American Dream Announces New Brands

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The center, due to open in 2017, welcomes two new brands that will delight children and the young at heart.

Xanadu is coming along. Just a few years ago, the site of the future New Jersey dream mall sat empty and undeveloped. Now dubbed American Dream, it's so close to reality that two major experiential brands have signed on—Sea Life and Legoland D[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Leasing Team Appointed for White City

Leasing, Shopping Center Business

The major West London regeneration project spans 145 acres, and will be a truly multi-purpose hub with new residential units, offices, retail, leisure, and a research and innovation center.

Stanhope Plc and Mitsui Fudosan UK Ltd. have taken another important step in the redevelopment of White City Place and Television Centre in West London. The partners have retained Bruce Gillingham Pollard (BGP) and Restaurant Property to handle [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Greenstone Gets First Hamleys in South Africa

Retailer Roundup, Shopping Center Business

Shopping center rolled out the red carpet to welcome the famed UK toy emporium during a VIP-studded launch event.

If you were browsing around the halls of Greenstone Shopping Centre on August 20, you probably would have thought that the circus had just come to town. The Jeppe Boys bag pipe band and its Grand Master, flanked by The Transformers, Kung Fu Pand[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Friars Walk Grand Opening Set for November

Development News, Shopping Center Business

Marketer Victoria Holloway to capitalize on pre-holiday timing and involve the local community to launch Queensberry Real Estate’s first retail project.

It’s been five years since Queensberry Real Estate (QRE) was formed, and the UK developer has now begun the countdown to the opening of its first retail and leisure center: Friars Walk in Newport. QRE has confirmed that it will launch the sche[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

ICSC European Award Deadline Looms

ICSC European Shopping Centre Awards, Shopping Center Business

Shopping center council looks to increase number of program participants with new criteria for established properties, discount on multiple entries.

There were eleven properties shortlisted last year for the ICSC European Shopping Centre Awards, and the number could grow for the 2016 edition now that the global property council has made some changes to its program. For one, the Establishe[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Luxury Camping Comes to the Mall with St Jerome’s – The Hotel

Pop-Up Stores

Above all the busy retail buzz, urban campers settle in for chilly nights of luxury atop Melbourne Central.

The pursuit of the perfect glamping spot—that's "glamorous camping" if you're not familiar—has taken its devotees around the globe. For some, the ideal is an unexpectedly luxurious camping experience deep in the natural world, while others look [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

The Security Bells Are Ringing

Mall Security, Property Management, Shopping Center Business

The Broadwalk Centre arms its shoppers with simple security bells

The Broawalk Shopping Centre is on a mission to fight pickpocketing in its area, and one of its strategies is a bag bell program that it runs in partnership with the Metropolitan Police. The Edgeware, UK, mall hands out free bells at its custome[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Bell Works Re-Imagines Our Technological History

Shopping Center Business

Somerset Development Corp. takes great care with the past while developing the future of the world-renowned Bell Labs.

It's no exaggeration to suggest that the Bell Labs Holmdel Complex is a cultural institution. The ingenious individuals that worked within its within its walls helped bring to life technology we use daily, including digital cellular phones, orbi[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

AsheMorgan to Begin Harbour Town Upgrade

Development News, Shopping Center Business

Two large plazas that will serve as event spaces and interaction hubs are on the plans for the Harbour Town Melbourne center, part of a $146m portfolio.

AsheMorgan has been chomping at the bit to put another mark on the Australian commercial landscape and it intends to do it through Harbour Town Melbourne, which it hopes will become one of the city’s top shopping and entertainment destinations[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Retailers Get Average Interim Sales Report Card

Retailer Roundup, Shopping Center Business

Multi-channel offering and added value, beyond low prices, are what will draw shoppers, survey shows.

School bells won’t ring for another few weeks in the United States, but the first retail spending report card has already been issued and the results are not stellar. According to Brand Keys, households with children entering preschool through[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...