Dozens of malls have closed in the last 10 years, and many more are at risk of shutting down as retailers like Macy's, JCPenney, and Sears — also known
as anchor stores — shutter hundreds of stores to staunch the bleeding from falling sales.
For decades, large department stores served
as the anchor store for malls and shopping centers.
In October 2014, the two - story Broadway Plaza Mall opened in Kingsbridge featuring Sports Authority, TJ Maxx, Red Lobster and Party City
as anchor stores.
The challenge is compounded by declining malls that fail to attract foot traffic
as anchor stores drop like flies.
Not exact matches
Steinhafel bought everything, essentially committing the company to opening
stores as quickly
as possible to avoid paying rent on
stores that weren't operational and leaving landlords without
anchor tenants.
Once dominant United States department
store operators such
as Macy's and J.C. Penney have announced plans to shut hundreds of
stores in recent years, putting pressure on landlords to find new «
anchor tenants» or come up with new ways to grow returns.
«Department
stores do not create the same draw
as anchors that they did 10 to 15 years ago,» Paltz wrote in a recent note.
Even today the typical
anchor store pays around $ 4 per square foot in annual rent; the average non-
anchor tenant paid $ 42.22 per square foot a year
as of the third quarter of 2016, according to real estate analytics firm Reis.
Traditional mall
anchors, such
as Macy's, J.C. Penney and Sears, have announced numerous
store closings in recent months.
Having said that, the mall is in a serious predicament,
as Sears continues to be that dead
anchor store walking, but now there's the possibility of another
anchor store going under,
as my local Bergners department
store is part of Bon Ton
stores which filed for bankruptcy and is facing possible liquidation.
Extell Development's Central Park Tower at 217 West 57th Street — which has yet to secure a construction loan — has locked in a 363,000 - square - foot Nordstrom department
store as its
anchor tenant.
Pete's Fresh Market
stores serve
as anchors and retail hubs that accelerate development, economic activity and fiscal opportunities.
The solution's hardware acts
as a «trust
anchor»: A secure place for
storing cryptographic keys and an execution environment for all security - relevant operations.
The much sought after Samsung Galaxy S III will drop
anchor in the UK earlier than anticipated
as the Korea based OEM has decided to start dispatching it on May 29 to those who pre-order from the Samsung
store in Westfield Stratford City in London.
SORIANA: (Formerly «Gigante», and often still referred to
as such) The
anchor store of the Plaza Caracol Shopping Center, on Ave. Francisco Medina Ascencio, across from Los Tules resort, in the «hotel zone».
In the last two years, more than 400 of the largest 2,000 malls in the U.S. have shut their doors
as «
anchor» tenants (department
stores such
as Dillards, JC Penney) have pulled out, causing a cascade of smaller
stores closing up.
In the Mills» other proposed renovations to the portfolio, The Galleria at White Plains will get a new Sears
anchor to accompany the existing Macy's location,
as part of a repositioning that complements nearby mall The Westchester; two department
stores will be added to Borward Mall, meanwhile.
Its
stores serve
as anchors at many class - A and class - B regional malls throughout the country, says Joe Brady, managing director of corporate retail solutions with Jones Lang LaSalle, a Chicago - based real estate services firm.
At community shopping centers — mostly grocery -
anchored strips that have been regarded
as nearly recession proof — same -
store sales fell 2.2 % in February and dropped again in March by 0.8 %, according to Merrill Lynch.
Both regular and discount department
stores, which often serve
as anchors for malls and shopping centers, have plans to expand, in spite of what the report describes
as «only modest sales growth volume in these categories.»
As longtime mall anchors J.C. Penney, Sears, and Macy's falter, shopping mall owners are looking to grocery stores, restaurants, fitness centers, and even health care clinics as chief drivers of foot traffi
As longtime mall
anchors J.C. Penney, Sears, and Macy's falter, shopping mall owners are looking to grocery
stores, restaurants, fitness centers, and even health care clinics
as chief drivers of foot traffi
as chief drivers of foot traffic.
- ft.
store joins Kaufmann's, Sears and JC Penney
as mall
anchors, with a fifth planned.
Its decline took decades,
as department
store anchors slowly departed for a more upscale mall nearby.
Smaller retailers followed, and
as of Feb. 2016, 33 percent of the mall space — not including
anchor stores — sat vacant, according to Bloomberg data.
When he was working to boost the economic vitality of Sheboygan Falls, Wis., Wagner identified the community's local furniture
stores as an important community
anchor.
Since that market is so competitive, Principal Capital also lends on other types of retail developments, but
as Dubas notes, «Everything escalates a notch when you don't have grocery -
store anchors.»
The
anchor stores were not used
as collateral.
Two of Grossmont's mid-to-high end
anchors, Bullock's and Buffums, pulled out of the center, leaving Macy's and Wards
as the department
store anchors.
Instead, lenders such
as The MONY Group are focusing on the comparatively low - risk, grocery -
anchored centers that also house service retailers such
as beauty salons, dry cleaners and video
stores.
* Woodbridge Town Square - 370,000 sq. ft. worth of power center space (with 100,000 sq. ft. available at press time) in Woodbridge featuring Lowe's Home Center, Edwards Food
Store, and Linens»n Things
as anchors.
Newark's park revitalization, said Harnik, has brought other development to the area, including the adaptive reuse of the former Hahne's Department
Store, which will feature Whole Foods
as its
anchor tenant.
«I don't think we necessarily always look at one single
store as an
anchor, when you can also have a cluster of
stores to serve
as draw,» says Lebovitz.
Many of the chain's
stores anchor suburban neighborhood centers, mostly owned by private developers, which face uncertainty
as the chain changes ownership.
For the mall landlords such
as Santa Monica, California - based Macerich, the partnerships allow them to redevelop the
anchor stores and add new tenants who would pay higher rent than Sears and also may draw more shoppers to the properties.
The 31,846 sq. ft., shadow -
anchored center includes such tenants
as Vons, Longs Drug
Store, Burger King, El Pollo Loco and Chevron.
The first expansion occurred in 1972 when the mall added JCPenney
as a third
anchor,
as well
as 43 more specialty
stores.
Originally opened in 1963 with just 20
stores, the mall was expanded over the years to include 110 specialty
stores as well
as anchors JCPenney, Dillard's, McRae's and Sears.
As the lifestyle center construction boom got underway, many developers felt that a wide selection of popular in - line stores would serve as a substitute for traditional anchors like department store
As the lifestyle center construction boom got underway, many developers felt that a wide selection of popular in - line
stores would serve
as a substitute for traditional anchors like department store
as a substitute for traditional
anchors like department
stores.
«We look at the clusters of restaurants at our centers
as becoming another
anchor,» says Guy Mercurio, a vice president who oversees restaurant leasing for Santa Monica, Calif. - based regional mall REIT Macerich Co. «The number of people that they bring in by combining several concepts can equal the number of people that go into a department
store.»
Major
anchor tenants include supermarkets, discount
stores and drugstores such
as Albertson's, Wal - Mart, Kmart, The Home Depot, CVS and Eckerd Drugs.
Big department
stores, such
as J.C. Penney, Sears and Macy's, occupy some two - thirds of
anchor space.