DEVELOPMENT/REDEVELOPMENT

Circuit City has revealed its relaunch plans.

Knoebel Construction announced it has completed the 270,000 sq.-ft. Shoppes at Mid Rivers in St. Peters, Missouri, across the highway from Mid Rivers Mall.

A food hall helmed by James Beard award-winning TV chef Andrew Zimmern is on tap for The Dayton’s Project, the mixed-use makeover of the Dayton’s department store building in downtown Minneapolis.

Ikea U.S. is moving along with plans to build a 289,000-sq.-ft. store in Live Oak, Texas.

The Northeast market has always had lots of what both retailers and retail center developers want — density — and the most densely populated region of the country continues to pack them in.

Along with death and taxes, it could be said, the future is also inevitable, so it makes sense for a challenged retail industry to take stock of it.

More impressive than Kevin Kamenetz’s having served as county executive of Baltimore County, Md., in his 23 years in county government is the fact that, during that time, residents there have not seen a rise in income or property tax rates.

As vertical mixed-use developments flourish and towns and cities pursue redevelopment as a way to revitalize their civic centers, retailers find themselves presented with abundant opportunities to seek expansion in “nontraditional” urban spaces.