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May 15, 2013
Safeway stockholders approve BOD recommendations

Preliminary results from the Safeway annual stockholder’s meeting show that a majority of stockholders followed board of directors recommendations in electing each of the eight directors with a majority of at least 73%.

April 25, 2013
SRS Real Estate, Cresa create lease admin company

SRS Real Estate Partners and Cresa announced an agreement to form a new company to perform lease administration services for retail, office and industrial clients.

December 3, 2012
Brixmor announces multiple leases with Ross Dress for Less

Brixmor Property Group announced four lease executions with Ross Dress for Less across the Brixmor portfolio.

November 27, 2012
Focus on: Shopping Center Management

If there is one booming business inside the shopping center industry, it’s that of third-party management. 

Shopping center management — whether you’re talking operational control, marketing programs and strategies, or leasing — is growing by leaps and bounds, as owners find alternative ways to fill the coffers when new construction is at a standstill.

September 24, 2012
Books-A-Million leases former Borders location

Metro Commercial Real Estate announced that Books-A-Million has signed a lease for a 30,077-sq.-ft. former Borders located at 101 Geoffrey Drive in Christiana (Wilmington), Del.

August 15, 2012
Focus on: Landlord/Tenant Partnerships

Last June, two organizations — Retail Industry Leaders Association and International Council of Shopping Centers — co-sponsored a sustainability initiative that ultimately would set the bar for landlord/tenant partnerships.

The last 14 months haven’t been without bumps. Forging positive, mutually beneficial programs that involve cooperation from shopping center owners and their retail tenants has long been one of this industry’s greatest — and most frustrating — challenges.

April 19, 2012
Divaris completes leases for 
over 80,000 sq. ft.

Divaris Real Estate Inc. announced the following lease transactions were completed for several retail tenants:

November 29, 2011
The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Employee, Family and Medical Leave Administration

By Julie S. Lucht, Perkins Coie LLP

November 21, 2011
Blakeney announces new leases, expansions

CNL Crosland Commercial Real Estate announced two new tenant signings and an expansion for an existing retailer at Blakeney, a retail shopping center in south Charlotte, N.C.

October 20, 2011
Brixmor announces lineup of openings and lease executions

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.

October 10, 2011
You Can’t Avoid FASB Changes Forever

By Andy Thomas, president and COO, Virtual Premise, Inc.

September 23, 2011
Crossman negotiates three new long-term leases

Crossman & Co. said Friday it has negotiated three lease agreements totaling 4,955 sq. ft. at shopping centers in Largo and Marco Island, Fla.

April 13, 2011
Lease accounting changes will impact retail and restaurant industries

By Dwayne Shackelford, principal, Huntley, Mullaney, Spargo & Sullivan, Inc.

April 4, 2011
Lease exit strategy subleases

Sandra Gold Slon, real estate partner, TroyGould

March 1, 2011
High rent, wrong use?

Some highly unusual tenant mixes have been popping up everywhere in the retail market over the past couple of years.

February 23, 2011
Regency Centers names leasing agent in Baltimore and New England markets

cksonville, Fla.-based Regency Centers said it has named Jack deVilliers as leasing agent in Baltimore, Maryland and the New England area.

February 16, 2011
Survey: Only 7% of companies are well prepared to comply with new leasing standards

Only 7% of executives believe their companies are extremely or very prepared to comply with new lease accounting standards proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), according to a recent Deloitte survey.

February 2, 2011
Must retail delivery drivers be employees?

Buried in the details of recent settlements between FedEx Ground (“FedEx”) and various state attorneys general is a foreboding philosophical bias that delivery drivers, working either directly or indirectly for FedEx, must be employed by someone.

December 1, 2010
Focus on: Smart Growth 
Chains, big and small, plot growth with caution

Eighteen months ago, the word in retail was contraction. Talk of expansion was mostly shelved, pending some kind of palpable turnaround in the economy.


November 17, 2010
Calling All FASB Comments

In the November issue of Chain Store Age (page 28), leasing specialist Bill Bosco discussed what is being called the biggest threat to retailers’ earnings: the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) proposed new rules for lease accounting.

November 3, 2010
FASB: The Biggest Threat to Retailers’ Earnings

Is the economy the biggest threat to earnings of U.S. retailers? I think that a bigger threat may just be a proposed lease accounting rule change.

October 31, 2010
FASB: The Biggest Threat to Retailers’ Earnings

Is the economy the biggest threat to earnings of U.S. retailers? I think that...

October 18, 2010
Absence management remains a top workforce management priority in CyberShift survey

According to results of the latest survey from CyberShift, a global provider of workforce management...

October 14, 2010
Park Tower Group announces retail lease renewals

Park Tower Group said Thursday that three high-end retailers have renewed their leases at 535...

October 12, 2010
Lucernex partners with Fell to expand lease admin services

Real estate solution-provider Lucernex Technologies said Tuesday it has partnered with Fell Lease Administration LLC,...

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