With retailers facing flagging sales growth in their core businesses, many are turning to an unlikely place to increase revenues: in-store health clinics...

Chris Stephens joined Florida Retail Development, LLC as Director of Retail Acquisitions. Stephens has nearly 15 years experience in site selection and commercial real estate. Chris will be acquiring 1- to 5-acre highway commercial sites for...

CREC and Greenstreet Real Estate Partners formed a new joint venture that will focus on acquiring land that is in the path of future development. The venture is the latest to join the “land banking” trend in Florida, where the pace of growth is...

McDonald's Corp. in July entered into a partnership with Wanda Group to open drive-through-equipped locations in shopping malls and strip centers in China. The two firms will open 120 units during the next two years. McDonald's in June signed a...

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The biggest question emerging from July's one-two punch of Centro Properties Group's proposed buy of Heritage Property Investment Trust and Kimco Realty Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Pan Pacific Retail Properties Inc., for a combined $7.2...

Gap Inc., which had been planning to list its common stock with NYSE Arca Inc. — formerly the Pacific Exchange — decided against the move. Instead, its stock will remain solely on the New York Stock Exchange. The company felt that having dual...

When people move into a new community, they exhibit unique buying patterns, but are a frequently untapped audience for local businesses, according to a new study conducted by Moving Targets. On average, new residents enter a period of ...

Airport retail has been a growing sector since 2001. Because of heightened security, travelers have to show up at the airport earlier and have more time to peruse in-terminal retail options. That success is now inspiring developers at Dallas/Fort...