When retail landlords started to get an increasing number of rent reduction requests at the beginning of this year, many in the industry took the trend as a bad omen. It meant retailers were struggling to keep afloat, it meant rental rates...
A lot of information emerged on Microsoft's brick-and-mortar stores in the past month. Gizmodo had a huge gallery of images previewing Microsoft's stores...
(This is the second of a two-part look at mall marketing efforts. Part one, which looked at what marketing managers are doing inside properties, can be viewed here. This feature examines how companies are embracing social networking and other...
At a time when retail landlords are struggling with record vacancies, a novel sales strategy employed by some tenants is helping them fill the gaps and earn some additional rental income. Pop-up stores, which allow a retailer to sign a temporary...
Average retail cap rates increased 55 basis points in the 2nd quarter of 2009 to 8.12 percent, based on CBRE’s Valuation & Advisory Services (VAS) database. The 55 basis point gain is the largest quarterly increase the company has ever measured...
Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) closed on $265 million in capital raised through previously announced debt and equity offerings. The company sold $150 million in 5.95 percent senior unsecured notes and $115 million in common shares...
Regional mall REITs appeared to end the second quarter on a high note, with at least three firms outperforming consensus analyst estimates by a range of $0.03 per share to $0.08 per share. The sector is not out of the woods just yet, however...
REITs have staged a multi month rally and now total returns are nearly in positive territory for the year. As of March 31, total returns on the FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index were down 31.87 percent. By the end of July, however, the index had...
