June 15, 2011
Have Europe’s retail property owners, banks and regulators learned any lessons from the Great Recession they are just now climbing out of? Yes and no, the continent’s top executives said during a panel discussion at the ICSC European Conference in … 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
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
