BIG Shopping Centers USA, Inc. (BIG USA) is a subsidiary of the Israeli parent company BIG Shopping Centers, Ltd. (TASE: BIG), a real estate company publicly traded in the top TASE 125 Index. BIG USA is a full-scale retail shopping center company based in Phoenix, Arizona.
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BIG Shopping Centers Ltd. (BIG) – Headquartered in Herzelia, Israel – was founded in 1994 by Yehuda Naftali with the vision of developing American styled open-air shopping centers in Israel. Today, the company operates in three countries – Israel, the United States and Serbia – where it has ownership (entire or partnership) in 65 projects, 55 of them being operational shopping centers and 10 under development.
Under its long-term hold strategy, BIG USA’s primary focus is investing in owned assets to further enhance and create the most advantageous tenant and customer experience. Taking an innovative of approach in re-imagining each center and exploring development/redevelopment opportunities to add value to each asset. Also focusing on lease up, improvement of tenant mix, and attaining and maintaining stabilized occupancy in an ever-changing market for the retail shopping center industry.
A former Macy’s department store now known as the Waterfront Technology Center has been bought by one of its current tenants.