Retail
Meet the Architect Giving Manhattan’s Retail Stores a Refreshing Look
This week the New York Post profiled Bob Lowe and his work with brokers and retail owners in New York. Bob creates detailed renderings that show prospective tenants the possibilities for a storefront. In the fast paced world of Fifth Avenue retail, allowing a tenant to see exactly what their branded space could look like at a specific location is a valuable…
Location, Location, Location
That’s the old punchline about real estate, but it’s especially true for retail. No matter how much we buy online, and no matter how many of us move back to the city, location and access remain paramount. Successful retailers, both urban and suburban, have always understood (and had) location. We are facing a future in which how things are delivered…
Where Is Retail Going Anyway?
Some say it’s going away. Some say it’s online. Others say it’s changing so fast that it’s impossible to know. While the role retail plays is changing, it remains a critical component of both the real estate industry and our public places. Even if it’s more convenient to buy certain things online, the social act of going downtown (or to…
Find Us at ICSC ReCon
ICSC’s ReCon is here, and the Arrowstreet team is ready for another year at the premiere global retail convention. This year’s looks to be better than ever, and the week promises a lineup of interesting speakers, fast-paced networking, and more exhibitors than ever. Hope to see you among the thousands in attendance starting May 22nd!
Activating Retail
Today’s active consumers want to make memories for themselves and their families in a way they can’t at traditional retailers, that’s why architects and designers are creating destinations that offer experiences. While this used to mean mixing in a restaurant or movie theater, the concept has evolved into something that might be called recreational retail, which engages visitors with an…
Retail Prototype Opening in March
This week marked the beginning of a new era for an established company as Country Curtains announced the first prototype store for Country Curtains Design Studio. The first physical store in Shrewsbury, New Jersey will open in March of this year. We enjoyed the opportunity to help this respected home furnisher launch a new concept with a fresh look and a…
FLOAT Boston
We’ve worked on some really interesting experiential retail, but FLOAT Boston may be one of our most unique. Arrowstreet served as the architect for a fit out at 515 Medford Street for this flotation therapy company. We designed a reception area and a private room for each float tank (ensuring that there was sufficient structural support) and developed an interior…
Target’s Big Idea for Going Small
We are thrilled to announce that we have been working with Target Corporation to assist with their roll-out of small-format urban stores in the Northeast region. In recent months, Target has opened a handful of these new stores in Minneapolis and San Francisco, and they’re now focusing on the northeast states. What distinguishes these stores from their suburban locations is…
Providence Place Reboot
General Growth Properties CEO Sandeep Mathrani recently spoke at NAREIT’s annual convention about the keys to a successful mall. Among them, he cited the curation of the right tenants, and a “removal of the pain points.” At Arrowstreet, we’re hard at work helping GGP with those very ideas at Providence Place, in Providence, Rhode Island. We were the architects of…
Shop for a Greener World
After my second year of co-chairing the only sustainability conference in the world to focus on retail store development, I can proudly say that ICSC RetailGreen is changing the equation of development. Just to scratch the surface, the changes in ‘normal’ construction since the conference began eight years ago are tremendous: LED lighting is ubiquitous even in the sacred space…