WASHINGTON, DC-Panelists see upside in that sector but not many others during the Transwestern/Real Estate Forum Twelfth Institutional Investor Symposium.

These days around here we're usually writing about chains closing stores or tapering back growth plans. So it was refreshing to read this Los Angeles Times article about Forever 21's aggressive expansion. The retailer, which focuses on selling affordable apparel to young women, is opening a 90,000-sf...

TORONTO-Mark Rose lands at Avison Young after high-level positions at Grubb and Jones Lang.

TORONTO-Mark Rose lands at Avison Young after high-level positions at Grubb and Jones Lang.

A recent Wall Street Journal article examines the problems faced by Cold Stone Creamery, the ice-cream chain that was one of the hottest expanding concepts a few years back. The article says that 100 stores closed last year and that "one list on a Cold Stone Web site recently had 303 stores for sale...

Winn-Dixie is becoming a boxer that refuses to get knocked out. After news last week that competitor Publix is buying 49 stores from Albertsons, Winn-Dixie chairman Peter Lynch released a statement saying that the move won't impact his chain, as a majority of its stores are close enough. After emerging...

'Whether times are good or bad, there are always tenants that go through cycles.'

'Whether times are good or bad, there are always tenants that go through cycles.'