REAL ESTATE

Sears announces another round of store closings
Sears Holdings Corp. has lowered the boom — again.
Lowe’s to pull the plug on Orchard Supply Hardware
In a surprising move, Lowe’s Cos. will shutter its Orchard Supply Hardware division — closing all 99 stores — in order to focus on its core home improvement warehouse model.

Developer: Value retail still drives center success

Time Equities Inc.’s purchase of the 142,190-sq.-ft. Citrus Center in Inverness, Florida, this month was a no-brainer, according to the commercial real estate company’s retail chief.
True Food Kitchen to anchor New Orleans project

True Food Kitchen, a health-driven brand present in 10 states, will debut in Louisiana at The Julia at Saint Charles, a project set to open next year in New Orleans’ Warehouse District.
Supervalu inches closer to selling retail units

Shareholders of Supervalu approved a reorganization of the company that may allow it to sell its remaining retail brands sooner than expected, reported the StarTribune.
Von Maur construction begins at Woodland Mall

Von Maur has begun construction on a store that will fill 90,000 sq. ft. of the Sears space, at Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Long-delayed $3 billion mega-mall sets opening date

One of the nation’s most ambitious retail and entertainment projects has an opening date.
Q&A: Talking cannabis retail with Planet 13’s David Farris

Chain Store Age spoke to the nation’s first cannabis superstore's 24-year-old director of marketing David Farris.
Media company to open innovative food hall

One of retail's fastest-growing categories—food halls—is getting a new player.
How lifestyle centers have evolved with the times

The lessons of the past three decades have presented lifestyle center developers the insights they need to reimagine, redesign, and redevelop Lifestyle 1.0 centers to gleaming new projects.