In the Arizona desert near the Mexican border, an experiment is under way. Hispanic Retail Group (HRG), a company formed by Forest City Enterprises, The Legaspi Co. and Streetscape Equities, is spending $12 million to renovate and reposition the...
With retail real estate assets in the U.S. fully-priced, more investors are looking overseas in search of bigger returns. They've been emboldened having witnessed the early successes of REITs like Simon Property Group, Taubman Centers Inc. and...
New Plan Excel Realty Trust Inc. faced an expensive challenge a few years back when an anchor, Builders Square, went dark at its Washtenaw Fountain Plaza neighborhood center in Ypsilanti, Mich. Soon, smaller inline tenants fled the 136,000-square...
As thousands of shopping center industry executives get ready for another year at the International Conference of Shopping Center's Spring Convention in Las Vegas, they should expect to have plenty of discussions about the growing trend toward...
When Link REIT went public in November, investors across the globe clamored to get a piece of Hong Kong's first property trust and the world's largest REIT offering...
It's no surprise that Paris Hilton, Anna Nicole Smith and Donald Trump, while all having a high overall “ad awareness,” mostly draw negative responses, says market research firm NPD Group. So better choose a more beloved spokesman like those to...
Open-air centers sound like the perfect antidote to sterile, enclosed malls. As long as the weather cooperates, that is. In an extremely close vote, General Growth Properties' Shops at La Cantera won this year's Grand SADI award, thanks in part to...
If you like lids, then head to East Fourth Street in Greenwich Village. That's where New Era: New York, the first flagship of baseball-cap maker New Era, opens in May. New Era is the official manufacturer and marketer of Major League Baseball's...
Every day is casual Friday at Irvine Spectrum Center where, in April, Jeany opened its doors. Jeany, founded by Californian Sia Salek, claims to be the only store that focuses solely on jeans, denim jackets and chambray shirts, and the largest...
History comes full circle: Marco Polo went to China in 1271. Today a Las Vegas resort simulates the canals of his hometown Venice. And in 2007 Las Vegas Sands Corp. will have Venetian gondoliers in China...
