Walking through Vestar Development's four-year-old Desert Ridge Marketplace I was struck by how a project of this size — 1.2 million square feet — could consistently convey the impression of intimacy. The massive 190-acre complex contains the...

A growing number of retail projects could be put on hold in 2006 as the price of construction materials continues to rise as much as, or more than 2005, according to the Associated General Contractors of America...

Shea Properties, the commercial development and investment arm of the J.F. Shea Co., hired Colm Macken as its new president and CEO. Macken was president and COO of Forest City Enterprises' West Coast Commercial Group. Macken will replace W...

According to Torto Wheaton Research, retail ranks third in returns looking ahead 10 years. Retail ranks ahead of industrial and multi-housing, but behind office and hotel...