The sprawling greenery of Palm Desert, Calif., grows in contrast to its bordering desert mountains. As one of the fastest growing cities in the state, Palm Desert is nearly an oasis unto itself, burgeoning into a popular resort getaway for those...
The retail design industry is a comparatively new one. While fixture manufacturers and window dressers have been around for over a hundred years, the formalized practice of retail store design is a fairly recent offshoot of its sister industries ...
Insignia/ESG Inc. Frederick J. Meno has been named executive director of the Retail Mall Services Group, a newly formed operating unit of Insignia/ESG Inc., New York. Operating from the Dallas office, Meno will be responsible for retail mall new...
When the Krausz Cos. of south San Francisco bought Puente Hills Mall in 1996, the property was in deep trouble. Originally developed by the Hahn Co., the property had gone into default while Hahn was in bankruptcy. According to Matt Lituchy...
Whoever thought a trip to the local mall could turn into an African safari, a cruise to the Caribbean or a stroll through the streets of Paris? With a new concept called Samsonite World of Travel, Warren, R.I.-based Samsonite Corp. entices...
Fort Worth, Texas-based Westwood Contractors Inc. has announced its intent to merge the construction group employees of Arlington, Texas-based PDMS Inc. into Westwood. The merger will allow PDMS to concentrate on the growth of its architectural/...
In 1997, after Cleveland-based KeyBank opened new real estate lending offices in six major metropolitan areas, haunting questions came back to George E. Emmons Jr., who was orchestrating the national expansion of the bank's commercial real estate...
With three concepts under way in the United States, Pembroke Pines, Fla.-based Claire's Stores Inc. recently surpassed the 2,000 mark in its number of stores...
If you are looking for equity, now may not be the best time to do it. "It's low on the priority list right now. (Capital sources) want regular loans first because it's their bread and butter," says Jeff Johnson, executive vice president of Kansas...
A typical lease contains many deadlines. Each party to the lease should attempt to anticipate the consequences in case the other party fails to meet its deadlines. If the deadlines are important and the probable consequences can be mutually agreed...
