Design Collective is a 105-person, multidisciplinary design firm with offices in Baltimore, Durham, N.C., and Scottsdale, Ariz. We offer a unique set of qualifications. We have solidified our reputation as an exceptional design firm that provides...

Q: How is the slowdown in the retail sector, such as the increased number of store closings and reduction in some firms' expansion plans, affecting the design of retail projects...

Los Angeles-based developer Urban Partners LLC, in a joint venture with New York-based investor Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, broke ground in July on University Gateway, a new transit-oriented development that will bring a mix of retail and...

Communication Arts Inc.'s design of the Galleria at Tokyo Midtown helps renew and re-image a downtown area, incorporates open space into a tight, multilevel site and includes design elements that the community embraced. The four-story, 500-foot...

Working internationally on some of the highest profile mixed-use projects in the world has demonstrated to us that a great project has clarity of vision and captures people's attention and imagination. This commitment to a singular vision...

Architecture 6400's design — helped push through by Stiles Corp.'s heavy involvement — is notable for achieving a very polished look on a modest $30 million budget. The project, which could very easily have been a run-of-the-mill center with a...

Mall owners often talk about the importance of ancillary income — finding ways to generate extra revenue at existing properties. But this probably isn't exactly what they have in mind. Drug Enforcement Agency agents found more than 200 marijuana...

In Defense of Shopping Centers ...

As retail real estate developers pull back on the construction of new shopping centers throughout the United States, development professionals are suddenly finding themselves on the street. At the same time, professionals with any kind of leasing...