Neiman Marcus’s Walnut Creek Approvals Repealed
September 17, 2009
Tweet The Business Journal is reporting that the Walnut Creek city council has repealed (for now) its approval of the Neiman Marcus store slated for development by Macerich at Broadway Plaza. We previously wrote about Neiman Marcus’ Walnut Creek plans last year (here and here). Considering that the news was that NM had signed a [...]
Read More >>Only One Lease For 520SF Signed in Shadelands (Walnut Creek)
March 20, 2009
Tweet According to Jeff Weil’s blog in the East Bay, the Shadelands submarket of Walnut Creek saw only a single lease get inked in the past 90 days, and it was for a whopping 520 square feet. For those of you not familiar with Shadelands, its a roughly 250 acre portion of Walnut Creek with [...]
Read More >>30% of iStar Financial’s Loans are Non-Performing
February 28, 2009
Tweet iStar Financial (SFI: 11.87 +0.08%), a commercial mortgage REIT that had been an active player of the past few years, is in dire straits with an some 23-30% of its loan portfolio not performing. The company acquired the assets of Fremont Investment & Loan, a notorious lender on highly speculative condo and housing projects. [...]
Read More >>Z Gallerie Closing Third of Stores
February 25, 2009
Tweet Z Gallerie announced that it will be closing 25 stores, representing roughly a third of its 77 stores. We’re not sure if any of the Bay Area locations are on the list, but the chain’s local stores occupy prime real estate. Z Gallerie’s Bay Area locations are: 340 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 1628 [...]
Read More >>Neiman Marcus Signs Lease at Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek
August 6, 2008
Tweet Neiman Marcus has finalized the lease for its new 100,000 square feet store at Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek. The store is expected to open as early as the first half of 2010. Broadway Plaza has been a historically strong retail center with average rents north of $750 per square foot. The center is [...]
Read More >>List of Starbucks Stores To Close
July 18, 2008
Tweet Starbucks has released a list of the stores it will be closing. Of the 600 estimated stores to be closed, the ones in the Bay Area scheduled to be closed include: 2250 Monument Blvd, Concord, CA 29653 Mission Blvd, Hayward, CA 101 Fourth Street (Metreon), San Francisco, CA 901 Market Street, San Francisco, CA [...]
Read More >>Walnut Creek Getting a New Neiman Marcus
March 18, 2008
Tweet The Broadway Plaza Shopping Center in Walnut Creek is working with city officials and existing tenants to bring a 100,000 square feet Nieman Marcus to the center. The stores is slated to be located at South Main Street and Mount Diablo Boulevard, and is scheduled to open around early 2011. The shopping center is [...]
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