Retail Centers

Downtown Los Angeles has $3 billion in new construction projects under development, including The Grand, a mixed-used 1.2-million-sf public-private partnership that Related Cos. is developing, according to a new report from the Downtown Center Business Improvement District. However, JLL's latest Construction Forecast predicts a slow recovery in construction spending nationwide. Image: Related Companies
Predicts second-half improvement toward normalization next year.

This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors speak with AEC industry leaders from JLL and Landini...
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The food court at 401 Park, in Boston. Photo: © Connie Zhou
Developer Samuels & Associates asked Elkus Manfredi Architects to reimagine the former Sear...
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Sazerac House, home of the official cocktail of the city of New Orleans. Photo: Katie Hartenstein, Ryan Gootee General Contractors LLC
The 51,987-sf Sazerac House is an interactive cocktail museum, active distillery, corporate hea...
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Lobby of the Old Chicago Post Office, a Platinum winner in BD+C's 37th Annual Reconstruction Awards. Photo: Eric Laignel/Eric Laignel Photography, courtesy Gensler

Pictured: Arlington (Va.) Public Schools Heights Building Photo by Jim Tetro, courtesy Gilbane
This 70-page PDF features AEC firm rankings across 51 building sectors, disciplines, and specia...
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CallisonRTKL worked with Fido, a cellphone service provider, on a store redesign that moves away from the strictly transactional to a more relaxed environment that encourages conversation between staff and customers. Photo: ©Ben Rahn/A-Frame, courtesy CRTKL
Gensler, Jacobs, and PCL Construction top BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest retail sector...
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Photo: Mike Pertucci
The demise of retail brick and mortar is overstated and unwarranted - we see digital transforma...
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Concepts' newest store in Boston is laid out like an arti gallery to give shoppers a different experience with each display and floor. Images: Concepts
The streetwear retailer forges its online and brick-and-mortar presence.

BD+C editors speak with experts from ALICE Technologies, Build Group, Hastings Architecture, Nv...
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Lowe's is leasing and building distribution and fulfillment centers to support both its stores across the country and its burgeoning ecommerce business. Image: Spectrum News 1 (North Carolina
The retail giant will also open four more bulk warehouses, including a 1.2-million-sf DC in Ala...
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Images courtesy Chick-fil-A
The first location to use this rebuild style reopens on Oct. 15 near Atlanta.

Photo courtesy Pixabay
Retail conversions to fulfillment centers, apartments, schools, or medical offices could cut va...
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This week on The Weekly, BD+C editors spoke with leaders from CallisonRTKL, MBH Architects, and...
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The September 10 episode of BD+C's "The Weekly" is available for viewing on demand.

Semans-Griswold Environmental Hall, designed by Ayers Saint Gross, is home to Washington College’s Center for Environment and Society and commands a picturesque site on the Chester River. The river is a living laboratory that provides students with an immersive experience in support of the building’s programs in environmental science and sustainability. Photo courtesy Ayers Saint Gross
The 2020 Giants 400 Report features more than 130 rankings across 25 building sectors and speci...
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RCLCO's Brad Hunter reveals the winners and non-winners of the U.S. real estate market during t...
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From malls and big-box stores to online delivery and mall redevelopment: Here’s how the retail...
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All photos courtesy Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners designed the building.

CallisonRTKL designed Canada’s first 5G-ready store, Rogers 302, a technology retail hub and flexible event space that allows for immersive, digitally enabled experiences. Photo: Richard Caden Photography, courtesy CallisonRTKL
Brick-and-mortar retailers, already gasping for air under pressure from ecommerce, were dealt a...
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Rendering courtesy CFC
The project will be a national flagship location for Greenhouse.

Boxyard RTP will be the first retail complex within the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. Rendering: CallisonRTKL
Boxyard RTP, made from 38 shipping containers, will serve as a community gathering and social s...
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This Starbucks and an adjacent bank in Bothell, Wash., were opened thanks to a virtual building inspection by the city. The coffeeshop's drive-thru has stayed open through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bothell, Wash., issues a certificate of occupancy to developer after inspecting the property on...
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All photos courtesy OMA
OMA designed the project.

All renderings courtesy The McBride Company
The McBride Company partnered with Peanuts Worldwide LLC to design the concept.

A huge all-glass roof provides a stunning view into the esplanade of Place Ville Marie, a mall and gathering place in downtown Montreal. Images: Sid Lee Architecture
This $200 million project provided the installer, Seele, with some valuable lessons learned worki...
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The building will include 160 newly planted trees.

All photos: Richard Cadan
FRCH NELSON designed the project.

All photos courtesy KFC
FRCH NELSON designed the project.

7-Eleven Lab Store in Dallas. Photo by Dror Baldinger, FAIA, courtesy CallisonRTKL
Jacobs, Kimley-Horn, Henderson Engineers, and Core States Group head the rankings of the nation's...
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