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MOONBEAM CAPITAL INVESTMENTS & STEVEN V. MAKSIN SUE THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE AND OTHER MEDIA ENTITIES FOR DEFAMATION

February 2025 By EIN Presswire

Moonbeam Capital & Steven V. Maksin sue Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & others for defamation, seeking $65M+ in damages over false claims about Century III Mall. PITTSBURGH, PA, UNITED STATES, February 24, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ ...

REPURPOSING OF BURLINGTON CENTER INTO MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT ENTERS FINAL PHASE WITH INITIATION OF A 500-UNIT COMPONENT

June 2024 By EIN Presswire

A six-year effort by Clarion Partners, MRP Industrial, and Moonbeam Capital transformed a “dead mall” into a thriving development We believe that The Crossings will serve as a national model for smart ...

Weld Habitat for Humanity ReStore finds roomy new digs in Greeley Mall

September 2021 By EVANS, CO – SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

If Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity had to choose a mantra for 2022, it should be: “Out with the old, in with the new.” The nonprofit’s ReStore is undertaking a big new endeavor, ...

New York State Assembly Representatives Tour Moonbeam Gateway Marina

August 2021 By Brooklyn, NY August 31, 2021

Moonbeam Gateway Marina continues to impress with the progress and improvements currently enhancing the guest experience at one of New York’s most desirable waterfront properties. When the National Park Service selected Moonbeam ...

Gwinnett County completes purchase of Gwinnett Place Mall

April 2021 By Gwinnett Daily Post

Gwinnett County officials have finalized their purchase of Gwinnett Place Mall. The county announced Thursday that the Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County — which is also the Board of Commissioners — ...

Deal to sell Cortana Mall to Amazon developer finalized

March 2021 BY TIMOTHY BOONE | STAFF WRITER

A complicated deal to sell Cortana Mall to a developer that works closely with Amazon has been completed, setting the stage for a demolition and development of a five-level warehouse that’s nearly ...

Gwinnett leaders sell bonds for mall purchase

March 2021 By Arielle Kass, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Gwinnett County Commissioners Tuesday agreed to issue $23.5 million in bonds to finance their purchase of Gwinnett Place Mall. The bond sale, which will be done through the county’s Urban Redevelopment Agency, ...

Plans for new Amazon facility at former Cortana Mall site

February 2021 By WBRZ Staff

New Amazon facility at former Cortana Mall site Photos: BATON ROUGE – Newly filed documents with the city-parish are offering the first glimpse at the Amazon distribution center that will replace the shuttered ...

Moody’s assigns Aaa to Gwinnett County, GA’s Revenue Bonds, outlook stable

February 2021 By Moody's

Rating Action: Moody’s assigns Aaa to Gwinnett County, GA’s Revenue Bonds, outlook stableGlobal Credit Research – 19 Feb 2021New York, February 19, 2021 — Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a Aaa to ...

Fitch Rates Gwinnett County, GA Urban Redevelopment Agency Bonds ‘AAA’; Outlook Stable

February 2021 By RATING ACTION COMMENTARY

Fitch Ratings – New York – Fitch Ratings has assigned a ‘AAA’ rating to the following Gwinnett County, GA Urban Redevelopment Agency (the agency) revenue bonds: –$23,700,000 Series 2021. The agency’s bonds ...

Potential Amazon center at Cortana Mall advances after Metro Council approves $30 million tax break

February 2021 By TERRY JONES

An endeavor to transform Cortana Mall into what is likely a new warehouse center for Amazon took another step Wednesday night when the East Baton Rouge Metro Council approved a 10-year tax ...

Rezoning of Cortana Mall approved, paving way for potential Amazon distribution center

February 2021 By WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE – Two rezoning requests for the now-shuttered site of Cortana Mall were approved unanimously Monday by the East Baton Rouge Planning Commission. Seefried Industrial Properties, a developer with close ties ...

Gwinnett County commissioners agreed to sell up to $25 million worth of bonds to pay for the purchase of property at the Gwinnett Place Mall.

