Outlet Malls vs Lifestyle Centers

If you’re not a stranger to shopping, then you have likely visited both an outlet mall and a lifestyle center. Both have similar characteristics – they’re shopping centers with lots of retailers in one location – but what makes them different? Of course, you are probably already aware that outlet malls offer cheaper priced goods, but do you know how they differ from a development standpoint? As experts in the permitting field, we’ve handled permits for many categories of shopping centers. Through our experience, we’ve highlighted a list of three major differences between outlet malls and lifestyle centers. Clientele The …

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Aug 6, 2018 By admin

Permit Advisors: The Final Word on Mall Permits

As Permit Advisors draws our month-long “Evolution of the Mall Experience” series to a close we have some final words on Mall Permits: execute solutions. Permit Advisors wants to emphasize the importance of cutting through popular jargon to executing real solutions for your multi-tenant mall projects. We ask ourselves, “How is Permit Advisors different than other permit expediting firms?” as this directly relates to how we execute projects and, ultimately, view ourselves. If everyone is a permit expediting service how are our customers able to differentiate us from others? The answer is simple: Permit Advisors is different because we are …

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Jul 11, 2016 By admin

The Vowels of Mall Permits

Fundamentals of the Project Mall permits hinge on a good mall design, that is, whether a city will want to have the project in the planning phase. In order to help our clients have the best experience through the jurisdictional process, Permit Advisors has compiled the vowel-or building blocks- of a good mall development. A-Authentic: A good mall development is authentic to the sense of the place it is being developed. Local consumers will not want to visit a mall that isn’t true to their neighborhood, and this, coincidentally, is another rally cry for NIMBYs (Not in My Back Yard). …

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May 22, 2016 By admin

Letter to Our Readers: Evolution of the Mall Experience

Letter to Our Readers: Evolution of the Mall Experience Dear Permit Advisors Reader, It is no secret the mall experience is evolving because malls, as we know them, are dead. It is also no secret consumers are looking for novel and unique experiences from their shopping centers. Designers, developers, investors, brokers, and pretty much everyone is scrambling to predict what the “next big thing” in mall concepts will be. Well, Permit Advisors can’t predict what next tech or unique thingamabob millennials and baby boomers are going to want from their shopping centers, but we can help you get your project …

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May 8, 2016 By admin