Mixed-Use Retail Is In Demand, But Success Is No Given

The Walt Disney Co.'s Disneyland Resort has filed preliminary paperwork with the City of Anaheim to develop a new tower. The new building would be within the Disneyland Hotel footprint for the company's Disney Vacation Club members. Disney Vacation Club Senior Vice President Terri Schultz said vacation club, Disney's timeshare…

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This limited series profiles SoCal Power Women who have helped shape cities, neighborhoods, businesses and lifestyles in Southern California. These women will be honored at Bisnow's Los Angeles Power Women event Dec. 12.

Anger drives Skid Row Housing Trust's Monique Davis.

Anger at seeing homeless people sleep on the streets. Anger at the homeless situation that continues to escalate in Los Angeles and across California and the U.S. She is not angry at the homeless people but the fact that there is just not enough being done to help the situation.

It is this anger and passion to help the helpless that fuels her work, Davis said.

As the chief community and engagement officer at the Skid Row Housing Trust, she is responsible for providing leadership; galvanizing and deploying internal and external resources to increase, manage and leverage community engagement strategies; and designing and launching programs that increase political, advocacy and community engagement. This implementation includes community…

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As the bloodiest year for store closures in retail history nears its end, the holiday shopping season is just beginning, and with it, a chance for some brands at risk of bankruptcy to pull themselves back from the edge.

Just like individuals often use the end of the year as an occasion to take stock of where they have been and where they are going, corporations and their investors or creditors often make decisions on the future at the turning of the calendar.

In the retail sector, the expectation that the holiday season will produce the year's strongest results only adds to the pressure.

“[The holidays] could be crucial, but it’s more about how it affects the future outlook,” Green Street Advisors lead retail analyst Vince Tibone told Bisnow. “If you show an inflection point in the back half of the year, especially around the holidays, lenders could see that continuing. But if a turnaround doesn’t happen, then the downward trajectory is a big story.”

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