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The ChainLinks name has been familiar for two decades in the shopping center industry. But last year, significant changes took place behind-the-scenes at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. The nonprofit referral...
As consumers clamor for convenience, national drug chains are building freestanding stores on high-profile corners across the country. They say such locations offer important advantages over shopping centers - namely...
Expanding from one neighborhood pizzeria in 1963, to a chain of 143 restaurants in the late 1990s, Donatos Pizza faced steady growth. But the Columbus, Ohio-based chain was small fries compared to burger giant...
When Paul Fleming, a Ruth's Chris Steak House franchisee, couldn't find Chinese food to his liking in his hometown of Phoenix, he decided to start his own restaurant. For help, Fleming turned to the operator of his...
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, modern retail centers have been created from the sites of parking lots, a Navy hospital, even a former car factory. Architects, whose challenge is to create urban centers that are...
Two decades after the first enclosed outlet mall opened in 1980, the industry has matured without wavering from its original mission: providing manufacturers a venue for surplus stock and offering consumers a good...
As the century draws to a close, REITs find themselves at a crossroads. With acquisition opportunities drying up and stock prices remaining relatively flat - particularly in the retail sector - some REITs are having...
It's been a quantum leap from back-of-the-envelope calculations to integrated software programs that can instantaneously crunch a number of variables and come up with a shopping center's value five years from now...
Fountains featuring sculptures of kids playing, a courthouse square, custom-cast metal and wood benches, old-time street lamps and uniquely designed storefronts punctuated by historic billboards and toddlers riding in...
FOR MORE THAN 75 YEARS, Country Club Plaza has been at the heart of Kansas City, Mo. Even when new suburban malls beckoned, shoppers remained loyal to the open-air shopping center located five miles south of downtown...
