Follow the STAR
Jan 1, 2004, Curt Hazlett
Downtown Wichita's Arkansas River isn't much of a tourist attraction, but wait three or four years. If all goes as planned, the blighted waterfront will...
ALL IN THE FAMILY
Jan 1, 2004, By Curt Hazlett
Nicholas Pritzker had nothing but brains and energy when he came to America from Kiev in 1881 as a ten-year-old. More than a century later, his heirs...
Playing the Money Game in the Safety Zone
Jan 1, 2004, By Patricia Kirk
Will Rogers once advised: Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff. Stock market casualties are finally heeding this good advice, switching their...
TAUBMAN'S POST-WAR STRATEGY
Dec 1, 2003, Brannon Boswell
The takeover battle of the year ended with the Taubman family victorious. But how did shareholders fare? CEO Robert Taubman insists that they won, too,...
Taubman's opportunistic sale
Sep 3, 2003
To help shoulder its expensive takeover fight, Taubman Centers is capitalizing on sky-high mall prices to sell Biltmore Fashion Park in Phoenix for $158.5...
Rouse: Portfolio Pruning
Aug 1, 2003
As department stores continue to lose market share, mall owners are purging weaker-performing assets from their portfolios, a strategy The Rouse Co. has...
The Creed of Speed
Jul 1, 2003, By Curt Hazlett
It's easier to win a recording contract on American Idol than it is to get a good deal on a shopping center these days — if you're buying, that is. Institutional...
OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY
Jul 1, 2003, By Steve Bergsman
It's a veritable love-in between lenders and owners of retail real estate these days. While banks and institutions are tightening lending criteria to...
Will A White Knight Save Taubman?
May 12, 2003, —staff & wire reports
Could The Rouse Co. step in and save Taubman Centers from the jaws of Simon Property Group? A recent court ruling makes the possibility as viable as any...
Franchise Finesse
May 1, 2003, By Robert Simpson with Richard DiChiara Jr.
How can a young franchise company secure Class A retail space in competitive real estate markets? As the new kid on the block with an unproven track record,...
