How will the disruptive forces of today change the built environment tomorrow? Take the trend toward health, wellness, beauty and fitness (HWBF). When The Sembler Company, one of the most…
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Our monthly newsletter is silent this month as we mourn with Pebb Enterprises and the families of Jared Weiner, Ori Rom, Thomas Virgin, Diane Smoot, Gary Shapiro, Diana Suriel and…
We’re just back from the Urban Land Institute’s Fall Meeting in San Francisco. A special thank you to the CRC Silver Council for inviting Rachel to speak on Transitions in…
Is tech finally poised to deliver—your groceries? Visions of ecommerce-driven drive-thrus, pickup zones, delivery vans and the like have popped up in the grocery sector for at least the past…
Thank you all for your patience during our summer leave while we welcomed our newest associate. By now he’s mastered pivot tables and can almost roll over. With all that…
If you’re like me, you’re skeptical of those who claim to have all the answers about the future. What does make sense is a willingness to ask hard questions and…
MILLENNIALS aren’t wealthy, but that’s no reason to ignore them — they still like spending money, ICSC research reveals. By: Joel Groover When it comes to Millennials and retail, two…
Grocery may not be disrupted in the way we feared years ago, with Amazon Fresh opening up in Santa Fe, but there’s still plenty of room for disruption. The traditional…
This month we were particularly impressed by a mother-friendly initiative announced by Vodaphone Group. In order to help working mothers transition back to full time, among other benefits, the first six months…
Hispanic incomes are soaring, leading more developers and retailers to target the burgeoning ethnic group. Arturo Sneider, co-founding partner and CEO of Los Angeles–based Primestor Development, recalls a time when shopping centers that focused on Latinos were at square one.
