Retail

Is it time to upgrade your brand? Take advantage of the power of visual communication

In today's competitive retail environment, the strength and relevance of your brand image is more important than ever. Signage plays a major...

The benefits of Lean: Maximizing customer value, while minimizing waste

A successful land development project gets that way for many different reasons. Obviously, the assembly of highly qualified consultants, eff...

Collaboration with the structural engineer proves beneficial to both the retail tenant and building owner

When a national sporting good retail chain lease came due and their space was deemed too small for their projected product growth and custom...

In defense of traffic congestion: There are lots of benefits that tend to offset issues

Traffic congestion. No one wants it. It sounds painful. It is probably the most common complaint anywhere a development project is proposed:...

Angel Commercial sells 18,311 s/f for $1.65 million at 386 Commerce Drive

Angel Commercial L.L.C., a Southport-based commercial real estate brokerage firm, completed the sale of an 18,311 s/f industrial building on...

Urstadt Biddle acquires two shopping centers in N.J.

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. has acquired two shopping centers in New Jersey: Boonton A&P Center in Boonton, and Bloomfield A&P Center in ...

The power of retail design: It's innovative and the opportunities never stop!

I love retail design! It's powerful. It's innovative. And the opportunities never stop! My passion for retail design was ignited many years ...

Architects and engineers are rejuvenating retail centers and the environment

We have been working in retail development long enough to understand two important facts: First, the typical boom and bust cycle of the econ...

Northeast retail defeasance activity jumps 300% as the economy continues to improve

As the economy continues to improve in the current low interest rate environment it is generating greater lending activity in the commercial...

New IRS regulations on capitalization of real estate expenditures

In September 2013 after approximately 10 years of proposed and temporary regulations, the IRS issued final regulations on what taxpayer expe...