A "magical" event is in store for the 37th annual Outlet Retail Convention scheduled for Aug. 31 through Sept. 2 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, Calif...

Panning for gold may have been an exciting experience for early settlers, but in modern times looking for jewelry can be a challenging task. With a flood of jewelers on the market, customers demanding high-quality jewelry can get confused about...

When Eckerd drugstores found itself with surplus real estate on its hands, Excess Space Disposition Inc. - based in Lake Success, N.Y. - provided a resolution to the problem...

MAJOR TENANT HAPPENINGS McLean, Va. - L.L. Bean, an outdoor gear and apparel retailer, is expanding its retail store presence to Tysons Corner Center in McLean. The 75,000 sq. ft. store will be designed to complement the company's mail-order...

The Home Company - Fine Furniture Direct is one of several new stores that have surfaced in the outlet sector. The upscale furniture and accessories retailer opened its first 65,000 sq. ft. outlet store in May at the Prime Outlet Center in San...

North Florida * Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Stiles Corp. recently broke ground on two Publix-anchored shopping centers in Jacksonville. Both are joint ventures with locally based Hallmark Partners, which will handle leasing and property management...

The Latin influence pulsates through virtually every facet of life in Miami, from the nightclubs to the business district. The local government's mission statement, for example, seeks in part to establish Miami-Dade County as "the global financial...

When a multi-level center opens, the public races in and heads right for the escalators, says Steve Rivers, construction manager for Hardin Construction Group Inc., Atlanta, the contractors for Mall of Georgia...

In developing Metreon, an entertainment complex that opened June 16 in downtown San Francisco, Sony Development, a division of Sony Corp. of America, wanted to create a project that would be like nothing else yet produced. Further blurring the...

NEW VENTURES The Atlanta-based retail operation of Jones Lang LaSalle and San Diego-based Corti-Gilchrist Partnership LLC have formed a strategic alliance combining the retail capabilities of each firm to pursue business development opportunities...