Curbing the Mall Drive-Thru
Sep 1, 2007, By Riccardo A. Davis
In the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers, one of the most famous scenes is an over-the-top car chase in which Dan Aykroyd and James Belushi, on the run from...
Shifting Tides Shopping by the Seashore
Jul 18, 2007
With summer temperatures heating up, tis the season for vacationers to head to the seashores. The throngs of sun worshippers can be gold for developers – particularly developers of outlet malls – as shopping for bargains has become as much a part of the season as searching for seashells....
Taking on Goliath
Jul 1, 2007, By Elaine Misonzhnik
When executives at Paul Hemmer Companies, a Fort Mitchell, Ky.-based construction and real estate firm servicing Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee,...
Here Comes The Sun
Jul 1, 2007, By John Egan
Several major retailers are taking advantage of a California program and going solar...
More or Less
Jun 1, 2007, By Patricia L. Kirk
Escalating retail property values and falling cap rates have put pressure on owners and developers to make money on operations, which in turn is pressuring third-party property managers to squeeze every dime out of centers they oversee....
Bankrupt Space
Jun 1, 2007, By Elaine Misonzhnik
When Kmart, then the second largest discount retailer in the country, filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2002, many shopping center owners were taken aback....
The Mall Coming To A Theater Near You
May 1, 2007, By Mike Janssen
The West Edmonton Mall is ready for its close-up. The 5.3-million-square-foot mall in Alberta, Canada, billed as the greatest indoor show on Earth, entertains 100,000 shoppers daily with jugglers, musicians and performing sea lions...
Malls' Drive for Tourists
Apr 1, 2007, By Mike Janssen
Shoppers no longer travel across town to go to the mall, increasingly they are being lured across state lines and even continents. ...
A New Scope
Apr 1, 2007, Jennifer Popovec
In an effort to capture new business within the open-air retail sector, Jones Lang LaSalle Retail has created a dedicated Open-Air Division and hired three veteran executives to lead the initiative. ...
Mall Shooting Spree Raises Security Questions
Feb 14, 2007
In perhaps the deadliest incident ever at a U.S. mall, six people were killed Monday at Trolley Square, a 239,000-square-foot mall in Salt Lake City ...
