INDIANAPOLIS-To provide local presence to its Asian properties, Simon Property Group Inc. will open its first Hong Kong office.

INDIANAPOLIS-To provide local presence to its Asian properties, Simon Property Group Inc. will open its first Hong Kong office.

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, MO-In accordance with its growth plans, the bakery-café retailer is entering the Ohio and California markets.

BENSALEM, PA-With a record Q1, Charming Shoppes Inc. also announces its $218M purchase of Crosstown Traders.

JACKSONVILLE, FL-Stein Mart's Q1 earnings of $16.8 million equated to a 46% increase over the same period last year.

While new developments in Las Vegas receive immense reverence from visitors, media and competing hotel casinos, older neighbors are basking in the spotlight spillover. Most recently, Steve Wynn's $2.7 billion megaresort was unveiled. Five years from the day Wynn purchased the 217-acre site of the former Desert Inn, Wynn Las Vegas opened to a crowd of 10,000--many of which were ready to indulge in the Las Vegas experience. Across the Strip, the 1.9 million-sf Fashion Show mall shared in the festivities by welcoming an influx of visitors.

MINNEAPOLIS-General merchandise discount retailer, Target Corp., reports a 26.4% increase in earnings and a 12.7% increase in revenues for Q1.

FRANKFORT, IL-After serving the last year as vice chairman of the International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Corporate Real Estate (AECRE), Michael Pollack, partner with Philadelphia-based law firm Blank Rome LLP, is elected to a one-year term as chairman of the organization.