Pedestrian appeal It is a rare honor when a strip center receives a beautification award from the community it serves. Such is the case at Trinity Commons, a recently renovated strip center in Fort Worth, Texas. In the category of New or Renovated...

Stepping off a wintry New York City street into the inviting confines of Maui Tacos, patrons are instantly transported to a tropical paradise. Island music fills the interior, which bears a striking resemblance to a surfer shack. On one side, a...

Talking with teens is perhaps the fastest way to get a handle on Generation Y. To that end, Shopping Center World facilitated a roundtable discussion with Seventeen magazine's Teen Advisory Board. The "virtual" chat, conducted via e-mail, centered...

The explosion of e-commerce and the globalization of products and services represent enormous challenges in retail. E-commerce offers unlimited choice and access so extreme that furniture showrooms now exist in cyberspace and cars are bought sight...

Comfort zone When a retailer demands a store design that will not only sell, but also teach and touch the customer, comfort becomes a commodity. Rockport did just that when planning its prototype store on West Broadway in New York. In the category...

Nanoq may be the Nordic word for polar bear, but in retail terms, it has quickly become synonymous with successful brand imaging for Reykjavik's Kringlan Mall. Many believe Nanoq, the only store of its kind in Iceland, is largely responsible for...

CB Richard Ellis Los Angeles 5 Points Plaza, Huntington Beach, Calif.: Fast Frame; The Fragrance Shop; Shoe Pavilion...

The next few years will be a turning point for Fiesta Mall in Mesa, Ariz. Two decades ago, Fiesta Mall was the first suburban regional shopping center built in the growing southeast Phoenix market. The mall's owner, an affiliate of Boston-based...

Architects John Field and David Paoli didn't know it at the time, but the solution they proposed to remaking the 1950s-vintage Stanford Shopping Center at Palo Alto, Calif., in 1974 would become their professional signature...

Angler bait Jimmy Buffett might have written a song about Dania, Fla.'s Islamorada Fish Co. & Marlin Bar. An enlarged format based on a long-standing Florida Keys fresh fish market, the restaurant is an anchor component to Bass Pro Shops...