CBL and Associates Properties News

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. announced details for the release of its results for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2009.

Midnight showings of one of the most anticipated movie thrillers in years kick off this weekend's opening of the biggest cinema in Volusia and Flagler counties.

SNL presents a weekly rundown of recent significant management and board changes and personnel moves in the real estate industry, including U.S. REITs and REOCs, homebuilders and gaming operators, and international real estate companies.

"With Stephen's continued vision and guidance, we look forward to carrying CBL's legacy of success into the future.' John Foy, vice chairman and chief financial officer, commented, 'During his decades of service to CBL, Stephen has maintained a critical role in guiding the Company's growth.

CBL & Associates Properties Inc.'s new chief executive, only the second CEO in the company's 31 years, said Monday the business is ready to take advantage of an economic rebound in 2010.

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., owner of Hamilton Place Mall and more than 160 other such properties, announced Monday that its Board of Directors has promoted Stephen D. Lebovitz to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2010, in addition to his current position as President.

A man convicted in September of the violent home invasion and rape of a house sitter on the North Shore received a 60-year sentence this morning.

The bankruptcy of General Growth Properties has created a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for suitors, but as they circle the No.

CBL & Associates Properties and The Benchmark Group officially announced several new retailers have signed lease for the Pavilion at Port Orange, including: Trendy Room, maurices, Rue21 and Sally Beauty Supply, which had not been previously reported.

That familiar holiday landscape, the shopping mall, might look a bit sparser nationwide this season after more than a year of consumer caution has taken its toll on retail stores.

24 column ... "CBL & Associates needs to look up the definition of social responsibility and come to grips with ... supporting the very community that supports them.

Notice something different at the Meridian Mall these days? The absence of Salvation Army bell ringers, for example? Over the weekend, Donna Segerlind wrote to say that members of her Okemos Kiwanis Club were scheduled to participate in the bell ringing for the Salvation Army's kettle drive at Meridian Mall over the weekend.

But these days, Jolly Old St. Nick is also embracing a new form of communication: cell phone texting.

Nordstrom Inc. will locate its first North Carolina Nordstrom Rack store at the Renaissance Center in Durham, the Seattle-based retail giant announced Monday.

"Development in general has stopped across the state. You only see a few developments of any type, specifically retail," said Tim Becker, director of the University of Florida's Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies.

Uncertainty over whether a homebuyer tax credit would be extended weighed down construction last month, a sign of how much the fledging recovery depends on government support.

IKEA CANTON - IKEA Social Initiative will donate $1 to UNICEF and Save the Children for each soft toy sold during some weeks leading up to the holiday season.

Texas-based Academy Sports + Outdoors is opening two stores in the Chattanooga area as the business grows in the Southeast.

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and The Benchmark Group on Thursday announced the start of construction on a new 74,000-square-foot Belk fashion department store at The Pavilion at Port Orange in Port Orange.

The Lakes Mall takes shape a year after construction plans were unveiled. The announcement 10 years ago that a 700,000-square-foot, three-anchor enclosed shopping mall would be built ended more than a decade of unrealized mall plans by other companies.