Retail

If you need ideas on how to reinvent your property, consider contacting a retail center consultant

For retail real estate owners/managers, it is not the best of times, it is also not the worst of times. Retail real estate: malls, shopping ...

The tenant Exclusive Use clause: A pitfall for the unsuspecting landlord

A key to operating a successful retail business is to be unique and to avoid direct competition with other retailers whenever possible. If a...

January forecast in landscape architecture: Back to the future for 2015

Wow what a year 2014 was here in New England! Throughout this economic uptick, William Fleming Associates has been fortunate enough to work ...

Company of the Month: Allen & Major Associates has over four decades of experience in the development industry

Allen & Major Associates, Inc. (A&M) is a three office, multi-discipline firm specializing in civil and structural engineering, land surveyi...

Defeasance activity ramps up - volume soars 30% in Northeast states

As we enter into 2015, we are still experiencing both low interest rates as well as low cap-rates, which continue to create both sale and fi...

Environmental site assessments - Don't ignore the building materials that could contain PCBs

Identifying the environmental liabilities embedded in real property is the goal of environmental site assessments. For obvious reasons, the ...

Understanding urban runoff issues if you own or develop shopping centers

If you own or develop shopping centers, it has not escaped your notice that dealing with stormwater runoff regulations is taking an increasi...

HFF closes $13.425 million sale of Fairbanks Plaza

HFF has closed the sale of Fairbanks Plaza, a 149,680 s/f retail center. HFF represented the seller, H.J. Heyman and Sons, L.L.C. Unison Rea...

Retail design influences: Technology and the next generation

Instagram! One single word that is going to be the end of me. My teenage daughter is obsessed with it, her friends are obsessed with it, and...

Big Value Plaza completes renewal site

The improvements project for the Big Value Plaza is now complete. "We undertook these renovations to make the plaza a more welcoming and co...