Most shopping center tenants don't want competing stores at a center, and if forced to accept them, do not want them to be successful. On the other hand, tenants know that successful stores draw customers to a center...
TPOs TPO technology was first brought to the roofing industry in the mid-1980s as an alternative to the most popular single-ply materials: EPDM and PVC. The TPO product combines the best elements of both rubber and plastic membranes. The result is...
Creating a successful landscape requires more than just a green thumb, especially in the inhospitable environment of today's shopping center. Retail landscaping must endure extreme temperatures, small and poorly-drained planting areas, and...
CB Richard Ellis Michael W. Moser has been promoted to senior vice president with Los Angeles-based CB Richard Ellis Retail Services. Since joining the company in 1987, Moser has closed more than 600 transactions and negotiated the sale or lease...
Kmart Corp.'s national energy manager John Sulek is not ashamed to ask for help, especially when it comes to monitoring the incredible amount of energy consumed each day by the discount empire's 2,100 U.S. stores. When the Troy, Mich.-based...
Retail signage has come a long way. Once used merely to provide basic information, it is now considered by many industry leaders to be an integral part of the retail environment. It is playing a growing role in creating the unique image and...
Roofing options "Built-up roofing systems were prevalent in the 1970s, but the method got a black eye because of quality-control issues relating to application of the asphalt," says Brad Burdic, national manager of the preferred accounts group for...
Heavy briefcases stuffed with computer printouts used to be part of a leasing agent's uniform. But these days, deal-makers at Chicago-based General Growth Properties carry little more than a cell phone and a hand-held computer. Dialing into a...
