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May 7, 2013

For the fourth consecutive year, there still is not enough ground-up shopping center construction to justify the "Fastest-Growing Developers" ranking that was Chain Store Age standard fare for two decades.

But we may be edging closer to resurrecting a ranking based on who is building new (or, more accurately, newly repurposed) space. Closer, but still not there.

May 1, 2013

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.

May 1, 2013

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

Footwear/accessories retailer DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse is opening a new store in Columbia, S.C., on May 2.

April 25, 2013

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

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.

January 15, 2013

Cabela’s Inc. announced plans for two new stores, one in Greenville, S.C., and the other in Woodbury, Minn.

January 15, 2013

Cabela’s Inc. announced plans for two new stores, one in Greenville, S.C., and the other in Woodbury, Minn.

January 8, 2013

Walgreens and BMW Manufacturing celebrated the grand opening of a comprehensive worksite health center on the BMW campus in Spartanburg, S.C.

October 10, 2012

PepsiCo is rolling out its Pepsi Interactive Vending machine pilot program -- allowing consumers to buy, gift and play games with PepsiCo beverages – at five General Growth Properties’ malls.

Columbiana Centre (Columbia, S.C.), Clackamas Town Center (Happy Valley, Ore.), Oglethorpe Mall (Savannah, Ga.), Oakwood Mall (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Park City Center (Lancaster, Pa.) will feature the interactive vending equipment with full touch-screen technology.

September 26, 2012

Kohl’s Department Stores announced the grand opening of 12 stores, creating approximately 1,500 jobs nationwide.

August 15, 2012

Rock Hill Galleria has unveiled plans for a number of large-scale developments slated for the 470,000-sq.-ft. regional mall. 

Entertainment destination Revolutions will open a 66,640-sq.-ft. location at Rock Hill Galleria, featuring 30 state-of-the-art bowling lanes, a lazer maze and arena, bumper cars, arcade, restaurant and bar, sports theatre, plus live music and dancing. Opening is anticipated for winter 2012.

August 7, 2012

Columbia, S.C.-based Edens said that Trader Joe’s is among the anchor tenants of its new Shops at Stonefield development, under construction in Charlottesville, Va.

July 18, 2012

Food Lion expanded its new brand strategy to 269 stores in North Carolina and South Carolina.

July 18, 2012

Food Lion expanded its new brand strategy to 269 stores in North Carolina and South Carolina.

July 12, 2012

Columbia, S.C.-based Edens said that its new mixed-use development Mosaic will open this September in Washington, D.C.

June 19, 2012

Colonial Candle said it is opening its first retail and research boutique in Charleston, S.C.

May 30, 2012

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects said it has been awarded a contract to design four Aldi Supermarkets in located in North and South Carolina and Florida.

January 27, 2012

7-Eleven has entered into an agreement with Sam's Mart LLC to acquire 55 Sam's Mart stores in North and South Carolina and convert them to 7-Eleven stores this year.

December 19, 2011

Grocer Bi-Lo LLC said that it has acquired southern supermarket chain Winn-Dixie, in a $560 million transaction that will take Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. private and create the largest grocery operator in the South.

November 29, 2011

Micros-Retail, a division of Micros Systems, announced Tuesday that Pendleton has selected it to redesign and re-launch pendleton-usa.com.

November 21, 2011

Brixmor Property Group announced that Burke’s Outlet has opened a 26,680-sq.-ft. store at Island Plaza, located in James Island, S.C.

October 24, 2011

In its seventh year, the annual Top Redevelopers survey took a little turn. Chain Store Age’s coverage of the prior year’s redevelopment highlights has been expanded to include an additional six-month period in order to make the results as current as possible. So, instead of covering redevelopment projects that occurred during calendar year 2010, this year’s results include the first six months of 2011, as well.


October 13, 2011

Edens & Avant announced that it has closed on the refinancing of its $350 million unsecured revolving credit facility and $30 million unsecured working capital line.

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