TENANT UPDATE

Food halls, fitness centers, and new shops are destined for emptied Sears spaces at five Simon malls, according to company COO Michael McCarty.

Butler Town Center, the upscale mixed-use addition to the Butler retail mega-plex in Gainesville, Florida, that’s been three years in the making, is about to welcome shoppers.

Phillips Edison & Company, one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of grocery-anchored centers, will be adding value-fashion and home goods stores at two of its centers in Illinois.

Younger consumers who are driving curation trends at shopping centers desire variety and surprise in their dining choices, and that will cause the number of food halls in the U.S. and Canada to nearly triple in just the next few years.

Whether you’re the biggest Dominos franchisee in the nation or an independent rentin space for your first shop, successfully navigating competing interests and acquiring a basic understanding of the franchise-specific issues that add to complexity to lease negotiations is essential.

Pet Supplies Plus is expanding its footprint, both through franchising and corporate-owned stores.

Not even wolfsbane could keep Jeff Bezos from purloining customers from brick-and-mortar retailers, but a developer promises an Amazon-proof shopping center will open in Wildomar, Calif., this month.

The 340,000-sq.-ft. project that promises to be New York City’s first and only outlet center when it opens in 2018 is 70% leased, according to developer BFC Partners.