Signage tells you more than just where to go
We arrived in Revelstoke, BC, yesterday afternoon. The last time I was here was in 2015, and already I can tell that a lot has changed since then. I'm sure I'll have more to say on this over the next few days, but one of the first things that stood out to me was the city's signage. In 2020, Revelstoke City Council approved a $3.2 million, multi-phase wayfinding plan designed by Cygnus Design Group. So, what I have been seeing are the first completed phases. Wayfinding signage serves (at least...
Signage tells you more than just where to go
We arrived in Revelstoke, BC, yesterday afternoon. The last time I was here was in 2015, and already I can tell that a lot has changed since then. I'm sure I'll have more to say on this over the next few days, but one of the first things that stood out to me was the city's signage. In 2020, Revelstoke City Council approved a $3.2 million, multi-phase wayfinding plan designed by Cygnus Design Group. So, what I have been seeing are the first completed phases. Wayfinding signage serves (at least...
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Amazon's new supercenter strategy
This month, Amazon announced that it will be opening a new 230,000 sf big box store in the suburbs of Chicago. Half of the store will be consumer-facing, where customers can browse aisles for groceries, household items, and general merchandise, and the other half will serve as a kind of micro-fulfillment center. Supposedly, the municipality applied a restriction to the lands requiring it to be a consumer-facing store; it can't just be for fulfillment. But it seems that some kinds are allowed....
Amazon's new supercenter strategy
This month, Amazon announced that it will be opening a new 230,000 sf big box store in the suburbs of Chicago. Half of the store will be consumer-facing, where customers can browse aisles for groceries, household items, and general merchandise, and the other half will serve as a kind of micro-fulfillment center. Supposedly, the municipality applied a restriction to the lands requiring it to be a consumer-facing store; it can't just be for fulfillment. But it seems that some kinds are allowed....
Creating successful places from scratch isn't easy
Creating anything from scratch is more difficult than working from an established base. This is absolutely true when it comes to starting new neighborhoods and communities. What do you build first? What will be the anchors? And how do you balance hard and soft infrastructure to make it an attractive place before a critical mass is achieved? I was thinking about this over the weekend while walking around Whistler Village, so I tweeted this out. If you've been before, you know it's packed with ...
Creating successful places from scratch isn't easy
Creating anything from scratch is more difficult than working from an established base. This is absolutely true when it comes to starting new neighborhoods and communities. What do you build first? What will be the anchors? And how do you balance hard and soft infrastructure to make it an attractive place before a critical mass is achieved? I was thinking about this over the weekend while walking around Whistler Village, so I tweeted this out. If you've been before, you know it's packed with ...
I’m in Whistler to do huge deals
I arrived in BC yesterday for ICSC Whistler. This is my first time here for this conference. I came around this time several years ago for a Slate investor day, but I never participated in ICSC activities per se. So, I’ve come to realize that I don’t really know the proper protocols. I’m an ICSC newbie. Most people I know don’t attend the actual conference. My loose understanding is that you wear Patagonia, ski and snowboard all day, après at Longhorn, and then real estate deals and capital g...
I’m in Whistler to do huge deals
I arrived in BC yesterday for ICSC Whistler. This is my first time here for this conference. I came around this time several years ago for a Slate investor day, but I never participated in ICSC activities per se. So, I’ve come to realize that I don’t really know the proper protocols. I’m an ICSC newbie. Most people I know don’t attend the actual conference. My loose understanding is that you wear Patagonia, ski and snowboard all day, après at Longhorn, and then real estate deals and capital g...
