Today's centers become focal points for social interaction ...

Californians have had front-row seats in the recent travails of the U.S. economy: Their skyrocketing energy bills turned the state into a poster child for the national energy crisis, and the disappearing act of start-ups in Silicon Valley came to...

New generation of mixed-use ...

I was dismayed this summer when I took a short hiatus to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for some rest, relaxation and of course shopping, only to find out that Waccamaw was all but closed. I've shopped there for well over 10 years...