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Eastgate Square celebrates changes
This week Eastgate Square hosted a celebration of its recent changes, including a makeover of the front entrance, to coincide with the grand opening of Jack Astor's Bar and Grill. Over the last four years Redcliff Realty, property managers of Eastgate and Centre Mall, have been securing leases with the tenants they felt best matched their market: a mix of students, seniors and families. The result is a substantial Wal-Mart, a stand-alone LCBO now the biggest in the area with a dynamite Vintages section, a stand-alone Beer Store and Wimpy's restaurant along with a slate of new retail banners. John Winter, a Toronto-based retail analyst, said there are two options for old style shopping centres such as Eastgate: reinvest and reinvent or demolish. He said the fashion focus of Eastgate will help its long-term outlook.
Lifestyle launches Perfume Division at newly re-opened Sharjah CC ...
Lifestyle, a division of Landmark Retail Ltd, has introduced perfumery to its retail store at Sharjah City Centre. With the new department, Lifestyle has become one of the licensed retailers in the region for international brands such as Calvin Klein, Cerruti, Canali, Davidoff, Nicole Farhi, Moschino, Loewe, Police and Versace. Occupying a prime location in the store, the perfume department was launched at the Sharjah City Centre outlet, which recently re-opened after undergoing an expansion and interior dcor renovation. Adding the perfume range to our stock is an important move for Lifestyle. Diversifying our offerings for our customers is a commitment that Lifestyle holds for its customers, who are accustomed to seeing global brands in different sections of the store.
More malls becoming ‘family friendly’
Although Laurel's Sawmill Square Mall was the first regional shopping center in the area to have a formal policy on teen behavior, malls across the nation are beginning to take the risk of upsetting young people in favor of making malls more family friendly. .
Mattress Mall Comes to Oakland Park
The Shoppes at Sawgrass Commons in Broward County has come to terms with a new tenant. Locally based Mattress Mall, a discount seller of mattresses, bed frames, bunk beds and daybeds, signed a 10-year lease for 13,500 square feet of space. Shoppes at Sawgrass commons is a 76,909-square-foot neighborhood center on 5.84 acres at 12901-13191 W. Sunrise Blvd. in Sunrise. Sharon Dresser and Laurie Albo of The Shopping Center Group represented on behalf of the local landlord, Stephen Corn. Tenant representation was not disclosed. .
Idearc Media Distributes Verizon Yellow Pages to Area Residents in ...
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Idearc Media Corp., publisher of the Verizon Yellow Pages and home to Superpages.com, recently completed distribution of Verizon Yellow Pages directories to residents and businesses in Downey, Long Beach, Lakewood and The South Bay. Residents in those areas also received a convenient Verizon® Yellow Pages Companion Directory, a compact-sized directory featuring listings, advertisements, menu pages and money-saving coupons. "In just a short amount of time we are already seeing positive feedback from many of our advertisers who are participating in our call tracking program," said Anna Spade, marketing manager for Idearc Media. "Our customers are seeing, proof-positive, that advertising in the Verizon Yellow Pages works." In addition, residents in The South Bay received localized editions of the Verizon Yellow Pages.
Developers buy Prime Outlets in Tracy
TRACY Two investors from Contra Costa County have purchased the Prime Outlets, one of the first retail shopping destinations built along Interstate 205 during the construction boom of the past decade, for a non-discount store price. Under the banner Northwest Outlets, based in Walnut Creek, Gary Patterson of KLP Properties and Rick Cordes of Cordes Commercial, Inc., who operate outlet shopping centers in Oregon and Idaho, bought the 155,000-square-foot site from Prime Retail LLC of Maryland for $20.5 million. Cordes said it was going to be nice not having to get on a plane to visit one of their properties. Were local and hands on, Cordes said. This is exciting to us. We plan on putting some blood into this. Their first six months will focus on stabilizing the existing tenants and leases, filling the few vacancies with brand name outlets, and working with current staff and the community to give the center a fresh look and image.
Volunteers help keep world’s largest outdoor used book sale going
SKOKIE, ILL. | More than 20 of the long-time volunteers who helped make the Brandeis Used Book Sale the world's largest outdoor sale are working with Little City Foundation to help carry on the sale. This year's Little City Used Book Sale will take place from June 9 through the 17 at Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie."Having volunteered for the Brandeis Used Book Sale for more than 30 years, I'm pleased to be able help a worthy organization like Little City carry on the tradition of the sale," said Joan Loeb, of Highland Park, in a news release."We're very grateful for the generosity, hard work and advice we've received from so many of the women who helped make the Brandeis sale a 48-year institution," said Shawn Jeffers, Little City Foundation's executive director. "The love of books and the chance to support an important cause, the two things that made the Brandeis Sale so successful, are the things that have led these women to follow their hearts and continue as volunteers."The Brandeis volunteers assisted Little City in setting up a book sorting operation and continue to come to the Palatine campus each week to help sort, price and box books.Little City is seeking donations of used books and volunteers, both to help prepare for the sale and to help staff the June event. For information on how to donate books and to volunteer call Little City Foundation at (847) 221-7856 or e-mail booksale@littlecity.org.- THE TIMES .
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