Retail

Roberts of WS Development leases 6,000 s/f to J.Crew at Legacy Place

According to WS Development, J.Crew opened recently at Legacy Place. The 6,000 s/f J.Crew is located near Sephora, Apple and Williams-Sonoma...

Retail development benefits from emerging trends in landscape architecture

Unless you've been out of touch for the past five years or so (in which case you will not be reading this article), you have been deluged wi...

Brokers enlisted with marketing excess space need to test their creativity and deal making ability

Retailers downsizing. Retailers going dark. After a post-recession low, this process seems to be picking up steam as 2011 hurtles toward 201...

Representing a unique opportunity, now may be a good time to invest in Rite Aid

Along with most net leased retail properties, the investment sales market for Rite Aids was virtually nonexistent in 2009. Beginning in 2010...

Today's structural engineers need to be skilled engineers and aware of issues not structural

So people ask "What can be so difficult to structurally design a one story retail building?" Fifteen years ago it was much less complex than...

Knowles of SullivanHayes Companies represents CVS in ground lease

Brian Knowles of Farmington-based SullivanHayes Companies represented CVS/pharmacy in a ground lease at the SWC of Rte. 202 and Pleasant St....

Bottom-up firms, operators focused on management and due diligence poised for success

Since the real estate bubble burst and the great recession began, top-down real estate firms, companies rich in capital but with little oper...

Mobile commerce - There are plenty of apps for it

We've all heard about consumers using their smart phones for comparison shopping or downloading coupons while in a store. Well tech savvy re...

Because we represent physical space, we're ideally positioned to connect it to the digital space

Retailers have clearly taken the lead in the adoption of social and digital media tools. American Eagle Outfitters and Gap are just a couple...

A financial outlook for the good, the bad and the uncertain in the retail real estate marketplace

There are a number of events affecting commercial real estate finance; be it Europe's sovereign debt crisis, the U.S. debt ceiling debacle, ...