REAL ESTATE

A Florida-based shopping center is enhancing its e-commerce site to open mall retailers to digital customers.

PREIT has been doing it, CBL is doing it, and now another big mall owner is offering special lease terms to local and minority-owned businesses to add variety to its tenant lineups.

Academy Sports + Outdoors has restarted its expansion.

BJ’s Wholesale Club is going smaller — by almost half.

Madison Reed is growing its direct-to-consumer business, including its physical store portfolio.

Cullinan Properties, developer of noted mixed-use projects such as Streets of St. Charles and The Levee District in East Peoria, has hired a new senior VP and director of investments.

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers continues on the fast track for expansion.

CBRE has entered into a facilities management partnership with Microsoft.