Getahn Ward/The Tennessean—The Avenue Murfreesboro regional lifestyle shopping center is under contract and could sell for what would be a record price for a non-mall, open-air retail property in Tennessee. Cameron Golden, a spokesman for Atlanta-based Cousins Properties Inc., which co-owns The Avenue through a joint venture with Faison Enterprises, confirmed the 810,000-square-foot retail center […]
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What The Increase In Outlet Malls Means For The Valley Retail Scene
Mark Brodie/KJZZ 91.5—Valley residents now have three times more choices, if they are in the mood for some outlet shopping. We now have three outlet malls close by, two of which have opened in the last 12 months, and that raises some questions. Looking at the reasons behind the increase, and what it means for […]
A shift in shopping center development
A shift in shopping center development Justine Griffin/Sarasota Herald-Tribune If there was advantage to the Great Recession for retailers — and suffice it say there were few — it is that the dearth of consumer spending and new store openings allowed chains and developers an easier time redeveloping properties. During the lengthy lull of the […]
P.F. Chang’s debut ends long journey
P.F. Chang’s debut ends long journey Justine Griffin/Sarasota Herald-Tribune Monday evening’s opening of this region’s first P.F. Chang’s China Bistro signals the end of a long hunt by the high-end, Asian-themed restaurant. The 270-seat restaurant, at U.S. 41 and Osprey Avenue, caps years of searching in and around Sarasota and represents another signal that Southwest […]
Microsoft launching 600 stores within Best Buy and Future Shop
Microsoft launches 600 stores within Best Buy and Future Shop Janet Tu/The Seattle Times Microsoft last fall launched a vastly redesigned operating system with Windows 8, which the company hoped would launch it boldly into the mobile-devices arena. The problem was many users found Windows 8 confusing. And the devices Windows 8 was designed to […]
Role reversal: Online retailers seek physical stores
Role reversal: Online retailers seek physical stores Thomas Lee/Minneapolis Star-Tribune For a growing number of Internet retailers, offline is the new online. Across the country, retailers that existed only in cyberspace are now opening — or thinking of opening — traditional stores at a time when e-commerce’s explosive growth has spawned a slew of dire […]
