In 1999, the City of New Haven pulled the plug on a proposal to build a megamall in the city's Long Wharf waterfront district. “The city wanted the mall,” says leasing agent Lou Proto, founder of the Proto Group, “but Westfield, which owns all the...

Federated Department Stores is deep-sixing its Macy's stores in the Deep South, in the face of Macy's losing battle for brand loyalty against regional sister chain Rich's. The Cincinnati-based conglomerate is closing its eight Macy's stores in...

Asbury Partners has provided a sneak peak of portions of the master plan for redeveloping Asbury Park, N.J., as a retail and entertainment destination (see New Life for a Legendary Seaside City, SCW, January). Highlights of renderings submitted to...

The busiest sales weekend of February disappeared under piles of snow. The winter storm that blanketed the East Coast on President's Day weekend 2003 shut down major cities and drove sales down nearly $422 million at stores in the Northeast during...