A year ago I would have said, “Shop online? Not with my credit card!” I admit, I don't think of online buying often, but when I wanted to send flowers to my hubby for our anniversary (15 years!), I decided to give it a try...

Last year, retail industry leaders detected a potential crack in traditional lease structures that combine fixed and percentage rents. In interviews with more than 100 developers, bankers, brokers and investors, Lend Lease Real Estate Investments...

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Mall of America Maureen Hooley Bausch has been promoted to vice president of business development for Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. Bausch has been with Mall of America, the United States' largest enclosed mall, since 1990, most recently...

Houston – Locally based Weingarten Realty Investors has sold the 136,000-sq.-ft. Bellwood Shopping Center in Houston. Mark Witcher of WRI and George Cushing of Grubb & Ellis handled the transaction for Weingarten Realty. James Lee of Gulf...

St. Louis – Locally based May Department Stores Co. is buying nine department store locations from Birmingham, Ala.-based Saks Inc., paying $309 million for the stores and inventory...

Atlanta – Locally based Jones Lang LaSalle has been awarded the leasing and management for Worcester Common Outlets in Worcester, Mass. by the shopping center’s owner, Times Square Real Estate Investors. Jones Lang LaSalle will begin leasing the...

Houston – Locally based Weingarten Realty Investors recently acquired Colonial Plaza Marketcenter in Orlando, Fla. The 480,000-sq.-ft. community center was purchased for $54 million from Atlanta-based Cousins Properties Inc...

Addison, Texas – Locally based Coyote Management LP named Larry Cocks as general manager of Sarasota Square Mall in Sarasota, Fla., which was acquired by Coyote December 1, 2000. The 896,000-sq.-ft. regional center is anchored by Burdines, Dillard...