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WSJ.com - How a Glitzy Mall Developer Built Its Way Into Big Trouble

In recent years, mall companies have performed well as
consumers continued to spend despite recession, terrorism and the war
in Iraq. The nation’s major mall developers — now big public companies
mostly run by the scions of the original mall magnates — expanded
primarily by buying other mall companies.
Link: WSJ.com - How a Glitzy Mall Developer Built Its Way […]

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Mixed Use in LA

The Beverly Center in LA might get a $125M makeover to turn into a mixed-use development.  As a means of competing with the neighboring Grove and Hollywood and HIghland, the Beverly Center needs to create some sort of connection to the city.  I’ve often referred to the BC as the best example of placeless mall […]

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Malls as Entertainment

In Columbus, Ohio, Gordon Group Holdings is developing a hybrid mall / internet space called Epicenter.  This space, scheduled to open in 2006 at the Polaris Fashion Place, will combine the convenience of online shopping with the consumer desire to feel, touch and try on.  It looks like a mall, but something is different.  In […]

Categories: Malls