Simon Property Group

C3 blending ghost kitchens with in-person dining

Creating Culinary Communities (C3) built its business on ghost kitchens, but it is now moving toward a hybrid model that features ghost kitchens feeding brick-and-mortar retail locations.

C3 on Wednesday announced the launch of Citizens, a so-called “lifestyle food hall.” Citizens will first open in New York City and Atlanta in partnerships with Simon Property Group and Brookfield Properties, respectively.

“We spent the last year expanding our delivery-only concepts and closed out 2020 with close...

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DHL Express opens pop-up parcel store in Texas

Parcel carrier DHL Express said Tuesday that it has opened a mobile pop-up store in Katy, Texas, a western suburb of Houston, for customers to drop off international parcels for delivery across DHL’s 220-nation network.

The 2,200-cubic-foot store, located in the Katy Mills shopping center, is the DHL unit’s second such facility in the U.S. The first opened in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C., in July.

The mobile store was installed to address the Houston area’s growing demand...

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Amazon to build fulfillment center east of DFW metroplex

Amazon fulfillment

Amazon.com. Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) said Thursday it will open a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Forney, Texas, about 20 miles east of Dallas on the fringe of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

The center, set to launch sometime next year, will handle big and bulky items such as patio furniture, outdoor equipment and rugs, according to the Seattle-based e-tailer. These so-called large-format items typically require special handling because they cannot be processed on traditional conveyor...

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Mr. Bezos goes to the mall (maybe)

The next phase of the retail mall revolution, from shopping to shipping, just got a big push forward.

The Wall Street Journalreported late Sunday night that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is negotiating with real estate giant Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) to transform some of Simon’s department store properties into fulfillment centers by assuming anchor tenant spaces once held by major but now struggling retailers. According to the Journal, the talks have focused on J.C. Penney and Sears,...

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