Retailers Cautiously Eyeing Expansion Into More U.S. Markets as Shopping Activity Rises

While the first quarter gains are far from dramatic, retail real estate fundamentals steadily improved at the beginning of 2012 as job creation and economic growth lure more consumers into U.S. shopping centers, leading retailers to expand their footprints into a broadening list of me
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Ventas Continues Its Shopping Spree

NREI caught up with Ventas President Ray Lewis to talk about the firm’s recent acquisitions. National Real Estate Investor
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Cohen Real Estate Capital Arranges $73M Acquisition Loan for Puerto Rico Shopping Center

Todd F. Cohen of Cohen Real Estate Capital LLC in downtown Orlando secured a $ 73 million acquisition loan to finance a 550,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center portfolio in Puerto Rico. Total debt came in at 90% of the purchase price at closing, including both a senior C
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Marketing Methods in Retail Shopping Centre Management

A successful shopping centre is one that has been optimised in both income and expenditure. These things will not happen without a good tenancy mix and customer sales. The marketing of the property will be fundamental to strengthening the property performance process. Here are some ma
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Blackstone/DDR Team Up to Acquire $1.4B Shopping Portfolio

Private-equity kingpin Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) made its latest foray into commercial real estate, joining forces with DDR Corp. (NYSE: DDR) in a deal to acquire a shopping center portfolio from EPN Group, an affiliate of Tel Aviv-based Elbit Imaging Ltd. The transaction, which is
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Build Your Shopping Centre Tenant Mix the Right Way

To build your shopping centre performance you need a solid tenant mix and tenancy plan. The sales for the tenants and the income for the property will be underpinned by a successful tenant mix plan. Real-Estate:Property-Management Articles from EzineArticles.com
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Shopping Centre Managers – Essential Aspects of a Tenant Retention Plan

When you are establishing a tenant retention program in a Retail Investment Property, there are some critical components to the programme itself that should be carefully considered. The tenant retention program should be written and implemented by the property manager annually. It sho
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It’s Now Brixmor: Name Change In Store For Centro Shopping Centers

The former U.S. operations of Australia-based Centro Properties Group has a new name, Brixmor Property Group, a branding identity change that appropriately reflects the company’s renewed emphasis on its huge portfolio of existing bricks-and-mortar shopping centers across the U.S. CoSt
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As Era of “Extend & Pretend” Ends, More CRE Shopping Begins

As the “extend and pretend” period of the Great Recession wanes into a period of true loan modifications, lenders and note holders appear to be forcing more distressed loans into the marketplace. And in turn, institutional investors, who were disappointed in the relatively
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Forest City Brings Virtual Shopping to Malls

Forest City Brings Virtual Shopping to Malls National Real Estate Investor
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