REAL ESTATE

Olshan Properties names Matthew Winn COO
New York - Olshan Properties announced that Matthew B. Winn will join the firm effective January 2015 as COO. Reporting directly to CEO Andrea Olshan and working closely with her executive team on the overall management of the company, Winn will be responsible for leading the firm’s daily operations and refining its operating policies, procedures, and processes. He will also focus on ensuring growth of the company’s platform as well as work to enhance its operational efficiency.
Stirling Properties Development team director
Covington, Louisiana - Stirling Properties has named Michael Bucher as Development Director, charged with leading new and on-going development projects, including ground-up development, redevelopment and joint ventures. Based in the Covington office, Bucher will plan, coordinate and direct personnel relating to development and redevelopment.

Franchise Expansion: Best practices for targeting markets and selecting franchises

In the final installment of CSA Online’s PizzaRev series, we’ll explore the importance of choosing franchisees with a particularly discerning eye, and the process by which franchisors evaluate potential expansion markets. FRANCHISEE FACTORS
Wells Fargo celebrates grand opening at 120 Ninth Avenue

New York - Stonehenge Partners announced that Wells Fargo has officially opened its 1,375-sq.-ft. space at 120 Ninth Avenue. Wells Fargo is the first tenant to take occupancy at the retail property, which offers almost an entire block of frontage on 9th Avenue between 17th and 18th streets.
Cabela’s to build store in Farmington, Utah

SIDNEY, Neb. - Cabela’s Inc. announced today plans to open a 72,000-sq.-ft. store in Farmington, Utah. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2015, and Cabela’s anticipates a spring 2016. The store will be located in the newly planned Park Lane Commons development adjacent to Station Park on the west side of Interstate
Phillips Edison acquires Kroger-anchored center near Atlanta

Cincinnati - Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II announced the acquisition of Spivey Junction, an 81,475-sq.-ft. grocery store-anchored shopping center in Stockbridge, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Spivey Junction is anchored by Kroger, and features a fuel center. Other national and regional tenants at the center include Great Clips, Workout Anytime, Domino's Pizza, Subway, Goodwill and Miracle Ear.
Polaroid Fotobar opening two “micro-store” locations in San Jose market

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Polaroid Fotobar is opening two of its smaller-format “micro-store” locations in the San Jose, California, area, with the first opening on Wednesday, at Westfield Oakridge. The second location, at Westfield Valley Fair, will open in mid-December.
Never Going Back: Why Black Friday will never be the same

If you’re like me, and you were curious about how Black Friday hype translated into retail sales, your head is spinning right about now. Because the flurry of post-Black Friday news reports is packed with conflicting information, data that doesn’t seem to add up, and—perhaps unsurprisingly given those disparities—wildly variant conclusions about whether the Black Friday weekend was a “success” or a “disappointment” and about what is in store for the rest of the holiday season.
A&G Realty Partners to manage bankruptcy sale of Alcoo Stores

Melville, New York - A&G Realty Partners, a commercial real estate, advisory and investment group, has been retained by Alco Stores to manage the sale of approximately 200 Alco store locations, as well as the company’s former headquarters. The sale is a result of the retailer’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on October 12, 2014.
Report: American Dream to open—finally—in 2016

New York - The long delayed American Dream mega-mall and entertainment project at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will open—at least partially— in the fall of 2016 and has signed on such tenants as Victoria’s Secret, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor and Gap and an array of restaurant and entertainment destinations, including a Cirque du Soleil theatre, according to The Record.