February 2021 By Arielle Kass, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Gwinnett County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to sell up to $25 million worth of bonds to pay for the purchase of property at the Gwinnett Place Mall. Commissioners last year announced their intention to ...

New Amazon facility at former Cortana Mall site

February 2021 By WBRZ Staff

February 22, 2021 BATON ROUGE – Newly filed documents with the city-parish are offering the first glimpse at the Amazon distribution center that will replace the shuttered Cortana Mall. The site plan ...

Cortana Mall Rezoning For Amazon Developer

January 2021 By Timothy Boone

Planning Commission bumps up date to discuss Cortana rezoning for Amazon developer A vote to rezone Cortana Mall and turn it into a warehouse and distribution center for a developer that works ...

Plans for possible Amazon center at Cortana Mall location filed with parish

January 2021 By Source: WBRZ By: WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE – Efforts to build an Amazon distribution center at the site of the now-vacant Cortana Mall appear to be back on track, according to filings with the parish government. Documents ...

Planning Commission bumps up date to discuss Cortana rezoning for Amazon developer

January 2021 By Timothy Boone on January 25, 2021

A vote to rezone Cortana Mall and turn it into a warehouse and distribution center for a developer that works closely with Amazon will be held during a special East Baton Rouge ...

These N.J. malls were reinventing themselves last year. Are they still able to survive?

December 2020 By Bill Duhart | For NJ.com

At some point in the not-too-distant future, after the hubbub of the holidays have faded, your next trip to the mall may be to renew a driver’s license, attend a municipal meeting ...

SHOPPINGTOWN MALL REACHES AGREEMENT

November 2020 By ShoppingTown Mall NY LLC

DeWitt, NY November 30, 2020 — Shoppingtown Mall NY LLC, owner of ShoppingTown Mall, located at 3649 Erie Blvd. E., DeWitt, NY, has reached an agreement in principal with the County of ...

Assemblyman representing the 45th A.D. Tours Moonbeam Gateway Marina Improvements

October 2020 By Steven H. Cymbrowitz Member of Assembly

THE ASSEMBLY STATE OF NEW YORK ALBANY October 13, 2020 Dear New York Park Service Superintendent: As the Assemblyman representing the 45th A.D., I recently had the pleasure of touring Moonbeam Gateway ...

Some Richland County, state services could relocate soon into former Columbia Mall space

October 2020 By Mike Fitts mfitts@postandcourier.com

Some Richland County, state services could relocate soon into former Columbia Mall space By Mike Fitts mfitts@postandcourier.com Oct 1, 2020 Updated Oct 6, 2020 COLUMBIA — Some state and local agencies could be relocating to ...

Grand opening planned Friday for Boys & Girls Clubs thrift store

October 2020 By LAUGHLIN

LAUGHLIN — Oct 28, 2020 The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Colorado River will host the grand opening of the new Laughlin thrift store in the Laughlin Outlet Mall at 10 ...

The Colorado Language Program moved into the Greeley Mall on Sept. 1.

August 2020 By BOBBY FERNANDEZ | bfernandez@greeleytribune.com | Greeley Tribune

During the past year, the Colorado Language Program has helped give students, largely immigrants, the opportunity to progress forward with their citizenship, their English and their general education. But now it’s the ...

CareerSource West Orange Co. Location Moves To West Oaks Mall

August 2020 By The Apopka Voice

Beginning August 31, 2020, CareerSource Central Florida’s (CSCF) West Orange County Career Center will reopen its doors to customers for in-person, by appointment only services with its first week (August 31 – September 4) accommodating appointments ...

Some N.J. mall owners seek federal help and may ask for tax breaks to stay afloat

August 2020 By Bill Duhart | For NJ.com

The owners of 16 New Jersey malls are sending up an SOS in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn. Simon Property Group, which owns 13 malls in the state, and Pennsylvania ...

Staten Island marina getting 100 new slips for upcoming season

January 2020 By TRADE ONLY TODAY EDITORS

The National Park Service selected Moonbeam Leasing and Management to operate Great Kills Marina in Staten Island, N.Y., at Gateway National Recreation Area. Previously known as Nichols Great Kills Park Marina, the facility will ...

