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May 17, 2013
Bloomingdale’s to make Hawaiian debut

Bloomingdale’s plans to open a 167,000-sq.-ft., three-level store at the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu in fall 2015.

May 15, 2013
Conference Call

For the first time in quite some time, attendees at the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Spring Convention in Las Vegas (RECon) might be hoping that what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas.

May 14, 2013
South Carolina shopping development launches new website

Shelter Cove Towne Centre, in Hilton Head Island, has launched a new website, Sheltercovetownecentre.com, designed to reflect the center's approach to relaxation and rejuvenation.

May 13, 2013
Dillard’s to anchor Fremaux Town Center second phase

Dillard’s will anchor the fashion-oriented Phase II of Fremaux Town Center in Slidell, La., according to co-developers CBL & Associates Properties, based in Chattanooga, Tenn., and Stirling Properties out of Covington, La.

May 13, 2013
Marcus & Millichap names retail director

Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services said it has named Craig M. Fuller director of the firm’s National Retail Group and Net Leased Properties Group in Cleveland.

May 13, 2013
Soma Intimates, Londons to open at Spotsylvania Towne Centre

Two new merchants will soon be joining the retail lineup at Spotsylvania Towne Centre in Fredericksburg, Va., according to Cafaro Co., based in Youngstown, Ohio.

May 9, 2013
Report: Costco gets OK to open store in Baton Rouge

Officials in Baton Rouge have approved more than $7 million in incentives to bring a Costco store to the Louisiana city, the Associated Press reported.

May 8, 2013
Golfsmith expansion continues with new store in Ohio

Golfsmith International, is opening a store Beavercreek, Ohio, with a grand opening celebration on May 10-May 12.

May 7, 2013
Just What Madison Ordered

Madison, Ala., city officials didn't want just any development for its last available commercial tract, a 28-acre property along a major thoroughfare. They wanted to bring in retailers currently unavailable in the area.

They approached Target and Brentwood, Tenn.-based GBT Realty Corp., a developer known for its Target-anchored developments.

"Madison told us they wanted Target," explained George B. Tomlin, president and CEO of GBT Realty. "If you help us, they said, we'll participate financially in the development of the property."

May 7, 2013
That's Entertainment

Entertainment retail isn't what it used to be. Today, it really is entertaining.

Take Delray Marketplace in Delray Beach, Fla., a 258,000-sq.-ft. Main Street development filled with entertainment offerings, restaurants and retailers that give you something fun to do and something fun to buy.

"Our goal was to create an entertainment, dining and shopping experience," said Jason Samreny, VP leasing with Indianapolis-based Kite Realty Group Trust, the project's developer.

May 7, 2013
Von Maur's March

Von Maur got its start like many of its department store peers: An immigrant with an American dream opened a downtown store, customers came, they shopped, the brand took hold and took off.

In the case of the midwestern upscale department store banner Von Maur, the dreamer was German immigrant J.H.C. Petersen, who opened a downtown storefront in Davenport, Iowa, in 1872. He and his sons grew the business and sold it nearly a half-century later to a partnership that included two Austrian brothers — C.J. and Cable von Maur, whose family gained full ownership by 1937.

May 6, 2013
Divaris completes 50,000-plus sq. ft. in leases in Virginia

Divaris Real Estate has announced the completion of several leases for retail space in Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Richmond, Va.

May 6, 2013
idX to acquire Impressions Marketing Group

idX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of consumer environments, has signed an agreement to acquire Impressions Marketing Group, Lorton, Va., a graphics, custom fixture and décor business.

May 6, 2013
Rue21, Jared to open at El Paso retail centers

Dallas-based Venture Commercial Real Estate said it has negotiated leases for two retailers entering or expanding in the El Paso, Texas, market.

May 1, 2013
Getting Creative

Sometimes, to meet consumer demand you have to get creative. That’s what developer Centergy Retail, LLC, Dallas, did in the conceptualization of a hybrid power-lifestyle center in the heart of El Paso, Texas.

May 1, 2013
Golfsmith enters South Carolina

Golfsmith International is opening its first South Carolina store, in the state capital of Columbia, with a grand opening celebration on May 3 to May 5.

April 30, 2013
Dick’s Wings location opens in Florida

American Restaurant Concepts is opening a new Dick’s Wings restaurant in Jacksonville, Fla.

April 29, 2013
Jersey Mike’s to open at Mansfield Crossing

Irving, Texas-based WindStar Properties said that Jersey Mike’s Subs will open a new restaurant at Mansfield Crossing Shopping Center, located in Mansfield, Texas.

April 25, 2013
At Home on Hilton Head Island

Residents of tony Hilton Head Island, S.C., are getting the one thing they don’t currently have: a Kroger Marketplace, situated in the sprawling 42-acre mixed-use project under development by Kroger Real Estate and Blanchard & Calhoun Commercial.

April 25, 2013
Cabela’s announces plans for two new locations

Cabela’s Inc. announced plans to open two new locations, with one in Tualatin, Ore., and the other in the north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, area.

April 25, 2013
Douglas Development acquired mixed-use building

Douglas Development announced that it has purchased a new mixed-use property in Chinatown DC.

April 25, 2013
Jones Lang LaSalle expands retail expertise in Midwest

Jones Lang LaSalle said that Rebecca Wells has been named EVP in the company’s Indianapolis office, part of its Capital Markets arm.

April 25, 2013
Max-Wellness to open new Mini-Max store format

Max-Wellness will debut its new format, Mini-Max, in Moorings Park, a premier upscale retirement community in Naples, Fla.

April 25, 2013
Orvis to open at Village at Leesburg

Cypress Equities said that Orvis will open a new store at the 1.2 million-sq.-ft. Village at Leesburg mixed-use project in Leesburg, Va.

April 25, 2013
SoulCycle to open at Rye Ridge Shopping Center

The Charter Realty Group said that it has arranged its second transaction on behalf of SoulCycle for a 2,350-sq.-ft. space at Rye Ridge Shopping Center, located in Rye Brook, N.Y.

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