Management Office
Management: Site Optimizer
Incubator Programs Allow Landords to Nurture Future Tenants
Apr 14, 2010 2:59 PM
In the face of limited demand from national chains, many retail landlords are helping develop fledgling retail concepts....
Five Guys Tops List of Fastest Growing Chains
Apr 14, 2010 2:54 PM
Five Guys Famous Burger and Fries is planning to more than triple in size in the next 24 months....
Management: Brokers
Brokers Predict Slight Uptick in Sales of Retail Property
Jan 5, 2010 1:03 PM
The last three months of 2009, brought an uptick in new sales and hope that 2010 might prove to be a marginal improvement. ...
Chicago’s Block 37 Receivership Sits in Limbo
Dec 21, 2009 2:19 PM
The handover of Block 37 to its appointed receiver continues to be delayed....
Management: Buyers Guide
Guide to Retail Real Estate Products & Services 2007
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
PROFILE Cooley Sign & Awning Products Cooley Sign & Awning Products 50 Esten AvenuePawtucket, RI 02860 Phone: 401.724.9000, 800.992.0072 Fax: 401.726.8799...
SiteScapes Inc.
Jun 1, 2006 3:15 PM
Management: Case Study
Federal Realty’s prudent strategies serve it well in a tough period.
May 4, 2010 10:55 AM, Mike Janssen
Federal Realty Investment Trust weathered the downturn primarily by sticking with tried-and-true principles of its 42-year history. ...
SA VA Comes to Life Thanks to Philly Financing
Mar 26, 2010 10:34 AM
An entrepreneur in downtown Philadelphia cobbled together an innovative financing package to enable a novel retail concept to get off the ground....
Management: Editor's Letter
Clash of the Titans
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic
The last 30 days have provided some remarkable theater. It's not often that you get to see the two largest companies in an industry publicly trade barbs....
Making Adjustments
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic
Retail real estate survived the most trying year in its history. But there's still plenty to worry about. There will be no return to business as usual...
Management: Experts
Thompson Sees Opportunity to Invest in Retail Real Estate
Dec 11, 2009 3:17 PM, David Bodamer
This summer, Thompson launched TNP Strategic Retail Trust Inc. The non-traded REIT is aimed at investing in neighborhood multi-tenant grocery-anchored shopping centers and free standing single-tenant retail properties, primarily in the Western United States. It will also offer mortgage, mezzanine, bridge and other loans related to commercial real estate....
Political Savvy
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Getting new projects built today requires more than a good vision and a nifty design. People overwhelmingly oppose any new development in their neighborhoods....
Management: Leasing
Federal Realty’s prudent strategies serve it well in a tough period.
May 4, 2010 10:55 AM, Mike Janssen
Federal Realty Investment Trust weathered the downturn primarily by sticking with tried-and-true principles of its 42-year history. ...
Some Retail Landlords Take an Inteventionist Approach and Incubate New Tenants
Apr 27, 2010 2:05 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Incubating has become a popular tactic in a market that’s been ravaged by store closings and bankruptcies....
Management: People
What Drives David Simon
Mar 18, 2010 12:31 PM, Denise Kalette
David Simon doesn't like to take no for an answer. The chairman and CEO of Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group didn't grow his company into the nation's largest public real estate firm by being a shrinking violet....
New Year Brings New Leadership at Retail Real Estate Firms Enacting Succession Plans
Jan 13, 2010 11:22 AM
The beginning of the new decade brings with it a changing of the guard at a few of the most prominent retail real estate firms in the United States, including Developers Diversified Realty Corp., CBL & Associates Properties Inc. and the Cafaro Co....
Management: Property Management
Some Retail Landlords Take an Inteventionist Approach and Incubate New Tenants
Apr 27, 2010 2:05 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Incubating has become a popular tactic in a market that’s been ravaged by store closings and bankruptcies....
The Mall of America Takes on the Great Recession
Mar 2, 2010 2:07 PM
It might come as a shock to many mall owners who spent 2009 struggling to reconcile their budgets, but it turned out to be a pretty good year for the Mall of America. ...
Management: Security
Robo-Mall Cop
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Japanese researchers in Tokyo have devised a robotic mall cop, a two-foot-high security guard on wheels...
Learning from a Retail Tragedy
Feb 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Bodamer
On Black Friday, Jdimytai Damour, a temporary worker at Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y., was crushed by a crowd of an estimated 2,000 shoppers during...
Management: Technology
Property Capsule Takes Leasing Presentations into the Modern Era
Apr 14, 2010 2:47 PM
Digital leasing presentations are replacing bulky plans....
Data Provider Geoscape Develops Niche Analyzing Ethnic Shoppers
Mar 26, 2010 10:27 AM
Geoscape has built a name for itself among retailers and consumer product manufacturers by paying close attention to a growing and often misunderstood consumer segment—ethnic shoppers....
Management: Green
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. ...
Johnson Controls Helps Retailers Cut Costs, But Warns Firms Not to Neglect Necessary Maintenance (8/19)
Aug 19, 2009 2:15 PM, by Lauren Shepherd
Looking to cut costs? You’re not alone. Milwaukee, Wis.-based Johnson Controls Inc. is working with retailers to manage portfolios and provides a range of services, including finding and building new locations, renewing leases and managing maintenance projects...
Turning Up the Heat on Utilities (3/19)
Mar 19, 2009 12:07 PM, By Riccardo A. Davis
Electricity and water are coming under increased pressure for reductions in costs, and usage...
