicago, but I think they do give us a glimpse as to what...
