Content about Katherine Field Boccaccio

November 27, 2012
Gordmans: Filling the Retail “Voids”

Jeff Gordman is following in the family tradition. As president, chairman and CEO of Gordmans, he leads a company whose roots go back nearly 100 years, to when his grandfather opened a store in downtown Omaha in 1915.

From that one store, the company evolved over the years, eventually expanding beyond Nebraska. It also added a discount division, Half Price Stores. By 1990 the company had 32 stores, equally divided between the two divisions.

May 1, 2012
Federal Realty Celebrates a Half-Century in Retail

Chain Store Age senior editor Katherine Field Boccaccio sat down with Chris Weilminster, Federal Realty’s senior VP leasing and a 22-year veteran of the company, to talk about the industry in general and about Federal Realty’s 50-year perspective on retail.

As one of the oldest REITs in existence today, Federal Realty Investment Trust has every right to send up some fireworks over reaching the 50-year mark this year.

The Rockville, Md.-based real estate company was established in 1962 with three properties in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area, including Congressional Plaza (shown here, both then and now). Today, Federal Realty’s portfolio comprises about 19.3 million sq. ft. primarily in its core base of the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic U.S., as well as in California.

January 23, 2012
Real estate technology trends

Buxton’s Bill Stinneford talks real estate technology trends with CSA’s Katherine Field Boccaccio at the NRF convention in New York City.

Buxton’s Bill Stinneford talks real estate technology trends with CSA’s Katherine Field Boccaccio at the NRF convention in New York City.

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August 19, 2011
CSA hits the airwaves!

Katherine Field Boccaccio, Senior Editor with Chain Store Age, discusses the importance of and trends with grocery store anchor tenants on Michael Bull's America’s Commercial Real Estate Radio Show.

Each week, host Michael Bull of America’s Commercial Real Estate Radio Show interviews leading industry data providers to uncover the latest national market updates and best practices.

This week’s topic was Retail Tenant Strategies, and for his guest, Mr. Bull swung the mic over to our own Katherine Field Boccaccio, Senior Editor with Chain Store Age, to discuss the importance of and trends with grocery store anchor tenants. Click here to listen.

August 18, 2011
CSA hits the airwaves!

Katherine Field Boccaccio, Senior Editor with Chain Store Age, discusses the importance of, and trends with, grocery store anchor tenants on America’s Commercial Real Estate Radio Show.

Each week, host Michael Bull of America’s Commercial Real Estate Radio Show interviews leading industry data providers to uncover the latest national market updates and best practices.

This week’s topic was Retail Tenant Strategies, and for his guest, Mr. Bull swung the mic over to our own Katherine Field Boccaccio, Senior Editor with Chain Store Age, to discuss the importance of, and trends with, grocery store anchor tenants.