While the deregulation of electricity may not be the panacea commercial users had hoped, energy experts say there are other strategies retailers and shopping center owners can adopt immediately to take charge of their energy costs...
As shopping center developers and owners know full well, operating a consistently successful center depends on their ability to attract and maintain highly recognizable, credit-worthy anchor tenants...
RTKL ASSOCIATES INC. IRIVINE SPECTRUM CENTER, PHASE II * Irvine, Calif. Also in the category of New Entertainment/Themed Centers, the Los Angeles office of Baltimore-based RTKL Associates Inc. was awarded the 1999 SADI for its design of Phase II...
FOR MORE THAN 75 YEARS, Country Club Plaza has been at the heart of Kansas City, Mo. Even when new suburban malls beckoned, shoppers remained loyal to the open-air shopping center located five miles south of downtown...
Many shopping center owners have portfolios that consist mostly of bricks and mortar. While these investments often provide a significant return, such illiquid assets can become a real burden when the shopping center owner dies...
CALLISON ARCHITECTURE INC. SCOTTSDALE FASHION SQUARE * Scottsdale, Ariz. In the category of New Enclosed Centers (multi-level), Callison Architecture Inc., Seattle, was awarded the 1999 SADI for its design of Scottsdale Fashion Square in...
In the 1950s, a Chattanooga, Tenn., firm founded by Moses Lebovitz was developing drive-ins and movie theaters in and around the city. But in a story worthy of the silver screen, fate was about to intervene and change the company, Independent...
A few years ago, the chairman and several other top executives from The Mills Corp. were flying into Atlanta. They noticed an old steel manufacturing plant in Midtown, just north of downtown, and agreed it would make a good retail site. It was...
Supermarket chains have exhibited a voracious appetite lately. Over the past two years, giants such as Safeway, Al- bertson's and Kroger have been spending millions to acquire smaller chains and expand their geographic reach. These same grocers...