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  • RMC Property Group names VP leasing

    Tampa, Fla. -- RMC Property Group announced that Nicholas Roth has joined the company as VP leasing.  

    Roth joins RMC from Sandor in Indianapolis, where he was its U.S director of leasing. Roth also worked previously in landlord representation as director of leasing/Florida with Edens & Avant and as senior VP leasing/Florida with Equity One.

  • Five Below to open its first Brooklyn store

    Philadelphia -- Extreme-value retailer Five Below will open its first Brooklyn location on Aug. 29, at the Gateway Center.

    The 7,500-sq.-ft. store location will feature the company's signature format, with all merchandise priced at $5 and below and grouped into one of eight store departments: Style, Room, Sports, Tech, Crafts, Party, Candy and Now.

    Five Below plans to open additional stores in Brooklyn in the next few years.

     

  • Ex-Aeropostale exec gets eight years prison sentence over kickbacks

    New York -- Christopher Finazzo, former executive VP and chief merchandising officer for Aeropostale, has been sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of defrauding the company and taking more than $25 million in kickbacks from a key vendor.

    Finazzo, who was found guilty in April 2013 of 14 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy, was also ordered to forfeit more than $25 million and pay the company $13.7 million in restitution.

  • Cushman & Wakefield appoints new head of U.S. property management

    New York -- Cushman & Wakefield announced that Michael Prabhu has joined the firm as the U.S. head of Property Management.

    Based in downtown Los Angeles, Prabhu’s focus will be on the strategic growth of the firm’s property management business in the U.S.

  • REI names COO, senior VP merchandising

    Seattle -- Outdoor gear and apparel retailer REI has promoted Eric Artz, CFO, the additional role COO), and Susan Viscon, VP merchandising, to senior VP merchandising.

  • Dollar General digs in as Family Dollar rebuffs takeover bid

    New York -- Family Dollar said it favors a smaller deal with potential buyer Dollar Tree, and firmly rejected an offer for takeover by larger competitor Dollar General.

    Following an $8.5 billion offer last week by Dollar Tree, Dollar General offered a $9 billion, all-cash deal.

  • Baker Katz completes Dave & Buster’s lease in Houston

    Houston -- Baker Katz, an X Team International partner, announced that it has completed the lease of a 40,000-sq.-ft. Dave & Buster's in Houston.     

    Located in the Baybrook Mall expansion project, this will be the third Dave & Buster's location to open in the Houston area.

     

  • Asia is the New Land of Opportunity for U.S. Retailers

    By Michael Hirschfeld, senior VP of JLL’s National Retail Tenant Services

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