October 1, 2009
Oct 01, 2009
Swelling Enrollment Turns Schools into Welcome Retail Tenants in the Southeast
Swelling Enrollment Turns Schools into Welcome Retail Tenants in the Southeast
Sep 29, 2009
It’s not just kids who are going back to school this fall. With the unemployment rate spiking, adults have increasingly returned to the classroom to make the most of downtime and to acquire marketable skills, increasing their chances of getting b...
Financial Health Key to Pier 1 Imports’ Longevity
Sep 29, 2009
In this time of uncertainty, when many retailers are still trying to figure out strategies for long-term survival, home furnishings seller Pier 1 Imports is an unlikely source of inspiration. Even before the recession, many analysts and industry...
How Middle-Market Retailers Have Responded to the Downturn: Discounting, Renegotiations
How Middle-Market Retailers Have Responded to the Downturn: Discounting, Renegotiations
Sep 28, 2009
It's no big secret that 2009 has been an incredibly rough year for the retail sector marked by sharp drops in retail sales figures, closings, bankruptcies and even a handful of liquidations. To get a grasp of how this climate has affected middle...
Taubman Takes Writedowns on The Pier and Regency Square
Sep 25, 2009
Taubman Centers Inc. (NYSE: TCO) this week announced the write down of the book values of 282,000-square-foot The Pier Shops at Caesars in Atlantic City, N.J., and the 820,000-square-foot Regency Square in Richmond, Va. The writedowns will result...
Savvy Retailers Snatch Leases Out of Other Chains’ Bankruptcies
Sep 23, 2009
(Each month, Site Optimizer discusses industry trends—most importantly, leasing issues—with experts in the retail real estate industry in our Tenant's Perspective interviews.) ...
Walgreens Slows Down To Boost Profits
Sep 23, 2009
After years of strong growth, Deerfield, Ill.-based drugstore chain Walgreen Co. is slowing down in a bid to boost profits and reinvest its capital into its current store portfolio. In a big shift, new CEO Greg Wasson announced late last year that...
SITEOPS Helps Developers Cut Construction Costs
Sep 23, 2009
While the retail real estate market still has a long way to go before the word “recovery” can be uttered, there are signs of a thaw on the development front. The CoStar Group, a Bethesda, Md.-based research firm, reports that developers will add...
Retailers Look to Fill Vacancies in Chicago’s Loop and Affluent Shopping Districts
Retailers Look to Fill Vacancies in Chicago’s Loop and Affluent Shopping Districts
Sep 22, 2009
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New IRS Regulations Might Contain CMBS Defaults, but Won't End the Commercial Real Estate Crisis
Sep 22, 2009
As property owners holding commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) funded loans have attempted to address financing concerns over the past 12 months, many have complained of the impossibility of getting special servicers on the phone...
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