SADI 2010 - Hill Center Credits

Mar 23, 2011

Hill Center is a 290,000-square-foot mixed-use lifestyle center containing retail, dining and office facilities in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Tenn. Opened in 2009 on the site of a former parking lot, the RTKL Associates Inc...

Busted Housing Markets See Highest Rates of Retail CMBS Delinquencies

Mar 22, 2011

Although delinquencies on loans contained in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) seem to rise with each passing month, not all property types, loan vintages and markets are going through the same experience...

Sperry Van Ness Secures $100M in Equity for Sale/Leaseback Acquisitions

Mar 21, 2011

Sperry Van Ness secured $100 million in private equity cash for purchases of sale/leaseback portfolios. The equity came from three family-owned private funds and a non-traded REIT, with each party contributing $25 million...

Simon Opens its Second Outlet Center in South Korea, Appoints New President of U.S. Mall Platform

Mar 18, 2011

Simon Property Group and Shinsegae opened Paju Premium Outlets, Simon’s second outlet center in South Korea. Paju Premium Outlets contains 328,000 square feet of GLA and features 160 stores, including Armani, Coach, Elie Tahari and Marc Jacobs...

Auto Service Provider Uses the Downturn to Improve its Image

Mar 17, 2011

While recent years have been a challenging time for many retailers, others have turned it into a window of opportunity. Among the latter crowd is Express Oil Change, a Birmingham, Ala.-based auto service provider...

An Up and Coming Spa Chain Diversifies its Real Estate Strategy

Mar 17, 2011

These days, when a retailer tweaks its real estate strategy, the decision likely is the result of endless hours spent on site selection studies and grueling strategy meetings of its executive board...

SADI 2010 – Peeps and Company

Mar 16, 2011

SADI 2010 - Peeps & Company Credits

Mar 16, 2011

Seeking to elevate the awareness of its brands, Just Born Inc., hired RTKL to create a new retail flagship for its line of candy products including Peeps, Mike And Ike, Hot Tamales, Teenee Beanee and Peanut Chews. The resulting design is a fully...

Hiring is Up in Retail Real Estate, but Growth Remains Tepid

Mar 16, 2011

If you’ve been thinking about changing jobs in the retail real estate industry, it may be time to dust off that resume. During the depths of the recession, many retail real estate firms downsized, with particularly heavy tolls on project managem...

IPD Index Shows Impressive Returns on U.S. Commercial Real Estate

Mar 15, 2011

IPD, a firm that tracks the commercial real estate performance and maintains several industry indexes, revealed that the commercial real estate funds it tracked posted a 14.2 percent return in 2010 making it the third strongest year in the 11...