HNT Chicken, a fried chicken concept started in Brazil, will open its first Philadelphia-area store this Friday at Philadelphia Mills.

December 2019 By Laura Smythe – Reporter, Philadelphia Business Journal

HNT Chicken, a fried chicken concept started in Brazil, will open its first Philadelphia-area store this Friday at Philadelphia Mills. The company aims to create 1,000 jobs in the region by next ...

Shopping centers brace for new uses as internet erodes retailers

December 2019 By SDD Contributor on December 14, 2019 at 7:12 pm

The financial woes of national retailers are leaving holes at shopping centers across Central Florida, and landlords are looking for new businesses that aren’t susceptible to internet competition. Amazon and other online ...

Bringing The Malls Back

November 2019 By Stock Daily Dish

Customers and stores are fleeing Orlando‘s once-thriving malls. Can anything bring them back? Posted by SDD Contributor on November 25, 2019 at 7:25 pm West Oaks Mall One strategy for underperforming malls ...

Reinventing Malls With New Uses

November 2019 By Les Shaver on November 22, 2019

Many malls across the country are struggling, but there are possible fixes in some situations. A solution used to revitalize the West Oaks Mall in Orlando could be a model for other ...

Colliers International Awarded Exclusive Listing to Sell Gwinnett Place Mall in Metro Atlanta

October 2019

ATLANTA — Colliers International’s Atlanta-based Southeast Retail Investment Sales Team of Tony D’Ambrosio and Joe Montgomery have been awarded the Exclusive Listing to sell Gwinnett Place Mall, in the Atlanta suburb of ...

Moonbeam is known for purchasing distressed commercial real estate assets and converting them into mixed use properties.

August 2019 Shearin, R. (2019, August).

Among regional mall owners, you hear a lot of talk about converting vacant boxes into new uses – and you see a variety of proposed uses. From medical office complexes to large-scale ...

Moonbeam Capital Investments Promotes Shawl Pryor Sr. to COO

March 2019 By Tostado, A. (2019, March 15)

Duluth, Ga. — Moonbeam Capital Investments LLC has promoted Shawl Pryor Sr. from senior vice president to chief operating officer. The promotion was announced Dec. 22, 2018. Pryor has been with Duluth, ...

Moonbeam Capital Partners, is joining forces with Pandya and Texas-based Thakkar Developers in an organization called CricRealty Co.

February 2019 By Schenke, J. (2019, February 26)

A Dallas-based company is under contract to purchase the indoor retail portion of Gwinnett Place Mall for an undisclosed sum, with plans to transform the 1.2M SF regional mall into a cricket ...

Other People’s Money

February 2019 By Duhart, B., & Duhart, B. (2019, February 16)

Steven Maksin said he was reminded of a line from one of his favorite movies recently as he was unloading a 97-acre site of a dead mall to a new owner. “I’m ...

The Burlington Mall Story

February 2019 By Reid, T. (2019, February 15)

On the one hand, there’s what he called “the Burlington Mall story.” It’s the one you’ve likely heard about with buzz about the “retail apocalypse” and “dead malls.” Earlier this month, Moonbeam, ...

West Oaks Mall Branch Will Create More Than 20 New Jobs

January 2019 January 8, 2019

January 8, 2019 – Orange County, FL – The Orange County Tax Collector’s call center, mail processing center and two motor vehicle offices on West Colonial Drive in Orlando and Winter Garden ...

The “Gate-” is still open…

October 2018 Duggan, K., Lucente, A., & Community News Group. (2018, October 23)

The “Gate-” is still open, but there’s no “-way” that Sheepshead Bay’s party boats can move to the national park by next spring. Two booze cruises that are supposed to shove off ...

Dropping anchor: Knicks star docking yacht at Brooklyn marina

October 2018 By James Harney

He makes a living at the World’s Most Famous Arena, but starting this season, Lance Thomas of the New York Knicks will be spending some leisure time at Brooklyn’s most famous marina. ...

