CONTENTS

July 2003

• COVER STORY
• Costco taking anchor spots
• Malls, dept. stores, seek new partners
• PREIT grows, Crown goes
• Can Eddie Bauer regain its luster?

• ICSC NEWS
• Scholarship to fund retail real estate learning
• Vets share wisdom with newcomers
• Italian council marks 20th anniversary

• DEVELOPMENT & LEASING
• Museums provide fertile ground for retail ventures
• Houston’s Galleria completes major renovation

• FOCUS: NEW ENGLAND
• New owners to transform New Haven’s long-troubled Chapel Square Mall
• Yale invigorates New Haven’s once-blighted downtown with retail
• News in brief

• RETAILING TODAY
• Jewelry chains, traditionally in malls, are moving into open-air centers
• Apple sees stores as key to company’s growth

• SPRING CONVENTION RECAP
• Spring Convention attracts more than 32,000 registrants
• 35 mayors meet developers
• Chains honored in ICSC’s first ‘hot’ retailer awards ceremony
• Panelists: World now land of retail opportunity
• Kathleen Nelson elected 2003-04 chairman
• Family Brunch celebrates another year’s work
• It wasn’t all work …
• Hall of famer Lasorda entertains attendees
• Centers around world win ICSC design awards

• THE BOTTOM LINE
• Do old rules still apply for real estate?

• DEPARTMENTS
• Update: Mills breaks ground in Canada
• Briefly
• Letters
• Clicks & Bricks