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June 18, 2013
BJ's Warehouse opens 200th store

BJ's Membership Club said it has opened its 200th club, located in Fayetteville, N.C.

June 18, 2013
Englewood Construction builds Chicago area’s first Ports 1961

Englewood Construction announced its retail group has begun work on the Chicago market’s first Ports 1961, a luxury apparel retailer, in Rosemont, Ill.

June 18, 2013
Johnny Rockets acquired by Sun Capital

Johnny Rockets has been acquired by an affiliate of private-equity group Sun Capital Partners Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

June 18, 2013
Regency Centers breaks ground at Juanita Tate Marketplace

Regency Centers Corp. has broken ground on Juanita Tate Marketplace, a $21 million grocery-anchored shopping center in underserved South Central Los Angeles.

June 18, 2013
Sembler portfolio adds 900,000 sq. ft. in 2013 first half

The Sembler Co. has added nearly 900,000 sq. ft. to its portfolio of third-party management and leasing assignments through the end of the year’s second quarter.

June 18, 2013
Shenandoah Plaza Shopping Center sold in Newnan, Ga.

Shenandoah Plaza, a 146,121-sq.-ft. neighborhood center in Newnan, Ga., has been sold to the Georgia Capital Group by RCG-Newnan. Big Lots, Goodwill and Dollar General anchor the center.

June 17, 2013
Cypress Equities acquires regional center in Portland

Cypress Equities Real Estate Investment Management has announced the acquisition of Lloyd Center in Portland, Ore.

June 17, 2013
Dunkin’ Donuts details new store design

Dunkin’ Donuts provided highlights of its new store design, the brand's first in nearly seven years.

June 17, 2013
Nordstrom Rack in Long Beach City Place to close

Nordstrom announced plans to close its Long Beach City Place Nordstrom Rack store in Long Beach, Calif. Originally opened in August 2002, the 33,000-sq.-ft. store will close to the public in late January 2014.

June 17, 2013
Solar-powered Eco Gym to Chicago’s North Shore

Eco Gym will open an 8,300-sq.-ft. solar- and human-powered health club at Glenbrook Market Place in Glenview, Ill., a North Shore suburb of Chicago, according to Mid-America Asset Management Inc., the landlord’s representative.

June 17, 2013
SoulCycle inks lease at expanding Long Island center

SoulCycle has taken 3,000 sq. ft. of new space at the expanding Woodbury Common Shopping Center in Woodbury on Long Island, said Charter Realty & Development Corp., who represented SoulCycle.

June 17, 2013
UCR announces three new leases

United Commercial Realty Houston has announced three new leases for Houston-area centers:

June 14, 2013
Cameron Chase Village Center now 100% leased

Two new tenants have leased the last 3,500 sq. ft. available at Cameron Chase Village Center, according to The Rappaport Cos., the broker representing the landlord.

June 14, 2013
DRE inks three retail leases in Hampton Roads

Divaris Real Estate has leased three retail spaces at shopping centers in Hampton and Virginia Beach.

June 14, 2013
Fuddruckers to open new California location

A Fuddruckers franchisee has acquired a 14,500-sq.-ft. property on the ring road of Solano Mall in Fairfield, Calif., according to Transwestern, the brokerage that represented the franchisee.

June 14, 2013
Gilt to open pop-up store

Gilt, the popular online retailer of discounted high-end designer apparel and accessories, will open its first-ever brick-and-mortar location, a pop-up store in Shelbyville Road Plaza, Louisville, Ky.

June 14, 2013
Lululemon to open men’s stores

Women’s yoga and activewear retailer Lululemon plans to open freestanding stores for men by 2016, outgoing company CEO Christine Day said during a presentation at a William Blair & Co. conference in Chicago.

June 14, 2013
Marcus & Millichap: Improving retail real estate outlook

Broader regional economic growth and improved consumer and retailer finances bode well for retail real estate investments in well-located properties, according to “The Retail Outlook” from Marcus & Millichap Research Services’ second quarter 2013 mid-year outlook for the national retail market and U.S. economy.

June 14, 2013
RED Legacy hires business development exec

Stacy Scheelk has signed on as senior director of new business development with RED Legacy. An accredited Certified Marketing Director, Scheelk’s responsibilities include developing partnerships, securing sponsorships, creating specialty retail and increasing ancillary income.

June 14, 2013
Sears Canada executes landlord transactions on two stores

Sears Canada Inc. will enter into a series of transactions related to two stores within shopping centers co-owned by Oxford Properties Group and Alberta Investment Management Corporation that give the co-owners the right to require Sears Canada to vacate the properties by March 2014.

June 13, 2013
CineBistro’ dinner-and-a-movie signs up for Liberty Center

Cobb Theatres’ CineBistro will co-anchor Cincinnati’s 1.1 million-sq.-ft. Liberty Center with Dillard's, according to center developers Steiner + Associates and Bucksbaum Retail Properties.

June 13, 2013
Karate 4 Kids Martial Arts to relocate to Plaza Del Oro

Lifetime Martial Arts #1 is relocating Karate 4 Kids Martial Arts to Plaza Del Oro Shopping Center. The new location will open in mid-June.

June 13, 2013
Microsoft to open Windows in-store shops in Best Buy

Microsoft Corp. announced that it plans to open 500 “Windows Store” shops in 500 Best Buy stores across the country and in more than 100 Best Buy and Future Shop locations in Canada.

June 13, 2013
Winick NJ hires two brokers

Winick Realty Group has signed Adam Kruvant and Gary Krauss as brokers in its Cranford, N.J., branch.

June 12, 2013
A.T. Kearney: Brazil tops among developing countries for retail investment

For the third consecutive year, Brazil ranked number one in the top 30 developing countries for retail investment worldwide by A.T. Kearney.

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