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VOLUME 19, NO. 1, 2012 Inter IKEA Centre Group's Wuxi Project: Nighttime View Courtesy of Inter IKEA Centre Group Plaza Gentor, a neighborhood center in Monterrey, Mexico Courtesy of MAC | L arquitectos CONTENTS FEATURES 1 Mexican Shopping Centers: In Search of Common Definitions Juan Ignacio Rodriguez Barrera 6 Surmounting Cultural Barriers to Entering Mexico Andrew Strenk 10 Economic Impact of the U.S. Shopping-Center Industry Christopher S. Gerlach TOOLS OF THE TRADE 15 Repositioning Retail and Warehouse Properties for Tomorrow Curtis D. Spencer and Steven Schellenberg 20 Financing Indian Shopping Malls Harvinder Singh 25 Tracking Shopping-Center Sales Performance in Europe Sarah Banfield 32 Using Property Scoring to Find the Right Location Richard Fenker BEST PRACTICES 37 Real-Estate Portfolio Optimization William Jegher RESEARCH REVIEWS 43 Retail Concentration and Shopping Center Rents H. Elizabeth Moeri and Elaine Worzala I NT E RNAT I ONAL C O U N C I L O F S H O P P ING C E NT E R S THE GO-TO RESOURCE FOR SHOPPING CENTER RESEARCH Retail Property Insights, ICSC's, flagship research publication provides state-of-the-art arti- cles on the global retail real estate industry, not just for the professional researcher, but for anyone who wants a state-of- the-art perspective on retail property. Retail Property Insights includes articles by ICSC staff, industry researchers, ICSC Research Scholars, academics and others associated with the retail real estate and retail industries. In addition to research-based studies it offers articles on best practices, tools-of-the-trade and emerg- ing industry trends, as well as interviews and thought- leading opinion pieces. The publ icat ion is avai lable for download in the Research Resource Center at www. icsc.or g.