“I see young guys that are now chief acquisition officers, and they don't know what a true real estate cycle is and that scares the hell out of me,” stated a lender at the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association's CMBS Investors Conference in...
There was a time in retail real estate when “redevelopment” meant nothing more than slapping on a fresh coat of paint, popping some new skylights into a property and sprucing up the food court, says Billy Lawrence, partner with the San Antonio...
Dallas-based Pizza Patron, which operates 59 stores in Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and California, has begun accepting pesos after noticing that 60 percent of its customers were Hispanic. The move became an unexpected flashpoint given the...
Mills Corp.'s decision to accept a $7.5 billion buyout offer from Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management Inc., including cash and assumption of debt, came as the March 31 deadline to pay back a $1.06 billion mortgage loan from lenders...
Dale and Thomas, sellers of gourmet popcorn, opened seven new stores in the United States. The new locations include Bridgewater Commons, N.J., Quincy Market in Boston, Mass., and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla...
The proliferation of open-air centers has created new challenges in an often overlooked area: specialty leasing. Temporary tenants want exposure in these properties, but putting carts outdoors creates problems for both owners and retailers that...
During the holiday season the ads were inescapable and the content a bit befuddling. There was Staples, not just hawking its office wares, but imploring people to come in for all their “holiday shopping needs,” including digital cameras...
Retailers need look no further than themselves to blame for their dismal sales this past holiday season, according to a survey from Deloitte & Touche USA...
