What will be the state of physical retail in the 21st Century? That’s a question on the minds of everybody in retail, and an elite group of developers is endeavoring to answer it with bold new projects and spectacular renovations.

JLL Retail has announced that Chris Wilson will take on the newly created position of head of national retail agency leasing.

ServiceChannel CEO Tom Buiocchi describes his digital service as the Uber of store and shopping center maintenance.

He’s the winningest coach in the history of the University of Florida and delivered the national championship to the Gators in 1996, but can he get the cooking done in the kitchen?

Shopping and movie-going appear to have come back to Center City Philadelphia in a big way, according to a report from PREIT.

Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach has signed on as the official fashion partner of the Carolina Country Music Fest, which is held the first week of June in the popular beach community.

Simon’s 2003 attempt to take over Taubman Centers, a failed bid that set the big mall owners at odds ever since, has culminated in a merger forced by conditions of the times.

As the national retail director for Time Equities, Inc., Ami Ziff has long worked with digitally native brands looking to branch out into physical retail in urban areas where TEI owns many residential and office properties.

"On March 7, mall walkers taking a lap around the old Herberger's space at Rosedale Center are going to see more body-slamming action than at any Black Friday sale at the store."

PREIT, one of a number of traditional mall owners engaged in major renovations, reaped outstanding results from its efforts at re-done centers over the holidays.