Location: Austin, Texas
Developer: Simon Property Group, Inc.
Size: 600,000 sq. ft.
Ground-breaking: June 2008
Completion: November 2009
Buzz: Phase II of the 54-acre mixed-use project will feature 600,000 sq. ft. of retail, 75,000 sq. ft. o...
Having commanded a dominant position within many of the minor markets in the United States, Coldwell Banker Commercial is trying to position itself as a player in the big leagues...
The consumer's unwavering demand for necessities drove shopping center REITs into positive territory while miserly purchases of discretionary items such as apparel cut into earnings among mall REITs during the first quarter.
Nine of the 13 shopp...
Macy's Inc. extended its existing pact with toy retailer FAO Schwarz. The expanded deal will bring FAO-branded toy boutiques to 685 Macy's stores in the U.S. that currently carry children's clothing. (Macy's operates 812 locations overall.) The...
A number of new concepts, both domestic and international, will begin to dot the U.S. retail landscape as a result of retailers' precarious expansion plans. A prevailing theme common among them is that their new concepts will focus on the in-store...
Blockbuster will bring new in-store kiosks into some of its stores that enable lightning-quick downloads of movies. This is an example of the kind of strategies retailers are looking into to take advantage of space they may already control but no...
The downturn in the commercial real estate sector is beginning to hit retail properties in secondary markets, with the New York Times reporting on May 7 that the Lightstone Group, a Lakewood, N.J.-based real estate owner, is nearing credit...
It's been a rocky nine months with the credit crunch having deep impacts on investment and development and pressures on consumers cutting into retail sales. Yet industry executives at last month's ICSC's RECon remained optimistic about the sector...
