DESIGN
Design: Analysis
Famed Architect Ronald Altoon Shares Lessons Learned on Resolving Distressed Assets
Nov 9, 2010 9:04 AM, By David Bodamer
Architects can play a vital role in assessing troubled situations and help turn properties around...
‘Misguided’ Tenant Mix Sinks Retail Lifestyle Center in Queens
Oct 12, 2010 11:03 AM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Given the magnitude of this real estate downtown, it’s easy to forget that not every retail center that ends up in distress is a victim of bad timing. ...
Design: Architecture
SADI Award Categories | Retail Traffic Magazine
Apr 30, 2010 3:00 PM
Your entry should fall within one of the following award categories: Retail Centers New Enclosed Center Includes regional and super-regional malls ranging...
Mall of the Future
Feb 2, 2010 3:16 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
What a shopping trip might look like a decade from now. ...
Retail Traffic Design Gallery
SADI 2010 – Peeps and Company
Mar 16, 2011 11:34 AM
Seeking to elevate the awareness of its brands, Just Born Inc., hired RTKL to create a new retail flagship for its line of candy products including Peeps, Mike And Ike, Hot Tamales, Teenee Beanee and Peanut Chews. The resulting design is a fully-customized and branded retail environment that communicates each product’s uniqueness while still positioning them under a central Peeps and Company identity....
SADI 2010 - First Financial Bank
Mar 4, 2011 12:17 PM
As part of a holistic effort to consolidate from seven bank brands to one, First Financial Bank wanted a banking experience based upon personal relationships and personal service that would ultimately create ongoing relationships based upon trust and great advice. First Financial Bank also wanted to break the mold of the traditional transactional banking retail and incorporate sales based banking. ...
SADI 2010 – Chi-nnati’s
Feb 15, 2011 12:24 PM
New Fast/Casual Dining
The Chi-nnatis concept was conceived by one brother from Cincinnati and one from Chicago, both of whom love pizza and the art of sharing. The design transformed an existing Mexican restaurant into a new hip pizza parlor. The new scheme opens the view into the restaurant and creates an architectural beacon for the brand. The finished concept is warm and inviting, yet still feels urban and modern....
SADI 2010 – Burger King / Whopper Bar
Feb 8, 2011 3:06 PM
With Burger King’s Whopper Bar, the goal was to extend and energize the main brand with a new concept focused on the Whopper. Whopper Bars emphasize Burger King’s “Have it your way” brand promise by offering guests a customizable, indulgent Whopper-based menu and expanded drink offering. The concept is smaller than a traditional Burger King, opening up new real estate opportunities for the firm and it creates a hip, sophisticated environment that also adds emphasis to the core brand attitude....
Design: SADI
SADI Award Categories | Retail Traffic Magazine
Apr 30, 2010 3:00 PM
Your entry should fall within one of the following award categories: Retail Centers New Enclosed Center Includes regional and super-regional malls ranging...
Countryside Marketplace Photo Gallery
Feb 18, 2010 12:13 PM
Countryside Marketplace Photo Gallery...
Design: Trends
Showcase Your Green Investment with Green Chic Design
Apr 14, 2010 2:41 PM, By Kenneth Gruskin, NREI contributing columnist
Retrofitting properties for energy efficiency or greater sustainability can be mean business for retail property owners. ...
Mall Owners Are Giving Food Courts and Common Areas a Facelift.
Jan 14, 2010 5:02 PM, By Mike Janssen
Designers of today’s food courts and other common areas at regional malls draw inspiration from other spheres such as spas, hotels and lively cityscapes—and notably not the food courts of yesteryear. ...
Design: Green
Destiny USA’s Green Vision
Nov 14, 2011 10:07 AM, By Susan Piperato, Managing Editor
The Pyramid Cos. has big green ambitions for Destiny USA....
IKEA Expects Long-Term Savings from Rooftop Solar Rollout
Jul 11, 2011 11:51 AM, By Matt Hudgins, NREI Contributing Writer
IKEA is pursuing a massive clean-energy program with the installation of solar panels on at least 20 of its 44 U.S. locations...








