Over the next 20 years, the United States will experience tremendous population growth, as an estimated 60 million people are expected to be born or immigrate here. To accommodate this vast influx, cities and communities must take advantage of...
Co-owners Cadillac Fairview and Ivanhoe Cambridge plan to invest $90 million in expanding and renovating Market Mall, a regional shopping center in Calgary, Alberta. The project — which will include the addition of 150,000-square-feet of GLA, an...
Ever since Woody Allen dreamed up a pair of robotic tailors for his 1973 classic, Sleeper, the idea of using technology to create custom-made clothing has been just around the corner. In the 1990s, Levi Strauss and Land's End both invested in body...
It's hard to stroll around New York these days and not trip over the many obstacles lining the sidewalks. That's good news for real estate and retail, because these aren't just barriers blocking one's way, but scaffolding. And each represents...
A half-century ago, architect Victor Gruen introduced America to the enclosed shopping mall. Before Gruen, there were two types of major shopping environments in the United States: the traditional downtowns, and the improvised shopping strips that...
Is the demise of the department store inevitable? Not if England's Selfridges has its way. The department store chain is opening a new outpost in Birmingham in September that is likely to stay around for for a long time — if only because it looks...
When Retail Traffic asked Baltimore-based architecture firm RTKL Associates to imagine the future of the shopping mall, we thought we might get a response that only design aficionados would love. What will usurp neo-traditional styling? Will malls...
A $30 movie ticket gets you better than nachos and a sticky floor at Pacific Theatres' Arclight Hollywood cinema in Los Angeles. The 14-screen complex serves a champagne brunch on Sundays that includes prime rib and grilled shrimp. If you're less...
“People will go in for Cheerios, and come out with a lamp,” says Big Lots spokeswoman Keri Lucas, describing the Columbus, Ohio-based closeout retailer's plans to polish its image as a destination for household items. Two years after Big Lots...
Consider what life and business would be like were there no global standards underlying many common activities. Imagine having to first agree on common e-mail standards before you could send a message to a colleague or trading partner, or still...
