The buzzword in the business world today is efficiency. People are trying to squeeze additional time and money from every possible source. Some shopping center managers are tapping into a wealth of such savings by replacing multiple contractors...

Business travelers and tourists visiting the Las Vegas Hilton can have a sweet trip to the candy shop without leaving their hotel. Candymania, a retail store located off the hotel lobby, was designed to satisfy the sweet tooth in people of all...

New York-based RD Capital Inc. has acquired Columbia, S.C.-based Mark Centers Trust. The resulting UPREIT has been renamed Acadia Realty Trust and is headquartered in New York. Ross Dworman, president and CEO of RD Capital, has been named chairman...

The very concept of mall retailing has been under fire for the past few years. Too many stores and too many malls make it difficult, if not impossible, to find good locations for new centers, analysts say. All malls look alike in terms of both...

Insurance issues are like casualty and condemnation: When they come up in lease negotiations, they are often left to the lawyers to handle. But insurance issues can be complicated, and many lawyersrely on their clients' insurance advisers to be...

Newport Beach, Calif.-based PLC Entertainment has selected Irvine, Calif.-based Snyder Langston, a real estate development and construction services firm, to provide preconstruction services, construction/ program management and general...

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The Macerich Co., Santa Monica, Calif., has acquired The Village of Corte Madera in Corte Madera, Calif., while one of its subsidiaries is acquiring Carmel Plaza in Carmel, Calif. The combined purchase price of the two centers is $165.5 million...

A close look at virtually every retail sector throughout the Midwest shows the same thing - growth and more growth. Retailer expansion ranging from home repair to movie theaters is driving much of the activity in the Midwest. In Iowa, grocery...

Ferguson, Mo. - Grand opening festivities recently were held in Ferguson for The Crossings at Halls Ferry, a $29 million redevelopment project of St. Louis-based Walpert Properties Inc. Tenants at the new, 277,000 sq. ft. center include Home Depot...