Archive for March 28th, 2008

Children’s Place Giving Up on Disney Stores

The operator of the Disney Store chain on Thursday said that its return of over 200 stores to the Walt Disney Co. could be completed by May if its restructuring plan is accepted by a bankruptcy judge.

The remaining 100-plus Disney Stores in North America would be closed, said Chuck Crovitz, interim chief executive officer of The Children’s Place Retail Stores Inc.

His comments came in a teleconference with analysts less than a day after the Children’s Place subsidiary that operates the Disney Stores filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.

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Building? Yes? No? Maybe?

The market is certainly in a state of flux judging by the fate of some high-profile projects.

In the past couple days announcements have come that development of Moynihan Station in New York may be jeopardized. Also, Related has pushed back the opening of its massive CityNorth project in Arizona by a year.