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- 9/11/2020
Tanger to start its holiday shopping season on Nov. 1
The COVID-19 pandemic has succeeded in making people do a lot of things they’ve never thought of doing before, like beginning the Christmas season the day after Halloween. - 9/10/2020
Starwood misses debt payments, loses five malls
Starwood Capital Group missed as many as four payments on a $549 million commercial mortgage-backed security it used to buy a distressed group of seven malls in 2013 and, as a result, has lost five malls in an open bid. - 9/10/2020
Macerich has re-opened all but three of its malls
At 7 a.m. on Wednesday, 100 shoppers were waiting in line on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, eagerly anticipating gaining entry for the first time in months to New York City’s most highly trafficked mall, Queens Center. - 9/10/2020
Retailers re-open at New York’s Hudson Yards
More than 50 shops that make up Manhattan’s newest enclosed mall at Hudson Yards have re-opened. - 9/9/2020
Report: COVID-19 has forced brick-and-mortar brands to find their futures on the web
Months after the COVID-19 virus hit and the retail world was floored, Best Buy achieved an 81% sales retention though most of its doors were closed. - 9/9/2020
American Dream enlists Jersey’s top healthcare network in ongoing safety program
Hackensack Meridian Health will now have a home at American Dream in East Rutherford. - 9/8/2020
5Qs for Nikki Traff on mall tenants going to outdoor centers
Colliers International’s executive managing director Nikki Traff has claimed to increase net operating incomes for landlords by $2 million in 18 months by re-tenanting shopping centers. We spoke with her to find out more. - 9/8/2020
San Francisco is going to get a new mall—from Ikea
One sees more stories about old malls closing during the COVID-19 pandemic, not new ones opening. - 9/4/2020
August sees uptick in retail rent collections, but total’s still below 80%
Retail center landlords received 79.7% of their rent checks in August, just a two-percentage-point improvement over July. - 9/3/2020
Retail to open at American Dream on October 1
H&M, Primark, and Zara will finally open their stores at American Dream—Triple Five’s long-stalled New Jersey mega-mall—on Oct. 1.