CoStar Group Inc., one of the main providers of commercial real estate data in the office and industrial sectors, in January embarked on a major expansion into the retail industry. The company plans to build its database to 270,000 properties by...

Chicago-based General Growth Properties may have thrown its last stone in attempting to stop Caruso Affiliated, a private retail developer in Southern California, from building a new open-air lifestyle center adjacent to General Growth's Galleria...

It didn't take long for the pending, $11.8 billion Kmart/Sears merger to spawn a sequel. As the numbers rolled in from the lackluster holiday shopping season — results that again showed significant market share losses for old-line department...

Forget Sotheby's. Costco Online is the new in site for fine art. In January it auctioned a crayon-on-paper drawing of a face signed by Picasso and authenticated by his daughter, Maya, for $39,999.99. Art dealer Jim Tutwiler, who sold the drawing...