Real Estate

The Start-Ups Behind New York's Retail Reawakening

2 August 2018 • By Cathaleen Chen

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The Start-Ups Behind New York's Retail Reawakening

Start-ups and pop-ups are filling storefronts abandoned by struggling chains, taking advantage of plunging rents and landlords desperate to fill long-vacant spaces.

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Build Condos Above Stores, Shareholder Tells Hudson's Bay

13 June 2018 • By Bloomberg

13 June 2018 • By Bloomberg

Condo prices are rising in many Canadian cities even as the overall market shows signs of cooling off.

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Build Condos Above Stores, Shareholder Tells Hudson's Bay

Condo prices are rising in many Canadian cities even as the overall market shows signs of cooling off.

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Buyer Pool Evaporates for America's Fading Malls

12 June 2018 • By Bloomberg

12 June 2018 • By Bloomberg

Only about $3 billion of retail real estate changed hands in April, a 27 percent drop from a year earlier and the lowest monthly tally since February 2013.

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Buyer Pool Evaporates for America's Fading Malls

Only about $3 billion of retail real estate changed hands in April, a 27 percent drop from a year earlier and the lowest monthly tally since February 2013.

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Hudson's Bay Company Said to Sell Flagship Vancouver Store

7 May 2018 • By Reuters

7 May 2018 • By Reuters

The deal progresses HBC's efforts to extract value from its substantial real estate holdings as it battles a retail industry-wide slump

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Hudson's Bay Company Said to Sell Flagship Vancouver Store

The deal progresses HBC's efforts to extract value from its substantial real estate holdings as it battles a retail industry-wide slump

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Hudson's Bay Exploring Sale of Downtown Vancouver Store

30 October 2017 • By Reuters

30 October 2017 • By Reuters

The news follows HBC's agreement last week to sell its Lord & Taylor flagship building for $850 million, as the department-store operator steps up efforts to extract value from its real estate holdings amid struggling sales.

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Hudson's Bay Exploring Sale of Downtown Vancouver Store

The news follows HBC's agreement last week to sell its Lord & Taylor flagship building for $850 million, as the department-store operator steps up efforts to extract value from its real estate holdings amid struggling sales.

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Hudson Bay Company’s Richard Baker Speaks on Latest Strategic Move

24 October 2017 • By Lauren Sherman

24 October 2017 • By Lauren Sherman

The Canadian retail-real estate group’s mastermind explains why selling the historic Lord & Taylor building to WeWork Property Advisors, combined with an equity investment, will free up the company to continue executing its ‘transformation plan.'

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Hudson Bay Company’s Richard Baker Speaks on Latest Strategic Move

The Canadian retail-real estate group’s mastermind explains why selling the historic Lord & Taylor building to WeWork Property Advisors, combined with an equity investment, will free up the company to continue executing its ‘transformation plan.'

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LVMH's Plan to Turn Historic Paris Grounds into Theme Park

29 August 2017 • By Reuters

29 August 2017 • By Reuters

LVMH is to lead a €60 million plan to turn Paris's 157 year-old Jardin d'Acclimatation into one of France's top three amusement parks. LVMH has managed the park since 1984 and holds an 80 percent stake.

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LVMH's Plan to Turn Historic Paris Grounds into Theme Park

LVMH is to lead a €60 million plan to turn Paris's 157 year-old Jardin d'Acclimatation into one of France's top three amusement parks. LVMH has managed the park since 1984 and holds an 80 percent stake.

Retailers Brace for New York Real Estate Apocalypse

20 April 2017 • By Lauren Sherman

20 April 2017 • By Lauren Sherman

In Manhattan’s prime retail districts, tourist traffic is down, rents are high, Trump is looming large and overstoring is about as bad as it is in Middle America. Something has got to give.

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Retailers Brace for New York Real Estate Apocalypse

In Manhattan’s prime retail districts, tourist traffic is down, rents are high, Trump is looming large and overstoring is about as bad as it is in Middle America. Something has got to give.

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Kohl's, Macy's Turn Landlords in Bid to Unlock Real Estate Value

23 February 2017 • By Reuters

23 February 2017 • By Reuters

The move underscores the pressing need for the two chains to better monetise their real estate assets.

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Kohl's, Macy's Turn Landlords in Bid to Unlock Real Estate Value

The move underscores the pressing need for the two chains to better monetise their real estate assets.

This Week in Fashion

The End of Holiday Shopping Season As We Know It?

18 November 2016 • By BoF Team

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The End of Holiday Shopping Season As We Know It?

Amidst disruption on New York’s Fifth Avenue, discounting season has come early this year, but more and more sales are no longer a salve for the deeper problems facing retail.