June 9, 2011
Apparently, Sebastián Giraldo wanted so much to rent an apartment inside a mall in order to write a movie script (about a man living in a mall) that he took his campaign to the streets. He posted signs and made … Continue reading
May 31, 2011
U.S. department stores gained market share last year for the first time in 30 years, according to Custom Growth Partners. Though the increase was just a single basis point — from 2.4 percent in 2009 to 2.5 percent last year … Continue reading
May 18, 2011
How can a Canadian shopping centre professional based in India, help over 5000 needy young musicians in South Africa through his volunteer involvement with a California drum and bugle corps? “Facebook and the power of social media” says Phil McArthur, … Continue reading
May 6, 2011
By Bennett Voyles While scouting Europe for new uses for some property, mahogany importer John Reid discovered the elegant covered shopping passages of Paris. Glass-covered shopping arcades had been popular in the notoriously rainy city for 29 years and in … Continue reading
April 18, 2011
By Dees Stribling If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, there was nary a more sincerely flattered project than the 1.7 million-square-foot retail component of Easton Town Center during the building boom of a few years ago. Today, 10 … Continue reading
April 11, 2011
By María Bird Picó Declining sales and property values and a generally sour economy offered developers little scope for revenue growth at the end of 2009. But U.S. landlord Developers Diversified Realty saw one area, at least, where it could … Continue reading
March 9, 2011
By Bennett Voyles Le Forum des Halles is the biggest shopping center in central Paris. It is one of Europe’s most profitable. And it is roundly hated by many Parisians, who regard the three-decade-old, nearly 650,000-square-foot center as cramped, unsafe … Continue reading
March 2, 2011
By María Bird Picó When the Quicentro Sur mall opened in Quito, Ecuador, last September, the country’s biggest bank, Banco Pichincha, opened three high-tech, nonstaffed branches in it. The city’s tech-loving northern residents like them. Those in the southern neighborhoods, … Continue reading
February 2, 2011
How Antara Polanco Revived a Corner of Mexico City By Maria Bird Pico Skeptics predicted that Antara Polanco would become a white elephant, albeit a beautiful one. Instead, not only has this architecturally precocious mixed-use center grown over the past … Continue reading
January 19, 2011
The retail boom taking place in emerging markets has not skipped over the Caribbean region thanks to the continuing and steady growth of tourism and government initiatives to attract private investment, speakers said Tuesday during the first day of ICSC´s … Continue reading
