It's hard to stroll around New York these days and not trip over the many obstacles lining the sidewalks. That's good news for real estate and retail, because these aren't just barriers blocking one's way, but scaffolding. And each represents...

A half-century ago, architect Victor Gruen introduced America to the enclosed shopping mall. Before Gruen, there were two types of major shopping environments in the United States: the traditional downtowns, and the improvised shopping strips that...

Is the demise of the department store inevitable? Not if England's Selfridges has its way. The department store chain is opening a new outpost in Birmingham in September that is likely to stay around for for a long time — if only because it looks...

When Retail Traffic asked Baltimore-based architecture firm RTKL Associates to imagine the future of the shopping mall, we thought we might get a response that only design aficionados would love. What will usurp neo-traditional styling? Will malls...