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May 15, 2013
Renaissance at Colony Park sets lifestyle standard

When Renaissance at Colony Park opened in Ridgeland, Miss., in 2008, it created a stir not only among the local residents of Ridgeland, Miss., but also within the retailer and shopping center communities as a whole.

May 6, 2013
A Fashion First

When The Mall at Bay Plaza opens to the public in 2014, adjacent to the highly successful outdoor Bay Plaza Shopping Center, it will be heralded as the first enclosed fashion mall in the New York City area in nearly 40 years.

May 3, 2013
A whole new take on an old mall has a Colorado community celebrating

With the breathtaking Twin Peaks of the Colorado Rockies as backdrop, a new project underway in Longmont, Colo., is leveraging both the views and community demand to create a “top drawer outdoor village experience,” said Allen Ginsborg, managing director and principal of NewMark Merrill Mountain States, based in Fort Collins, Colo.

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.

April 29, 2013
Destiny USA raises the bar

When describing Destiny USA – the 2.4 million-sq.-ft. dining, entertainment, shopping and outlet megaplex in Syracuse, N.Y. – it’s a toss-up whether to emphasize the offerings and amenities, or highlight the project’s own brand of environmental consciousness.

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.

February 15, 2013
Verifying CAM Charges: What are your rights?

By Ben Carrasco, Smith, Robertson, Elliott & Douglas, LLP

January 21, 2013
Is Less More For Big-Box Retailers?

By Jonathan Lapat and Jason Baker

January 8, 2013
From Hut to Haute: The Evolution of Outlet Center Shopping

By Ann Natunewicz, national manager, Retail Research, USA Retail Services Group

November 13, 2012
Project Profile: Bethesda Walk, Lawrenceville, Ga.

DLC Management Corp., based in Tarrytown, N.Y., is one of those savvy shopping center companies that seems to instinctively know what to buy, what to sell, what to redevelop, what to re-merchandise.

September 25, 2012
10 Steps to planning a shopping center gift card campaign

By Jeannie Lewis, director PR and content strategy, Magic Logix

September 24, 2012
Rent Commencement and Construction

By Sandra Gold Slon, attorney, Los Angeles-based TroyGould

September 5, 2012
Previewing a lease helps prevent headaches

By Al Stabile, Studley

August 27, 2012
How Companies Can Better Compete With Amazon.com

By Jim Porçarelli, Active International

August 23, 2012
Receivership Sales: How Lenders Can Protect Their Security and Minimize Liability

By James H. Donell, CPM CCIM

July 19, 2012
A Welcome Development: Landlords Tout New Projects

By Eileen F. Mitchell, RCS Real Estate Advisors

May 16, 2012
RECON 2012: An interview with DLC Management Corp.

As part of Chain Store Age’s lead-up coverage to RECon 2012, to be held May 20-23 in Las Vegas, we talked with DLC’s Daniel Taub about what his expectations are for the big real estate show. Visit DLC’s booth at RECon, Upper South Hall, S2235.

May 16, 2012
RECON 2012: An interview with Jones Lang LaSalle

As part of Chain Store Age’s lead-up coverage to RECon 2012, to be held May 20-23 in Las Vegas, we talked with Jones Lang LaSalle’s Lew Kornberg about what his expectations are for the big real estate show. Visit JLL’s booth at RECon, Central Hall, C1001.

May 15, 2012
RECON 2012: An interview with Buxton

As part of Chain Store Age’s lead-up coverage to RECon 2012, to be held May 20-23 in Las Vegas, we talked with customer analytics firm Buxton’s Charles Wetzel about what his expectations are for the big real estate show.

May 14, 2012
RECon 2012: An interview with Forest City

As part of Chain Store Age’s lead-up coverage to RECon 2012, to be held May 20-23 in Las Vegas, we talked with Forest City’s Joseph Boehm about what his expectations are for the big real estate show.

May 1, 2012
Federal Realty Celebrates a Half-Century in Retail

Chain Store Age senior editor Katherine Field Boccaccio sat down with Chris Weilminster, Federal Realty’s senior VP leasing and a 22-year veteran of the company, to talk about the industry in general and about Federal Realty’s 50-year perspective on retail.

April 25, 2012
‘No Easy Deals’: High hopes, lack of space can make retail deals difficult

One of the biggest storylines in retail over the past few months has been the legitimately good news that retailers are finally back in the hunt for space.

December 8, 2011
New York ICSC show delivers positive attitude, movement

By all reports, the ICSC New York deal-making conference, held Dec. 5 and 6 in New York City, delivered what the retail and shopping center industries were waiting for: A sense of forward progress.

November 21, 2011
A Look Ahead to ICSC New York Deal-Making

Chain Store Age talked with Ivan Friedman, president and CEO of New York City-based RCS Real Estate Advisors about the Dec. 5-6 conference, and the state of retail in the Big Apple and its surrounding region.

November 7, 2011
Polaris Fashion Place turns 10

Chain Store Age talked with Michael Glimcher, president and CEO of Glimcher Realty Trust, about Polaris Fashion Place and how it has stood the test of time.

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