AMC Theatres Unveils All New AMC West Oaks 14 in Ocoee, FL

September 2018 By Ryan Noonan

Leawood,Kan. (September 17, 2018) – Movie-lovers in the Ocoee, Florida area can now enjoy the complete AMC movie-going experience for the first time at AMC West Oaks 14. The theatre, located at the West ...

Has Mall Become a Dirty Word?

August 2018 By Michelle Z. Askeland

As retail properties work to stay competitive and reinvent themselves to reflect changing consumer habits, has “mall” become a dirty word? Regional malls are “general merchandise or fashion-oriented offerings;typically, enclosed with inward-facing stores connected by a common walkway; ...

National Parks Service to allow for party boats to dock at the Gateway Marina

July 2018 By Duggan, K., Lucente, A., & Community News Group. (2018, July 9)

It could be a Gateway to a solution. The controversial “booze cruise” party boats that the city wants to move from Sheepshead Bay to Mill Basin could find a home instead at ...

Bringing Life Back To The Mall

May 2018 By Lynn Peisner

Moonbeam Capital Investments LLC (MCI), a private equity fund whose affiliates own and operate commercial real estate nation- wide, is actively exploring adaptive reuse of the enclosed malls in its portfolio and finding ways ...

Moonbeam Leasing & Management LLC selected as the new operator of Gateway Marina

April 2018 By Yun, D. (2018, April 10)

We are proud to announce that the National Park Service(NPS) has selected Moonbeam Leasing & Management LLC, as the new operator of Gateway Marina, in the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National ...

Richland Renaissance

February 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUM90-jL6G8&feature=youtu.be Richland Gateway at Columbia Place Mall Relocating core services to the mall, located at 7201 Two Notch Road, aims to utilize preexisting, structurally sound space; help rejuvenate the shopping center and surrounding ...

Foothills, Greeley Malls face changing shopping habits

September 2017 By Coloradoan

September 22, 2017 Think about how you shop — it’s probably different than five or 10 years ago, or even a year ago. Maybe you research a product online and buy at ...

Retailers’ Call Centers Bring Life to Dead Mall Space

April 2017 By Esther Fung

A giant home-goods retailer is moving into an indoor mall west of Orlando this summer, but it isn’t opening a store. Instead, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is leasing roughly 75,000 square feet at West ...

Exclusive: Bed Bath & Beyond call center to bring 500 more jobs to West Oaks Mall

February 2017 By Anjali Fluker

A familiar tenant is coming to West Oaks Mall but in a different type of concept than we’ve seen in the past — one that will bring about 500 jobs to the region by ...

New seafood steakhouse concept joins West Oaks Mall lineup

January 2017 By Anjali Fluker

West Oaks Mall has reeled in a new tenant. A concept called Bates New England Seafood & Steakhouse is completing construction on a new 250-seat restaurant expected to bring an “authentic New England ...

See Inside GameTime attractions set for West Oaks Mall

December 2016 By Richard Bilbao

GameTime, an operator of full-service family entertainment centers, is planning to build a ninth location in Ocoee. The new 25,000-square-foot center will be near West Oaks Mall and is set to open ...

Exclusive: GameTime has more flagship locations in the works for Orlando

December 2016 By Richard Bilbao (Orlando Business Journal)

The family entertainment center operator is looking at other heavily-populated areas in Orlando for expansion. GameTime, an operator of full-service family entertainment centers, is planning to build a ninth location in Ocoee. ...

Moonbeam: Working the Alternatives

December 2016 By Randall Shearin and Lynn Peisner

Moonbeam Leasing & Management, which is part of the Moonbeam Capital Investments group of companies and handles property management and leasing for its affiliates, is known for its expertise in making underperforming ...

New SunPass ‘Centralized’ call center to debut at West Oaks Mall

September 2016 By Anjali Fluker. Published in Orlando Business Journal.

The Florida Department of Transportation finally lifted the veil on its newest toll processing center — one that will debut in a revamped shopping mall space that formerly housed a huge Sears store. FDOT ...

Moonbeam Shines Bright

May 2015 By Randall Shearin (May 2015)

Shopping Center Business Moonbeam Capital Investments has quickly created a niche for itself in the shopping center business. The company has spent more than $200 million on properties in the last five ...

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