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IN BRIEF
Simon Property Group
Simon Property Group broke ground on the first phase of Firewheel
Town Center, an open-air center with 750,000 square feet of retail
and 75,000 square feet of offices in North Garland, Texas, about
17 miles northeast of Dallas. Dillard’s and Foley’s will
anchor the center. South of that development, in Austin, Simon is
building the open-air, mixed-use Domain in partnership with Endeavor
Real Estate Group. Neiman Marcus (and possibly a second, still unidentified,
department store) will anchor the development. There will be up
to 820,000 square feet of retail, a minimum of 350 multifamily residential
units and an undetermined amount of office space. A commuter rail
station is also tentatively in the works for the Domain. The developers
hope to break ground on the center next year and complete it by
the fourth quarter of 2006. Simon is also renovating Burlington
(Mass.) Mall, in the Boston suburbs. The center will get new seating
areas outside the department stores and new flooring, as well as
redesigned lighting. Simon expects to complete that project in the fall.
JER Partners
JER Partners plans to expand the 370,000-square-foot Shops at Las
Americas outlet center in San Ysidro, Calif., into a 1.4 million-square-foot
mixed-use center. The $300 million project, located about 71 miles
northeast of San Diego on the Mexican border, will include the addition
of a 25,000-square-foot library and cultural center. A Coach factory
store, a Fossil and a Neiman Marcus Last Call are among the tenants
that have signed on to that portion of the project. A third phase
will include 200,000 square feet of retail, a transit center, a
hotel and a 60,000-square-foot outdoor entertainment center. JER,
based in San Diego, says it does not have a timetable for the entire
project’s completion.
GGP, The Pinnacle Group
General Growth Properties and The Pinnacle Group are building Pinnacle
Hills Promenade, a 750,000-square-foot lifestyle center in Rogers,
Ark. The site is eight miles east of Bentonville, Wal-Mart Stores’
headquarters. A two-level, 155,000-square-foot Dillard’s will
anchor the $100 million center. The companies expect to finish the
project in the fall of 2006.
Pace Properties
Pace Properties is building The Boulevard-Saint Louis, a mixed-use
lifestyle center in St. Louis. The center will contain 225,000 square
feet of retail, 500,000 square feet of offices and 300 apartments.
It will also feature public plazas with fountains and sculptures.
Retailers will start opening there by the end of the year.
Edens & Avant
Edens & Avant is expanding the 440,000-square-foot South
Bay Shopping Center, Boston, to 540,000 square feet. A Target
opened there in March, replacing a vacant Kmart. The $30 million
redevelopment, will include a new, 75,000-square-foot Stop &
Shop. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of
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Eastern Shore Centre I
Eastern Shore Centre I, a group of private developers from Alabama
and Texas, broke ground on The Eastern Shore Centre, a 560,000-square-foot
lifestyle center in Spanish Fort, Ala., about 10 miles east
of Mobile. The opening is set for October. The anchors are Barnes
& Noble, Bed Bath & Beyond and Dillard’s. Other
tenants will include Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Pottery Barn and
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Cousins, Jim Wilson & Associates
Cousins Properties and Jim Wilson & Associates plan to open
the $100 million Avenue at Carriage Crossings in Collierville, Tenn.,
about 30 miles east of Memphis, in the fall of 2005. The hybrid
fashion and discount retail center will be Cousins’ sixth open-air
Avenue project. (Its others are in Atlanta and California, and it
is also building one in Florida.) Dillard’s and Parisian will
anchor. The developers did not have a ground-breaking date at press
time. Meanwhile, Cousins is building the 195,000-square-foot, Target-anchored
Hanover Square South, a power center in Richmond, Va. The developer
plans to open that project in March.
Forest City Enterprises
Forest City began construction on the 459,000-square-foot Quartermaster
Plaza, in Philadelphia. Located on the site of a former military-supply
depot, Quartermaster Plaza is scheduled to open sometime during
the third quarter, with Home Depot and BJ’s Wholesale Club
as the anchor tenants.
Regency Centers
Regency Centers is building the 112,886-square-foot Victoria Gateway
Center, in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., a city in the Inland Empire.
Circuit City, Men’s Wearhouse and REI are among the open-air
center’s anchors. Regency says it expects to open Victoria
Gateway by the end of the year.
