When West Coast REIT Pan Pacific Retail Properties Inc. agreed to be acquired by Kimco Realty Corp. for $70 per share earlier this summer, analysts were surprised by seemingly low valuation, which they said did not reflect the company’s high...

Drug store operator Rite Aid’s $3.4 billion proposed acquisition of 337 Brooks and 1,521 Eckerd stores is a bold bid to catch industry leaders CVS and Walgreen’s—and that could be good news for net lease investors...

For the first few years of Kendra Hinderland's career in commercial real estate, she was a bit of an oddity — a woman in a man's world. When she sat down at the table to negotiate leases for her retail clients, more often than not...

Good design should be able to create the desired character for a site without busting the budget, and this has never been as important to the retail industry as it is today...

The holiday shopping season seems to get longer every year, but London department store Harrods took that to all new heights. The store had Santa and fake snow at its store a full 20 weeks before Christmas to mark the opening of its “Christmas...

Equity One Inc. has grown to become a safe, reliable REIT in its eight years as a public company through a straightforward strategy of looking for portfolio deals in its core markets, especially in and around Florida. But faced with an increase in...

In July, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled against the seizure of three private properties in the Cincinnati suburb of Norwood to allow for the creation of the Rookwood Exchange, a mixed-use project. The decision echoed the rulings of 28 other state...

The Mortons, the family behind Morton's Steakhouse, the Hard Rock Cafe and Pink Taco Restaurant made a whopping $3 million-a-year bid for naming rights to the Arizona Cardinals for the naming rights to its new stadium, which is slated to open in...

Location alone is no longer the key to retail success. Today's consumers expect a unique shopping experience — a synergy of convenience, diversity and value that complements and enriches their lifestyles...

MulvannyG2 Architecture puts considerable experience, energy, and brainpower into answering important questions such as: What makes people gravitate to a certain place? What prompts them to turn in here versus there — then stay for lunch, walk...