Phillips Edison-ARC REIT Buys 157 KSF Grocery-Anchored Center in Metro Cleveland Scott Baltic/Commercial Property Executive Phillips Edison–ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc., of Cincinnati, has acquired Brook Park Plaza, a 157,000-square-foot shopping center anchored by a Giant Eagle grocery store in Brook Park, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, the REIT announced late last week. Other tenants […]

Microsoft taking a small bite out of Apple stores Julio Ojeda-Zapata/St. Paul Pioneer Press Looking to modernize the Richfield grade school where she works, and flush with a cash for a major technology purchase, Tonicia Abdur-Salaam went in search of classroom computers at the Mall of America not long ago. First she stopped in the […]

Retailers get jump on season Justine Griffin/Sarasota Herald-Tribune Don’t get spooked, but Christmas trees, holiday music and popular toys are already starting to creep into area stores — before Halloween is even a memory. Despite, or perhaps because of, strong holiday sales in 2011 — consumers spent $563 billion, the most since 1999 — retailers […]

Target starts holiday ads well before Halloween Sandra Guy/Chicago Sun-Times With Target Corp. rolling out its earliest-ever TV holiday ad, is Santa Claus already on his way? The Minneapolis-based retailer, known for cheap-chic goods and an iconic bull’s eye and dog mascot, aired its first holiday ad Monday — which Advertising Age reported was three […]

Power 30: The Top Tech Innovators SmartMoney Staff/SmartMoney A small number of people have an outsize influence on the balance of your bank account, the fortunes of your investment portfolio, how you communicate and what you buy. They’re not necessarily masters of the universe, but their thoughts, actions, and even their whims impact your bottom […]