Another chain is going out of business. Gottschalks, which filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of the year, can no longer hold on, and is closing all 58 of its stores, which are located on the West Coast. So now there is more product out there to absorb. It seems like there was some success in...

'It's absolutely the norm that retailers are asking for renegotiations of their leases almost across the board.'

'It's absolutely the norm that retailers are asking for renegotiations of their leases almost across the board.'

'What I'm looking for are a couple major portfolio deals by some of the benchmark investors that people look to as the smart guys in the room.'

'What I'm looking for are a couple major portfolio deals by some of the benchmark investors that people look to as the smart guys in the room.'

A possible merger between two publicly-traded retail REITs? What is this, like, 2006? News we thought we wouldn't see for a very long time is shaping up. Apparently Jeffrey Olson, the chairman of Equity One sent a letter to Farmington Hills, MI-based Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust's management, saying...

MALVERN, PA-The REIT secures six mortgage loans from a group of life-insurance companies at an average interest rate of 7.1%.

MALVERN, PA-The REIT secures six mortgage loans from a group of life-insurance companies at an average interest rate of 7.1%.