Retail

GVA Williams completes $34m sale of 145,000 s/f Newington Fair

GVA Williams has finalized the $34 million sale of a portion of the Newington Fair Shopping Center. The 145,000 s/f transaction consists of ...

Mass. new access permit regulations to streamline process: Focal points and variable requirements

"We're from the government and we are here to help you." This has become a comic phrase in our society, but within the new regulations to t...

New England retail investment market forecast for 2008: A difficult year to predict

2007 was a remarkable year for the retail capital markets until the credit crunch set in this August. According to Real Capital Analytics, ...

A retail update for Southern New Hampshire: Recent significant sales and construction

We've heard a lot lately about problems in the residential market, the office market has been slow, and manufacturers seem to be leaving a n...

Innovations in lifestyle centers: Meeting the development and leasing challenges

Lifestyle centers are taking America by storm. The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) estimates the number of centers has doub...

LEED issues in retail centers: Ensuring building design components are LEED compliant

Over the years, we have designed many millions of s/f of retail space. We have always tried to design energy efficient systems and specify e...

Will green building become a requirement going forward? LEED for retail program

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recently announced that Conn. is one of the first states to require large construction projects to u...

The retail industry goes green in 2008: With higher profits from higher economic efficiency

This year will be a defining one for the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program,...

What is defeasance and why is it so prevalent? An overview of the defeasance process

Defeasance is the preferred form of call protection for fixed-rate conduit/commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans. Nearly every ...

Retail construction - Dimeo Construction's perspective 2008: Green construction on the rise

Growing sub prime mortgage woes, tightening access to plentiful and cheap debt, slowing consumer spending and retail sales, an oversupply of...