| Climate group pushes the future
Mall-goers were warming up to the idea of reducing their impact on global warming. Lakeview Square Mall shoppers picked up some bright ideas for reducing energy use at the Battle Creek-based Climate Change Coalition's first community event. .
Braselton's busting at the seams: New shopping helps increase ...
As fast as families can move into their new homes, developers are building places for them to shop in Braselton and Hoschton. Braselton Planning Director Kevin Keller said that residents rarely protest rezonings for new commercial development at town council meetings. Many people, like Chateau Elan resident Uli Henssge, are glad to see their property values increase, because convenient shopping increases a home's market value. "It's certainly the easiest money we ever made," Henssge said. Henssge and his family moved in April 2000 from Lawrenceville. At the time, the Vineyards shopping center with Publix had not been built, Hamilton Mill was developing and the Mall of Georgia was new. The convenience of area shopping is wonderful, Henssge said. "I believe growth is great, growth is inevitable and growth brings benefits." Terri Wadsworth of Hoschton is more skeptical.
Trolley Service Suspended After Officer-Involved Shooting
MISSION VALLEY, Calif. -- Police shut down trolley service in Mission Valley on Monday evening following a robbery and officer-involved shooting. A juvenile male told police that two men had robbed him of his iPod at about 6 p.m. when he got off the Trolley at Fashion Valley Center. The young man said one of the robbers had lifted his sweatshirt and shown him what appeared to be a handgun tucked into his waisteband. The robbers then headed toward the Trolley station on the south side of the mall. Trolley security near the Mission Valley shopping center notified police they saw two men matching the robbers' description getting off a Trolley there. Officers attempted to approach the men, resulting in a foot pursuit, authorities said. Police said an officer fired one round at one of the men but missed.
FIVE FOR BUYING: Top US Retail Property Sales
A query of CoStar COMPs first quarter 2007 shopping center sale transactions reveals that value placed on U.S. shopping centers by investors continues to rise. At close of third quarter, the average price-per-square-foot is $159.01, which is 24% higher than the average price-per-square-foot for 2006 shopping center sales. The following transactions represent a sampling of the retail properties that sold for top dollar during the month of March 2007. Downtown San Francisco's 400 Post Street Sells for $103 Million The largest retail property sale transaction recorded for the month of March was 400 Post Street in downtown San Francisco. Atlanta-based Jamestown Properties sold the 72,000-square-foot, four-story street retail building for $103 million to Miami-based Ponte Gadea California, LLC.
Aurora Mall Shoppers Claim Racial Profiling
(CBS4) AURORA, Colo. The Town Center at Aurora has denied allegations it racial profiles customers who are minorities or dress in a certain fashion. Several people in their 20s said they've been targeted because of their skin color and have asked the American Civil Liberties Union to investigate. People who said they were discriminated against at the former Aurora Mall gathered at Aurora's city hall Tuesday evening to rally. Some said they were harassed by security guards at the shopping center."We just want to be respected as a human being, not as a color, not as a race, but just people of humanity," said Michael Carter Jr.A shooting in 2005 killed one person at the mall. After that incident, the shopping center implemented a weekend curfew requiring shoppers under the age of 16 to be with a parent or adult after 5 p.m.Last year, a civil rights group known as Acorn surveyed minority shoppers at the mall and found that 48 people claimed racial profiling.
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