Retail

Enployment in the retail sector rising

An analysis of Labor Department data by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. found that employment in the retail secto...

More owners challenge tax revaluations

Declining shopping center values, which have been difficult to gauge in this stalled transactions market, have created a logjam of tax-asses...

2009 holiday season finishes with Dec. sales up 2.8% - season up 1.8%

December 2009 U.S. comparable-store sales spurted by a near-expected 2.8% compared with the same month of 2008, based on a tally of 33 retai...

Jacobs of Glickman Kovago and Co. leases 4,000 s/f to Panera Bread

Michael Jacobs, principal of Glickman Kovago and Company, recently completed a lease for a new Panera Bread restaurant at 120 Gold Star Blvd...

Kings now open at WS Development's Legacy Place in Dedham

Kings, a 26,000 s/f entertainment facility featuring 20 ten-pin bowling lanes, four mini bowling lanes, 2 regulation shuffleboard tables, th...

Remic Props. signs 10,000 s/f lease with Aubuchon at 832 Stevens Ave.

Remic Properties has signed a lease with Aubuchon Hardware for 10,000 s/f at 832 Stevens Ave. in the Morrills Corner neighborhood of Portlan...

CBRE Realty Trust buys 238,370 s/f whse./dist. facility for $18.95m

CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust has purchased a 238,370 s/f newly completed class A, build-to-suit warehouse/distribution building for $18.95 ...

McKinnon of The Grossman Cos. negotiates 1,625 s/f lease renewal

Coffee aficionados will be pleased to know that Brewed Awakenings, a popular purveyor of fresh coffee, baked goods, sandwiches, soups and sa...

Little Necks Seafood Restaurant opens

After months of renovations, the Acapulco Restaurant on Rte. 18, has been transformed into a seafood restaurant, featuring fresh fish and Ja...

Shair of M&J Assoc. leases 2,800 s/f to new Burger King prototype

According to Mark Shair, president of M&J Associates, Inc., Burger King has opened at 32 Riverside St. The building is 2,800 s/f with 60 sea...