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“The Golden Age for Lifestyle Centers” By Joe Gose. Ellen Anderson Jamie Pryse Megan Gilmore. Overview. Definition Background Popularity Costs Development Criteria Opportunities Challenges Examples. What is a Lifestyle Center?.
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“The Golden Age for Lifestyle Centers”By Joe Gose Ellen Anderson Jamie Pryse Megan Gilmore
Overview • Definition • Background • Popularity • Costs • Development Criteria • Opportunities • Challenges • Examples
What is a Lifestyle Center? • “Generally defined as open-air shopping centers that mix national retailers with local boutiques that aim to provide upscale shoppers with convenience, but the concept is evolving” • “A shopping center or mixed-used commercial development that combines the traditional retail functions of a shopping mall but with leisure amenities oriented towards upscale consumers”
Background:Lifestyle Centers • According to International Counsel of Shopping Centers (ISCS), developers in U.S. have built 100 lifestyle centers since 1997 • By end of 2004, about 140 lifestyle centers open • First opened more than 75 years ago in Kansas City • Predict, 30 new lifestyle centers opening annually for the next five years
Popularity of Lifestyle Centers • Convenience • Access • Parking • Sense of place • Ambiance • Landscaping • Music, street side entertainment • Architectural embellishments • Business Week Video
Costs:Lifestyle Centers • Properties generate average returns of 10-12% • Less common area maintenance (CAM), about 1/3 less than mall retailers • Costs about 1/3 of what it takes to build a typical enclosed mall • Sales per square foot greater than those of malls
Development Criteria:Lifestyle Centers • Built in neighborhoods where at least 40,000 households have more than $75,000 annual income • Must incorporate architectural embellishments ranging from courtyards and fountains to distinct exterior finishes • Details can cost $200 per square foot or more • Location, Location, Location!
Opportunities:Lifestyle Centers • Centers generate sales per square foot 22% higher than malls • Lower occupancy cost • If Wal-Mart can thrive in communities with population of 50,000 then lifestyle centers can also thrive in small markets • Mix of big box components to centers create hybrid lifestyle centers • Trade area • Traffic
Challenges:Lifestyle Centers • Shorter lease agreements • 5 yr. agreements v. 10 yr. agreements • Exposure to competition • Lifestyle concept attracts developers who possess no lifestyle experience • Developers have little control over who occupies lease space
Old Mill District, Bend OR:Lifestyle Center • Old Mill District Homepage
References • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fg3T3_U74A • http://www.theoldmill.com/ • http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4899/is_200411/ai_n18013720 • Dunne & Lusch, Retailing. 5. New York: Thomson Southwestern, 2005.