Westcor Partners
Macerich Co. subsidiary Westcor Partners is converting the 830,000-square-foot
Crossroads Mall, in Boulder, Colo., from an enclosed mall into
an 800,000-square-foot open-air center. The company plans to
raze the current center this summer, with the exception of a
Foley’s department store and a vacant Sears store, pending
government approval. Foley’s, a supermarket and a theater
with stadium seating will anchor the center, which Westcor says
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Feldman Equities
Feldman Equities is adding a 16,000-square-foot retail extension
to the 500,000-square-foot enclosed portion of Foothills Mall,
Tucson, Ariz. (The center also has 45,000 square feet of pad
development.) The Phoenix-based company expects to complete
the $18 million project by the end of this month. The mall’s
Loews Cineplex is undergoing a renovation that will give it
new seating, entrances and lobby space by the end of the year.
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Wilmorite Properties
Wilmorite Properties is increasing the size of its Tysons Corner
Center mall from 2.1 million square feet to 2.3 million square
feet. The company is adding a 16-screen AMC theater and 30 shops
to the McLean, Va., center. Some of the new addition occupies
a former J.C. Penney store. Wilmorite expects to complete the
expansion in August 2005. |
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Donahue Schriber
Donahue Schriber opened Elk Grove Commons, a 242,000-square-foot,
Kohl’s-anchored community center in Northern California. The
firm will open two more in the region this fall. The ones to be
built later are the 195,000-square-foot Highland Reserve Marketplace,
in Roseville, and the 363,000-square-foot Park Place II, in Sacramento,
both of which Donahue Schriber is building with developer Tom Winn.
Meanwhile, Donahue Schriber is building the 87,654-square-foot Shoppes
at Highlands Village, a community center in Mesa, Ariz., that it
hopes to open next spring.
RED Development, R.H. Johnson
The Home Depot signed on to anchor the 565,000-square-foot Shoppes
at North Village, St. Joseph, Mo., about 55 miles north of Kansas
City. RED Development and R.H. Johnson, Kansas City, expect
to open the center, a combination of big-box and lifestyle tenants,
next spring. A 10-screen Wallace theater will also anchor the
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National Realty, Milstein
National Realty & Development Corp. and Milstein Bros. Capital
Partners are building Stamford Place, a $300 million mixed-use center
in downtown Stamford, Conn. The center will include 450,000 square
feet of vertical retail space and 550 residential units. Sam’s
Club and Wal-Mart will be among the tenants. The developers plan
to finish the project in 2006. Purchase, N.Y.-based National Realty
has also broken ground on the 258,000-square-foot Rockaway Center,
in Rockaway Township, N.J., about 35 miles west of New York City.
Wal-Mart and Bed Bath & Beyond will anchor the community center,
which is to open in February 2005.
Greenberg Commercial
Bed Bath & Beyond and Marshalls signed leases to go into Westminster
(Md.) Crossing, a 225,000-square-foot community center about 35
miles northwest of Baltimore. The center is being redeveloped for
$15 million by Greenberg Commercial. The Baltimore-based developer
expects to complete work in November.
Koman Properties
Koman Properties started a $15 million renovation of the 140,000-square-foot
Nameoki Shopping Center, in Granite City, Ill., about eight miles
north of St. Louis. The Clayton, Mo.-based company is relocating
a Shop ’N Save from a 32,000-square-foot shell to a 69,000-square-foot
space, replacing the parking lot and adding new landscaping. Koman
plans to be done by the fall.
Phillips Edison & Co.
Phillips Edison & Co. bought five former Dee’s Restaurants
around Salt Lake City. The locally based company will redevelop
three of them into Walgreens drugstores.
Tristar Business, Walpert
Tristar Business Communities, Chesterfield, Mo., and Walpert
Properties, St. Louis, jointly developed the 60,000-square-foot
Lakeside Shoppes at WingHaven, a neighborhood center in O’Fallon,
Mo. Kadean Construction, Fenton, built the center, which is
located about 38 miles west of St. Louis.
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Kushner Cos.
Kushner Cos. is building The Landings at Harborside, a $600 million
mixed-use development in Perth Amboy, N.J., 30 miles southwest of
New York City. Built on an eight-year plan, it will include up to
150,000 square feet of retail, 2,100 town homes and condos, and
some outdoor public recreation areas. Florham Park, N.J.-based Kushner
will also build parks and a marina on the site.
Arizona Partners
Arizona Partners bought a 150,000-square-foot former Wal-Mart space
in Rocklin, Calif., in the Sacramento area. The firm is converting
the site into a Home and Design Center. The $8 million project will
feature home furnishings and furniture retailers. The developer
expects to sign up national and regional stores ranging from 10,000
square feet to 60,000 square feet. The center is scheduled to open
in the fall. Scottsdale-based Arizona Partners also redeveloped
the 620,000-square-foot Country Club Plaza, Sacramento, at a cost
of $25 million. The company added new in-line tenants to the enclosed
mall as well as such big-box anchors as Bed Bath & Beyond and
Sports Chalet.
