Developers apply two criteria to the challenge of selecting sites for entertainment-retail centers. First comes an analysis of fundamentals. How many people live in the surrounding region? How much money do they earn? Does the transportation...
Mark Masinter still remembers the phone call. "A friend of mine who was very smart about retail called to tell me about this guy named Steve Gordon who had a four-store chain based in Eureka, Calif.," says Masinter, who admits he was skeptical...
Viva Las Vegas! From gaming to dining to having fun outdoors, there are plenty of things to see and do in Las Vegas. Many of the activities are centered in or around the elaborate hotels-- often sights to see in and of themselves...
Originally established in 1989 as a privately held REIT owning eight centers in Texas, United Investors Realty Trust (NASDAQ: UIRT) went public in March 1998 through an IPO that generated $79 million in new equity capital. Flush with cash from the...
William Morris to represent Hollywood & Highland Apparently everyone and everything needs an agent these days, or so it would seem now that a real estate development has one. The Hollywood & Highland project in Hollywood, Calif., is now...
With today's consumers all but immune to the elaborate visual displays long used to entice them into the shopping environment, retailers are beginning to incorporate into their merchandising tactics a technology that taps into the most visceral...
As tenants become more savvy in analyzing the cost of leasing retail space, they are more and more frequently requesting the ability to audit the landlord's expenses for common area maintenance...
While entertainment retail has been a growing trend for some years now, the "E" word also seems to be entering every other aspect of daily life. So much so that this year's Entertainment Real Estate Forum will focus on the broader topic, "out-of...
The Mid-Atlantic region beckoned retail development during 1998, and developers came with a vengeance. The region was transformed from a habitual under-achiever into one of the hottest retail landscapes in the country...
New Ventures The Mills Corp., Arlington, Va., has entered into a five-year, $750 million capital commitment with the U.S. division of Munich-based Kan Am, a significant unit holder of the REIT and joint venture partner. The commitment will fund...
