It is all about visibility.

by | Mar 2, 2012

Shopping mall tenants are not the only ones who worry about site lines.  Strip mall owners know that positioning the storefront facade to optimize drive by visibility will surely impact whether the center succeeds on not.  It is even more important than maximizing...

The good location gone bad trap.

by | Feb 25, 2012

Even the most sophisticated retailers can get caught in the good location gone bad trap.  One potential mine field in this regard has to do with locations that are being leased in newly built or renovated centers.  The landlord’s leasing agent will show off the site ...

“Big Lots” or “Berdorf Goodman”

by | Feb 22, 2012

By the time an owner moves from just thinking about opening a new store to actually budgeting a project he has doubtless already hooked up with real estate agents, attorneys, marketing specialist, all having to do with the famous “location, location, location.” Now it...