Al Urbanski
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- 9/30/2021
Fans flock to Westfield Centers to hear Lady Gaga debut 'Love for Sale'
Lady Gaga fans filled 20 Westfield Centers across the globe yesterday to watch her open a live performance singing Luck Be a Lady backed by a five-piece jazz band. - 9/29/2021
JLL: Consumer spending growth in 2021 will be highest since WWII
Net absorption of retail real estate—actual move-ins—will total 20 million sq. ft. in the second quarter according to JLL’s “Retail Outlook” for the remainder of 2021. - 9/28/2021
Spurned by the owner, an Illinois town attempts to redevelop its million-sq.-ft mall property
Bloomingdale, Illinois’ Stratford Square Mall has a vacancy rate of 69%. Its owner is doing little to reverse it, so village officials have stepped in to help reinvigorate the 1.3 million-sq.-ft. property. - 9/28/2021
For restructuring awards, make it three for A&G
A&G Real Estate Partners has been honored a third time for its part in the restructuring of Tuesday Morning and GNC, this time with a Turnaround Award from M&A Advisors. - 9/27/2021
Two new senior appointments at Cullinan Properties
Kathleen Cullinan Brill has been named executive VP of business development and investor relations at Peoria, Ill.-based Cullinan Properties. - 9/22/2021
Tenants are told to vacate the mall at Harborplace in downtown Baltimore
In the 1980s, Rouse’s Harborplace development in Baltimore was a model “festival marketplace” copied by declining downtowns across the country. This year, however, its mall will be closing. - 9/21/2021
A&G claims a second award for the restructuring of Tuesday Morning
A&G Real Estate Partners was recognized along with other advisory and banking firms that assisted Tuesday Morning in its restructuring. - 9/20/2021
Macerich sells Tucson center to fuel its town center strategy with $100 million
Macerich, one of the top 20 owners of retail real estate in the U.S., has sold La Encatada, a high-end specialty center in Tucson for $165 million, generating $100 million in liquidity. - 9/19/2021
Phillips Edison sells California center
Phillips Edison & Company, one of the nation’s leading owner-operator of neighborhood centers, has sold Atwater Marketplace in Atwater, Calif. For an undisclosed price to a private investor. - 9/16/2021
First Look: American Dream opens its 300,000-sq.-ft. luxury retail wing
The Avenue, American Dream’s long-awaited, art-bedecked luxury wing opened September 17 with the world’s largest Hermés store and New Jersey’s only Saks Fifth Avenue among its tenants. - 9/16/2021
Dayton’s project developer retakes control of the historic Minneapolis property
The Dayton's Project in downtown Minneapolis is back in the hands of its original developer. - 9/15/2021
Burlington opens second store in Kalamazoo metro
Burlington Stores has signed at Maple Hill Pavilion in Kalamazoo, Mich., and plans to open there this fall. It’s Burlington’s second story in that metro, the other being located in Portage, Mich.
