Under constant pressure to stay ahead of the competition and demonstrate long-term growth potential, big-box retailers are always looking for opportunities to expand into or within markets. As markets become saturated and retail expansion slows...

Just as the theory of evolution operates in nature, it also applies to retail design: only the fittest survive...

A HIGHLY REGARDED PROTOTYPE for the suburban shopping center when it opened in 1956, Old Orchard center outside of ...

LMN ARCHITECTS REDMOND TOWN CENTER * Redmond, Wash. In the category of New Open Centers, LMN Architects, Seattle, was awarded the 1999 SADI for its design of Redmond Town Center in Redmond, Wash...

Simple documents often provide easy opportunities to make big mistakes. Lease amendments, particularly those dealing with extension of the term and expansion of the premises, are good examples...

If you're ever in Cincinnati and see a car with plates reading "PLACES," you're likely to find John Boorn inside. Boorn, chairman and chief executive of Madison Marquette, is also the driving force behind the Cincinnati-based company's tagline...

With pottery studios and ceramic art increasing in popularity, retail centers are searching for different types of entertainment options to keep shoppers coming back...

Having trouble reading this sentence? Never fear, help is on the way. Husband and wife team Henry and Suzanne Robinson are coming to the rescue of millions of aging baby boomers as well as young computer-users with their Reading Glass Express...

I've got a pretty tough act to follow. I'm surrounded in home and office by stacks of books and periodicals - Progressive Architecture, Architectural Record, Abitare. Throw in a few Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhaas monograms, and you've...

FIELD PAOLI ARCHITECTS DRAEGER'S MARKETPLACE * San Mateo, Calif. In the category of New Specialty Stores (over 5,000 sq. ft.), Field Paoli Architects, San Francisco, received an Honorable Mention for its design of Draeger's Marketplace in San...