Justine Griffin / Tampa Bay Times – How about a glass of wine to celebrate the $11,230 purchase of a Parisian burnham leather recliner from Restoration Hardware? At the new Restoration Hardware store opening in International Plaza this fall, shoppers won’t have to go farther than the three-story retailer’s rooftop garden bar for some wine and […]
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With Top Golf and now Bass Pro Shops, Brandon is a destination
Justine Griffin / Tampa Bay Times – Veteran Realtor Randy Adkins can remember when Brandon was little more than cow pastures. But over the past few decades, Brandon has accumulated its share of the good and the bad that come with urban sprawl — chain stores and traffic, cookie-cutter neighborhoods and a big mall. But within […]
Publix grocery delivery service Shipt launches in Tampa Bay
Justine Griffin / Tampa Bay Times – The CEO of a company that began delivering Publix groceries Tuesday said “thousands” of Tampa Bay area residents have signed up for his mobile app-based service. Shipt, a new grocery delivery company, announced last week that it would bring its service to Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, allowing residents […]
Retail trends: Denim is hot, ‘bro tanks’ are not
Krystina Gustafson / CNBC – Could shoppers finally give apparel retailers the break they so desperately need? There’s no denying that it’s been a rough slog for the clothing industry as consumers increasingly shift their spending from things to experiences, opt for lower-price fashions and refuse to purchase an item if it isn’t on sale. […]
New Florida Mall Defies Retailing’s Headwinds
Geraldine Fabrikant/ The New York Times – It’s hard to conceive of a city that needs a new shopping mall in a country overpopulated with shopping sprawl. Yet about 10 years ago, the Taubman Centers, the national mall developer, teamed up with the Benderson Development Company, a real estate firm with headquarters in Sarasota, to build […]
A&P closings a boon for many landlords
ICSC – A&P, the country’s first traditional supermarket chain, said this week that it would sell off or close its 296 remaining stores and dissolve the company in the months following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing late Sunday. That raises the inevitable questions of the fate of the retail real estate occupied by this Northeast […]
