The nation's top architectural firms report that urban development and miced-use projects have joined the strengthening trends of streetfront, Main Street-style shopping and open-air spaces in the design of shopping centers today. As a result of...
Movers and shakers in the region's retail industry will have much to talk about when they meet in September at the Philadelphia Convention Center for this year's PA/NJ/DE Idea Exchange. The two-day annual event, taking place Sept. 23-24, is...
The theme of this year's ICSC Western Division Conference, "Retail Developments: Different Places & Different Spaces," highlights three topics - large-scale reuse developments, making old downtowns new, and retail in the resort setting...
In retail shopping environments, security comes largely from people protecting people. More and more, however, security tools back up security people...
Whether it's goading ardent football fans to act foolish, feeding macaroni to giant goldfish or solociting chefs to a cook-off, marketing experts at shopping centers recognize thata coordinating successful mall events takes a savvy combination of...
Across the nation, shopping center owners and national retailers are implementing environmental design strategies. Increasing numbers of building owners and mall managers are finding that sustainable, or green, design is a cost-effective and...
Navigating one's way through the parking lot of a grocery-anchored shopping center requires an Olympic effort these days. The combination of vehicular traffic, pedestrians and shopping carts makes it an obstacle course that tests a motorist's...
When people think of Georgia, certain images come to mind, like peaches, Southern plantations and Scarlett O'Hara. But there is more to Georgia than even Scarlett could have imagined...
NEW VENTURES Lat Purser & Associates Inc., a Charlotte, N.C.-based full-service commercial real estate firm, has created a new commercial real estate services division - LPA Real Estate Advisors - to assist investors in acquiring and managing...
