In a sector where suffering has become the norm, mid-tier department store chain J.C. Penney Co. Inc. is excelling. The company in April unveiled an ambitious $1 billion plan to renovate 250 stores and roll out 170 new ones over the next four...
We've all driven past them. The retail building with tall rooflines that could house dozens of apartments-if it weren't as fake as a Spaghetti Western. In the words of Bialosky + Partners Architects, however, Crocker Park “is not a disguised...
With 10,000 square feet distributed over only two floors, the newly expanded New York Coach flagship (see Japan store p. S 10) could have felt like a warehouse. To battle the bargain-basement sensibility, Eight Inc. and Coach Architecture Group...
Bain Capital Partners LLC completed its $2.1 billion buyout of Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. after stockholders in the retailer approved the merger. The deal takes Burlington Coat Factory and its 367 stores private. Bain previously has...
The rapidly-growing Steven & Barry's sporting apparel chain is delving into new territory. The company reached a licensing agreement with General Mills, to print clothes bearing characters representing various General Mills products, such as...
Demand for single-tenant net-leased retail assets will remain strong among investors through 2006, but the market is expected to experience some noticeable shifts. After declining rapidly over the past few years, cap rates in the higher end of the...
There's little that unites the kitchens made by Snaidero. The Italian company works with many designers, and the results rarely resemble one another. For a new Los Angeles showroom, Snaidero found a building that offered plenty of room, but little...
