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- 7/30/2020
The Top 10 COMEBACK Retail Center Experiences: No. 5 The Avenue East Cobb
Poag Shopping Centers CEO Josh Poag said his company’s dealings with what he calls “The Great Accelerator” focused first on his team and on his tenants. - 7/29/2020
2020’s Top 10 COMEBACK Retail Center Experiences: Nos. 1 thru 5
These Top 5 COMEBACK Retail Center Experiences are now busy re-engaging their visitors with each other as well as retail. - 7/29/2020
ICSC rolls 2020 Deal Making events into one virtual conference: RECon New York
Citing increases in cases of COVID-19 in states such as Arizona and Florida, the International Council of Shopping Centers has cancelled the rest of its 2020 Deal Making conferences and will instead host one virtual conference called RECon New York. - 7/29/2020
The Top 10 COMEBACK Retail Center Experiences: No. 4 Westfield Galleria at Roseville
The Galleria at Roseville’s entry for the COMEBACK list started by saying, “The safety of our guests is our primary concern.” - 7/28/2020
The Top 10 COMEBACK Retail Center Experiences: No. 3 Halcyon
Where malls of the ‘80s sought Macy’s and Dillard’s as anchors for their tenants, RocaPoint Partners and The Georgetown Company went in an entirely different direction at this mixed-use center that opened in 2019. - 7/28/2020
Kate Spade Outlet debuts in Philly
Kate Spade Outlet’s first Philadelphia store opened this week at PREIT and Macerich’s new Fashion District on Market Street. - 7/27/2020
Neshaminy Mall’s Sears will become a healthcare facility
It’s no secret that many of America’s malls are in need of some revitalizing care, but one in Bucks County, Pa., is readying itself to provide it. - 7/27/2020
Dick’s to open first discount concept at CBL mall
CBL Properties told Chain Store Age it had nothing to add to a report from Bloomberg last week that it was preparing a bankruptcy filing, but it did have a new store concept to add. - 7/27/2020
The Top 10 COMEBACK Retail Center Experiences: No. 2 Easton Town Center
That old proverb about getting lemons and turning them into lemonade? Easton Town Center, in Columbus, Ohio, performed a nifty COVID version of it. - 7/24/2020
The Top 10 COMEBACK Retail Center Experiences: No. 1 RIO
Look at a leasing brochure for a modern-day town center and there you will find two words that have been underlined by the COVID-19 crisis: “gathering places.”