Grocery-anchored centers, long considered recession-proof investments, are proving fatally vulnerable as Wal-Mart and Target roll out their “supercenter” concepts. When the discount retailers come to town selling food, existing grocery stores feel...
Do real men shop at lifetyle centers? Galyan's Trading Company Inc. thinks they do. In fact, the Plainfield, Ind.-based sporting goods chain is beefing up its presence in lifestyle centers. This year's expansion plans include four lifestyle...
Where is retail real estate headed in 2003? The biggest factor in the equation, of course, is the overall health of the economy. As 2002 drew to a close, rising unemployment, the possibility of war on Iraq and lackluster consumer and business...
If you haven't dealt with a tenant rep — as a renter or as a landlord — you may soon. At a time when filling shopping centers and other retail real estate is becoming a more complicated task, tenant reps are facilitating more and more deals...
Would you bet $1.2 billion to develop 56 acres in a city of 17,000 where the median household income is $23,000 and only 58 percent of the residents are employed? Probably not — unless, of course, that downtrodden burg had as its eastern border a...
Fells Landing's parking deck plays hide and seek with drivers. Wrapped by 34 condominiums, the deck preserves the Baltimore streetscape. The $101 million mixed-use complex, developed by Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse and H&S Properties...