Archive for October 2010

New Big Box Retail Openings in Orange County

Tweet As it has been stated before, good real estate with solid fundamentals will always garner tenant interest no matter what the market as a whole is experiencing. Below are examples of some larger tenants occupying well located spaces in Orange County that had been recently vacated. Former Tenant New Tenant Square Feet Location City [...]

IKEA to Generate Solar Revenue

Tweet I just read an article on thestar.com explaining how IKEA is installing solar panels on the roofs of three of their locations in Canada. This is an interesting topic to me as I have had many past discussions with a friend regarding LEED certification of commercial buildings and what advantages retail tenants could gain [...]

Fresh & Easy Closing 13 Stores

Tweet Fresh & Easy has announced that they are closing 13 stores in the Las Vegas (6 closings), Phoenix (6 closings) and Inland Empire (1 closing) markets.  This represents about 8% of the 168 total Fresh & Easy stores. I guess its a good sign that they are willing to pull the plug on underperforming [...]