“Always saddle your own horse,” says Pam Minick, taking me on a tour of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Forth Worth, Tex. Minick, an inductee herself for her team roping and barrel racing championships, offers practical advice for...
While the INDY 500 might have put Indianapolis on the map, its high-gear economy is what is driving this Midwestern city, situated at the Crossroads of America, toward recognition as a World Class City...
In the “Retail Face Off: Technological Warfare” story on page 14 of the February issue, the cost to relocate a Circuit City store was reported incorrectly. The correct amount is $1.8 million per store.
Twenty-three percent of U.S. malls compete directly with lifestyle centers, according to Friedman Billings Ramsey research. The firm expects that figure to reach 30 percent by 2006. Taubman Centers and The Rouse Co. are the two mall REITs most...
Forty years after the United States began its infatuation with indoor shopping malls, India, with a population of more than 1 billion, is going through its first wave of serious mall construction...
Just a few weeks after paying Toys R Us more than $197 million for 124 Kids R Us stores, Office Depot sold 20 of the stores to Petco for $45 million plus lease obligations. These acquisitions will let Petco enter new markets such as South Florida...
After four years of false starts and close calls, this February Steve Hopkins finally found the partner he needed to fuel a new growth period at his Newport Beach, Calif.-based development company. Founded in 1973, Hopkins Real Estate Group...
CB Richard Ellis has developed a flair for the dramatic. Only seven months after shaking up the commercial real estate industry with its acquisition of Insignia/ESG, the Los Angeles based brokerage firm caused a stir in February when it announced...
After 31 years in the business and 5 million square feet of GLA developed, Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hopkins Real Estate Group is ready to become less of a boutique and more of a major player, competing with the mega-REITs for acquisitions and...
