EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — When the American Dream megamall opened in New Jersey last autumn, visitors could only gape at its unfinished signature attraction: a massive DreamWorks-themed waterpark with room for up to 5,600 bathers. A year and a global pandemic later, Benkos Quinones, his wife and two small […]

Photograph: Stephanie Zollshan/AP Summer is officially over today. And as the US transitions into its first coronavirus fall and winter life will look far from normal for many Americans. Over the next coming months, more time indoors will make the virus easier to spread. The celebration of holidays that are […]

“How the holiday season goes could make or break whether retailers on the brink of bankruptcy are forced to liquidate,” said Vince Tibone, a retail analyst at commercial-property data firm Green Street. “Black Friday is not going to be the giant in-person shopping event that it has been in prior […]

Real estate has been one of the worst-performing sectors of the stock market during the COVID-19 pandemic, and mall REITs and hotel REITs are two big reasons why. Mall retail was struggling even before the pandemic caused retailers to shut down earlier this year. While some people are traveling, hotel […]