Cheesecake Factory

Earlier this year, the financial community made a gesture that proved it still believed in brick-and-mortar retail.

PREIT has secured Cheesecake Factory as its dining anchor at Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids, just the second Michigan location for the popular restaurant chain.

Is getting a Cheesecake Factory a sign that a town has made the big time? So thinks Start Zall, who brokered a deal to bring the popular restaurant to Butler Town Center in Gainesville, Fla.

We had some questions for Anne Mastin, Easton Town Center's executive VP about the best way to build a food and entertainment business.

A partnership of Californian and Taiwanese investors have acquired Anaheim GardenWalk, a destination open-air center within walking distance of Disneyland and the Anaheim Convention Center.

CBL Properties announced that a 135-room Aloft Hotel by Marriott will occupy the space of a closed Sears store at Hamilton Place in the company’s home town of Chattanooga, Tenn.

Mall redevelopments can take up to three years and cost as much as $10 million, but they’re worth it.

In 1968, the 800,000-sq.-ft. Plaza las Américas opened on Franklin Delano Roosevelt Avenue in San Juan.

In a search for innovators in experiential retail, CSA asked readers to nominate centers for the annual Top 10 Retail Center Experiences list. The editors’ picks continue with No. 9 Ridge Hill.

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