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Shopping malls brace for wave of consolidation

There’s a hunger in the retail industry for lower-tier, “B” shopping centers, seen as a bargain by potential owners. A $4.3 billion deal in the works involving a Simon Property Group spinoff could trigger more transactions.

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Meijer planning to build store in Glendale area

The big-box retailer wants to create a 200,000-square-foot store at the southwest corner of 56th Street and Keystone Avenue in a project that would dramatically recast a section of one of the city's busiest commercial corridors.

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Third specialty grocer eyes 146th Street corridor

The competition among specialty grocers is heating up along 146th Street, where startup Fresh Thyme Farmers Market is planning a store less than two miles from sector stalwarts Whole Foods and The Fresh Market.

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East-side associations fight gas-station plan

A property owner’s plans to convert the northwest corner of East 10th Street and Emerson Avenue into a convenience store and gas station are causing consternation among neighborhood leaders who hope to stop the project.

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