Reserved Parking: Trucks and Foodies

Food & Beverage, Shopping Center Business

Rockland center sets the stage for its new food court unveiling.

Rockland center (Montreal, Canada) is playing the indoor/outdoor marketing game these days. It's a strategy that's meant to drive destination shoppers and passers-by to its property and then move them inside. The lure: fresh food. Rockland is[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

This Is Why Brands Still Need Malls

Leasing, Shopping Center Business

The number of lifestyle brands is growing, and so is demand for high-traffic space.

If tired traditional retail stores are abandoning their shopping center posts, there seem to be no shortage of lifestyle brands eager to step in and pick up the slack. The reason is simple: Health, fitness, and wellness offers are best sold thro[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

What’s Next: The Pureplay Leasing Chase

Leasing, Shopping Center Business

If you want to beef up your tenant roster, look for candidates online.

While some store chains are kicking the bucket in very high-profile fashion, others endure by repositioning themselves as the frontier towns of omnichannel retailing. It's only logical then that forward-looking shopping center teams should hop o[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Woolworths Coming to Melbourne Square

Leasing, Leasing Deals

The supermarket will open its first Southbank location in late 2020.

Malaysia's OSK Property is about to give residents of Southbank (Melbourne, Australia), their first full-line supermarket when Woolworths opens at Melbourne Square. The deal was announced today and it gets the company closer to its goal of turni[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Have You Ever Spent Time in a Sweets Hotel?

Pop-Up Stores, Visual Merchandising

Spring pop-up installation will offer a mix of art and retail merchandise.

International Museum Day is coming on May 18 and that has given a pair of Dallas entrepreneurs an idea for how to at once satisfy consumers' cravings for art, sweets, and experiential retailing. They'll do it with a themed pop-up. The Sweet T[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

This Mall Food Fair Has Space for Pop-ups

Pop-Up Stores, Shopping Center Business

Just like in the other retail categories, incubating new F&B concepts is crucial.

When thinking of food court design, developers often have permanent spaces, seating, and waste disposal stations in mind. However, for his latest retail project, German designer Werner Aisslinger was also asked to include stalls dedicated to foo[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

A Dog’s Life Looks Good at Corbin Park

Leasing, Leasing Deals

Carson Development’s Kansas property has just welcomed one more tenant.

The leasing team at Corbin Park shopping center (Overland Park, USA) can check another unit off its list. Dogtopia will open its first Kansas City Metro location this weekend in a deal that Block & Company, Inc. Realtors helped to facilitate. An[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

What’s Next: Modular Retail Incubators

Pop-Up Stores, Shopping Center Business

Temporary tenants get in line at French shopping center.

RMUs and kiosks used to be the designated spots for temporary tenants, while in-line units were reserved for permanent ones. That is changing. The two categories are now trading places whenever it suits their marketing needs. In fact, there real[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

intu Metrocentre Strengthen Its Team

Appointments, People on the Move

Sarah Dover, Amy Bruce, and Emma Hart have taken on operational and marketing responsibilities.

Sarah Dover has taken over as Operations Manager at intu Metrocentre (UK), touted as Europe's largest retail and leisure center. A graduate of Newcastle College and a specialist in human resources, leadership, and management, she joined the cent[...] Read More...

What’s Next: Stores as Production Galleries

Retailer Roundup, Shopping Center Business

Beauty and wellness brand gives new meaning to the theater of retail.

While consumers continue to visit brick-and-mortar stores in droves, physical environments are no longer necessary to complete commercial transactions. That has many brands rethinking not only their location footprints but also what's inside tho[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...