It's official, the mega-REITs rule in retail. Of the Top 10 retail property owners for 2003, only one — No. 10, Benderson Development — is privately held. Inland Real Estate Corp. — which grew the most by adding 50 million square feet — is a...

Marshall Field's flagship store on State Street in Chicago is more than 150 years old, but a recent redesign and renovation have given the revered retailer a fresh new face. Field's owner, Target Corp., teamed its in-house design team with...

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Taubman Centers promoted David Weinert, 12-year vice president of leasing for its western region, to senior vice-president, heading up the company's entire leasing department. Weinert started out as a broker at...

CBL & Associates isn't wasting time reinvesting proceeds from the $387 million it's making from its venture with Galileo America REIT, the U.S. affiliate of Australia's Galileo America Shopping Trust. CBL paid $225 million for Volusia Mall in...

Art Coppola, CEO of The Macerich Co., has expressed a desire to recapture the Mervyn's space in his company's portfolio, saying he sees upside potential in re-tenanting, redeveloping or expanding those boxes. Macerich has 9 percent of its square...

Capital Lease Funding joined the ongoing flurry of IPOs last month. The 10-year-old New York-based finance company is now a REIT listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LSE. Caplease aims to raise $184 million from the equities...

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Paul Harnett is breathing easier. The birth of his new baby, the Shops at Columbus Circle in Manhattan's opulent Time Warner Center, is finally over, along with the glittering grand-opening festivities and the frantic last-minute efforts to finish...

The public/private consolidation continues. Today, Developers Diversified Realty announced it is buying Benderson Development Company's 18.8 million-square-foot portfolio of shopping centers for $2.3 billion. The transaction, which represents an 8...