The Atlanta office of Valley Crest, a Calabasas, Calif.-based landscape and site development company, has been awarded a $3 million landscape and irrigation contract by Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. for the Mall of Georgia at MillZ...
The pace at which events unfold in the financial markets can be dizzying at times. Indeed, in Shopping Center World's ranking of top retail lenders for 1998, Nomura Capital held the No. 2 position, behind Lehman Brothers, with nearly $3 billion in...
Gary J. Skoien saw the handwriting on the mall, so to speak. As CEO of the newly launched Horizon Group Properties (HGP), Skoien knew strategic changes were needed to rescue a portfolio of 13 outlet centers, which by his own account were "weaker...
Specialty retailers sell everything from aromatherapy to yo-yos, and their stores range from pushcarts to temporary in-line locations. But these merchants do have one thing in common: they are a big hit with shopping centers...
Baltimore - In a period of less than two weeks, Baltimore-based Prime Retail announced plans to develop three new outlet centers: two in New Jersey and one in California...
Retail is a highly competitive marketplace where store owners battle competition from the Internet, mail-order companies and other retail stores down the street. Retailers are discovering that one of their most valuable tools is dramatic and fun...
Clearly there is a trend toward untraditional means of shopping. The mail order industry is on a steady rise, and Internet shopping continues to draw more retailers and consumers. As new media technologies become more prevalent, retailers are...
Next month, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett and Ian McKellen will shuffle down the red carpet as nominees into the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the 71st annual Academy Awards presentation. For those celebrities - especially Hanks and...
Consolidation makes its mark on industry's leading owners. Consolidation continues to characterize today's retail industry. "The easiest way to grow is to acquire others' real estate in existing properties," says Norman W. Peters, senior vice...
