Weekend Recap April 27

“Amazon will begin delivering packages to Volvo and GM cars, even when drivers aren’t around.

The service will be free for Amazon Prime members with an active GM OnStar or Volvo On Call account and is available in 37 U.S. cities and surrounding areas. The companies have plans to expand the service to more locations.

The move adds another location where customers can receive packages, which is key for Amazon as its retail business depends so heavily on deliveries. The e-commerce giant has experimented with several types of partnerships, such as recent expansions into delivering groceries and meals.”

Amazon will begin delivering packages to GM and Volvo cars, even when drivers aren’t there

Amazon News Roundup: New Car Trunk Delivery Service And More Fake Product Reviews

Amazon Begins Delivery to Your Car’s Trunk

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Below are a few articles that I found interesting this week.

Local:

Infomart To Be Chewy’s New Call Center Home

High-Tech Windows Helped A DFW Bar Sell Twice As Many Drinks

Wildcat Management Takes On West End’s Last Undeveloped Building

The U.S. Army has Dallas in its sites for a new high-tech office center FILED UNDER

Plano’s Legacy West project lands $300 million from MetLife

Carrollton shopping center makeover on the way

Northern Trust is growing its Uptown Dallas office

National:

These are the 5 fastest growing restaurants in America

GNC to close 200 stores this year

French sporting goods giant unveils North American locations

Fat Lama: The “Airbnb For Renting Almost Anything” Raises $10 Million

Walmart’s Flipkart deal reportedly nears closing

Toys ‘R’ Us seeks approval to sell Canadian division

Dunkin’ Donuts taps former BJ’s exec for marketing role

Sears’ head of real estate is stepping down

What have you been reading this week? Please comment below with any interesting articles or topics you would like to see covered.

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Weekend Recap April 20

“Isaac Larian placed a $675 million bid for 200 of the remaining 735 Toys “R” Us locations in the United States, and almost all of more than 80 locations in Canada. Toys “R” Us is still considering other offers, but it’s not clear whether those would keep US stores open.

Sources with knowledge of the matter say the bid was too low.”

-Toys ‘R’ Us rejects $675M bid from billionaire toy maker

Toys ‘R’ Us rejects bid from Bratz CEO

Toy tycoon submits bid to save Toys ‘R’ Us

Are you heading to ICSC Recon Las Vegas this year? If so, shoot me an email, TLepore@RubiconRep.com, and let’s sit down!

Below are a few articles that I found interesting this week both locally and on a national scale.

Local:

Developer buys up properties on downtown Dallas’ east side

Parkland Hospital Sale Not Completed

Part Of Henderson Avenue Gets Approved For Commercial Rezoning

6 Projects That Transformed Dallas Into A Global Powerhouse Over The Last 10 Years

Y’all Come Back Now: Texas Hospitality Sector Taking Off

Apartment project kicks off near Dallas’ Galleria

Downtown Dallas’ 113-year-old Purse Building getting modern office makeover with rooftop deck FILED UNDER

Developers spent more than $27 billion on D-FW apartments FILED UNDER

Contractor Balfour Beatty is keeping its HQ in Uptown Dallas

Apartment project kicks off near Dallas’ Galleria

National:

The amount of retail space closing in 2018 is on pace to break a record

You can now buy drinks, snacks and even hangover cures in the back of your Uber

15 It’s the end for Bon-Ton Stores, the parent company of Boston Store, Younkers

Target’s Drive Up service is now available at 270 stores

Big Lots CEO steps down

Starbucks enters its 77th global market

Hockey retailer expands footprint

Former rivals Amazon and Best Buy join forces to sell smart TVs

Starbucks to close all company-owned stores on the afternoon of May 29 for racial-bias education day

What have you been reading this week? Please comment below with any interesting articles or topics you would like to see covered.

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Weekend Recap April 13

As you can see below, there is a lot happening in the Retail sector this week and this year. Big box retail is being re-tenanted and a lot of cool projects are coming about from this. The DFW market is still on fire and Collin County sees no signs of stopping. Downtown Dallas is getting a recurrent face-lift and I believe this will continue. We find ourselves in an exciting time in Texas while the market remains strong. With interest rates starting to tick up, I believe there is only so much time CAP rates can remain at this historic low.

Are you heading to ICSC Recon Las Vegas this year? If so, shoot me an email, TLepore@RubiconRep.com, and let’s sit down to discuss where you see the market trending and how we can achieve your goals before the correction comes!

Below are a few articles that I found interesting this week both locally and on a national scale.

Local:

Walmart Investing $277 Million into Texas Stores

Downtown Dallas park projects will create green space three times larger than Klyde Warren

Samsung moving 1,000 jobs to Legacy Central, Plano’s newest hot corner

Billionaire Michael Dell is now the biggest landlord on Dallas’ popular Knox Street

Landmark downtown Dallas garage and retail building changes hands

Why Lower Greenville may not fill in that giant blank space left by Walmart until 2032

With ‘Edgy’ New Project, Cawley Partners Sees A Window Of Opportunity In Plano

Target tests new program in Dallas-Fort Worth that gives shoppers rewards without a credit card

Frisco’s Wade Park set for foreclosure again in May

National:

Why Big-Box Retailers Target And Kohl’s Are Going Small

16 Sears stores are being auctioned online

Best Buy to open first new U.S. store in seven years

CVS pharmacists will have new tools to help patients save money on drugs

Why Aldi Is Joining Karstadt: Marrying Food And Retail Could Be What Saves Department Stores

Physical Retail Is Not Dead: Boring Retail Is

Nine West files for bankruptcy; to sell namesake brand

Nordstrom just opened a store only for men. Here’s what it looks like inside

Simon unveils plans to fill five vacated Sears stores

What have you been reading this week? Please comment below with any interesting articles or topics you would like to see covered.

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Friday Feels April 6

Today marks the end of my first week with Rubicon Representation in Dallas, TX. I was brought on to spearhead the new Retail Investment Sales Team and piggyback off the momentum my colleagues already have going. I am very excited about the transition over here and look forward to hitting the ground running! Click to the “What I’m Working On” tab to view more on our firm.

Below are a few articles that I found interesting this week both locally and on a national scale.

Local:

Building Alert: $61M Addition Coming To Medical City Plano

McKinney Feeling The Power With A Corporate Relocation

Plano ranks #1 in Texas Best Place to Find a Job

Plano’s Legacy area is on track to match downtown Dallas in office employment

National:

Which Retailers Will Take Over Toys”R”Us Stores?

Amazon Key expands nationwide—and gets more locks

The Owner Journey Is Just As Important As The Shopper Journey In Retail

Kroger to open second restaurant location

Amazon may reportedly rival Walmart with bid to buy India’s Flipkart

Kohl’s Teams With Aldi, Nordstrom Adds Anthropologie Home: Are Retailers Becoming Mini Malls?

Whole Foods just hinted at giving Prime members a 10% discount

Walmart opens first small high-tech supermarket in China

Report: Mall vacancy rate is highest in six years

Retailer on the hunt for a CFO

Meal kit company Sun Basket bought a cave, and it’s helping them beat Blue Apron

Is Retailmageddon Impacting Shopping Centers?

What have you been reading this week? Please comment below with any interesting articles or topics you would like to see covered.

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