REAL ESTATE

New York City -- Brixmor Property Group announced Tuesday a number of nationally recognized retailers have executed leases or have recently opened in time for the holiday shopping season. The addition of these new stores expands the presence of these tenants across the Brixmor portfolio.

Beachwood, Ohio -- DDR Corp. said Thursday that six new national tenants will occupy former Borders locations in Puerto Rico, New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio and Missouri.

PetSmart's newest Puerto Rico store will be located in the former Borders location at Plaza Escorial, a 636,000-sq.-ft. power center in Carolina, anchored by Walmart, Sam's Club, Home Depot, Old Navy and Caribbean Cinemas. In 2010, DDR introduced PetSmart to Puerto Rico and this store marks the fourth PetSmart location in a DDR center on the island.

Montreal -- A Thursday report in the Montreal Gazette said that Canadian Tire Corp. unveiled a new prototype on Wednesday in Bowmanville, Ontario, east of Toronto.

The new store is 40% larger than a typical in-store automotive department and features a service area with a drive-in reception, a new auto detailing bay and a sound booth for customers to test in-car audio entertainment systems, GPS and car safety electronics.

The test store is one of three opening in Ontario this year.

Virginia Beach, Va. -- Custom apparel company Bobby Macc, LLC, said Wednesday that it has opened a flagship showroom in the Fountain Plaza block of The Town Center of Virginia Beach, Va.  

Grand opening festivities are slated for Nov. 25.

Jericho, N.Y. -- Real estate firm Rochlin Organization said it has established a retail division, to be headed by former CB Richard Ellis senior associate Jim Sansivero.

Sansivero will serve as managing director of the division.
 

Fort Worth, Texas -- Cypress Equities said Tuesday that Bar Louie has signed on as the newest merchant at West 7th, a mixed-use development in Fort Worth, Texas.

The neighborhood-style restaurant will open in 6,503 sq. ft. in winter 2011.

West 7th’s retail and office components are being developed by a Cypress Equities company and the residential component by Columbus Realty Partners.

 

Warsaw, Poland -- Gap opened its debut store in Poland on Thursday to some 200 people waiting in line to shop Central Europe’s first Gap store.

The store, located in Warsaw’s Arkadia mall, was opened by Gap’s Polish franchise partner Ultimate Fashion, which plans to open additional stores in Poland in 2012.
 

Toronto -- A Tuesday report by the Financial Times said that c-store operator 7-Eleven will open as many as 200 new corporate stores in Ontario, between 2012 and 2016, with a major focus on the Greater Toronto area.

The announcement is slated to take place at this week’s International Council of Shopper Centers’ conference in Toronto.

The planned expansion is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and would boost the operator’s Canadian store count by nearly 50%. 7-Eleven currently operates 467 locations in Canada.