MAY 2007

Cover Stories

CREATIVE COMPOSITION
Western architects design retail with purpose and polish.
Lara Fuller

THE BLEND TREND
Developers are mixing uses to maximize effect on people.
Anastasia Parsons

BRAVERN NEW WORLD
The people, place and time are sure to make Schnitzer Northwest’s The Shops at Bravern a retail bellwether in Bellevue, Washington.
Brian A. Lee


Feature Articles

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Major projects in Southern California, Arizona speak to the major industrial development opportunities in the West.
Brian A. Lee

MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS FOR BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT
James Vetter

REAL ESTATE’S OWN AMAZING RACE
Economic development professionals in Western cities are scrambling to increase their desirability in order to attract more business.
Brianne Gloski

A DECISIVE DISPOSITION SAVES TIME AND MONEY
It pays to know the impact of defeasance on the property sales process.
Betsy Ross

CLOCK TOWERS SOON TO CHIME IN NEVADA
Citation Property Group is developing two new mixed-use projects in the Las Vegas area.
Susan H. Fishman


MIDDLE MARKET BROKERAGE OUTLOOK
Prime commercial real estate opportunities in secondary markets are plentiful across the West.
Gary Guenther, Mark Mimms, Doug Carter and Dean Corey

TRY A LITTLE TRANSPARENCY
Lease accounting rules need to be changed to improve accessibility and decrease complexity.
Scott Farber and Richard Morisky

WEST COAST SEES STRONG DEMAND
The West Coast retail market will continue to remain strong in 2007.
Graham Bryan and Robert Murray

ONE FOR THE MONEY AND FOR THE SHOW
DMB Commercial’s One Scottsdale mixed-use development will offer unparalleled community and convenience.
Brian A. Lee

CARVED IN STONE
Stone Bros. & Associates and M&M Stone, Inc. have put an indelible mark on Stockton, California’s growing retail scene.
Katie Foxworth Lee

MIXED-USE ALONG THE 405
Hopkins Real Estate Group and LNR Property Corporation have teamed to develop Avalon at South Bay, a mixed-use project that will bring over 1 million square feet of retail to a major freeway intersection in Southern California.
Randall Shearin


CREATING THE TOTAL RETAIL CONCEPT
For a firm that has made innovation and flexibility a staple of its business model and success for over 30 years, The Festival Companies has remained remarkably consistent.
Randall Shearin


Market Highlight

LOS ANGELES MARKET HIGHLIGHT
J.C. Casillas and Tom McLeod


SAN DIEGO MARKET HIGHLIGHT
Robert Lester, East Haradin, David Onosko, Ron King, Justin Harvey, Scott Danshaw, Ron Graves, Lou Bulte and Tom Olson


Snapshots

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LAS VEGAS RETAIL MARKET

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