San Leandro, CA – Bayfair Center – It took guts and a good deal of confidence for MadisionMarquette to take on the aging and steadily declining Bayfair Mall in 2003.  The 820,000 square foot regional shopping center was originally built in 1957 and was starting to see an exodus of some of its...

PACOIMA, CA – Plaza Pacoima Industrial Past This recently unveiled shopping center is a redevelopment of the former Price Pfister plumbing fixtures manufacturing facility and is a prime example of urban renewal. In the 1950s Pacoima was a bedroom community for manufacturing centers in Los Angeles,...

Cerritos, CA – Los Cerritos Center More than a mall’s gradual evolution, the expansion and redevelopment of a portion of Los Cerritos Center is a success story involving the City of Cerritos, Macerich and Nordstrom all making and sticking with a big bet in the middle of a recession. “Los...

This tip comes from the Retail Repositioning Guide produced by RetailRemix and Perkowitz + Ruth Architects.  It has been expanded with numerous photos as well as some additional information regarding the Brea Marketplace project (in Brea, CA)  that makes use of this strategy.   If you haven’t seen the...

LINCOLN & ROSE – VENICE, CA Community reaps the benefit of revitalized center Located along the busy corridor of Lincoln Boulevard – the main arterial connection between Marina del Rey, Venice and Santa Monica – sat one of many dated and unidentifiable shopping centers. A generic roster...

UPTOWN MONTEREY California’s First LEED Certified Shopping Center “Our project was too small to support a philosophy of spending what needed to be spent to achieve a social objective. There are many shopping center developers exploring the idea of getting a project certified – but it was a...

RetailRemix partnered with Perkowitz + Ruth Architects to create the Retail Repositioning Guide PDF ebook. In this ebook you’ll find the comprehensive thinking and practical strategies that lead to the successful repositioning of your existing retail shopping center. Today everyone is increasingly...

RetailRemix will be profiling signature retail redevelopment projects across the country. Which redevelopment projects are your favorite? The Grove in Los Angeles at Christmastime Here are a few of my favorite retail redevelopments: The Lab – The Anti-Mall – Costa Mesa, CA – 1993 The...

I have been looking online for information on great retail redevelopments off and on this last year, and besides a few archived news articles, I have not seen anything substantial.   Based on that, I decided to start a blog that is dedicated to highlighting retail redevelopments – everything from...