Windmill Development
Windmill Development expects to break ground next month on Legacy
Commons, an open-air mixed-use center in Frisco, Texas, about 27
miles north of Dallas. The center will have 108,000 square feet
of upscale fashion retail and 40,000 square feet of office space.
Windmill is planning a spring 2005 opening for the retail and office
components. A hotel, to open sometime in 2007, is also in the works
for the development.
Empire Commercial Real Estate
Empire Commercial Real Estate opened the 100,000-square-foot Lakeside
Plaza, Ontario, Calif., in the state’s Inland Empire. Stater
Bros., a local supermarket chain, anchors the center. Locally based
Empire spent $15 million on the project.
Crosland
Crosland, a Charlotte, N.C., developer, has opened a Florida office
in Orlando to explore future projects in that state.
Kimco Realty Corp.
Kimco Realty Corp. broke ground on the $80 million, Hazel Dell Towne
Center mixed-use project in Vancouver, Wash., near the Oregon state
border. The center includes 425,000 square feet of retail, 25,000
square feet of office and 96 residential units. A Target store is
scheduled to open in July, and the developer plans to open the rest
of the project by next year.
JBG Rosenfeld Retail
JBG Rosenfeld Retail plans to finish the first phase of the redevelopment
of the grocery-anchored Free State Mall, in Bethesda, Md., a Washington,
D.C., suburb this month. The center, part of which was enclosed,
is being decreased from 322,291 square feet to 280,667 square feet
and converted into an open-air development. A demolished Sears store
is being replaced by a Total Crafts unit along with some other retail.
JV Developers
JV Developers, a venture between the locally based Codina Group
and K-Holdings, broke ground on Metropica, a mixed-use center
in Sunrise, Fla., about 30 miles north of Miami. The center
will include 60,500 square feet of restaurant-anchored retail
and 500,000 square feet of office space in four buildings. The
developers expect to complete construction by the end of the
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Mid-America Asset Management
Retail asset manager Mid-America Asset Management is demalling
the 880,000-square-foot enclosed Brickyard Mall in northwest
Chicago and turning it into a 573,000-square-foot urban community
center. The first phase, completed in March, included specialty
stores and a Jewel-Osco grocery-drugstore. Lowe’s, Target
and other stores will anchor the second phase, which West Des
Moines, Iowa-based Mid-America expects to complete in October.
Goldman Sachs affiliate Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds owns
the center. |
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Foothill Partners, Regency Centers
Foothill Partners and Regency Centers expect to start work next
year on Murieta Gardens Shopping Center, a 101,000-square-foot grocery-anchored
center in Rancho Murieta, Calif., about 25 miles east of Sacramento.
The firms will sell some 40 acres of land around the center to a
developer for office and residential space. They plan to finish
Murietta Gardens in 2006.
J.H. Snyder Co.
The J.H. Snyder Co. broke ground on the mixed-use NoHo Commons
in North Hollywood, Calif. When it is completed in mid-2005,
the center will have 158,000 square feet of street retail, 200,000
square feet of offices and 700 residential units. J.H. Snyder
is based in Los Angeles.
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Continental Real Estate Cos.
Continental Real Estate Cos. expects to open The Streets at
Tanasbourne in October. A Meier & Frank department store
and REI, an outdoor recreation retailer, will anchor the 375,000-square-foot
lifestyle center which is located in the Portland, Ore., suburb
of Hillsboro. San Francisco-based Field Paoli designed the center. |
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Robertson Properties
Robertson Properties plans to start construction on a 362,000-square-foot
community center in the Seattle suburb of Kent, Wash. Lowe’s
will anchor the still-unnamed center, which Los Angeles-based Robertson
expects to break ground on this fall. The center, to be completed
next year, is on the grounds of a former drive-in movie theater.
The Lund Co., RED Development
The Lund Co. and RED Development remodeled the 172,000-square-foot
Regency Court, an enclosed lifestyle center in Omaha, Neb., for
$10 million. The companies added leather furniture to the center
as well as new lighting fixtures and ceilings. New tenants include
the state’s first Pottery Barn and Ann Taylor Loft. Lund is
based in Omaha, and RED Development is based in Kansas City, Mo.
Laham Development
Regency Lakes, a 500,000-square-foot, Target-anchored open-air center
is scheduled to open in October in Wichita, Kan. Laham Development
is building the center in the northeastern part of the city. Wichita-based
Laham has also built the 255,000-square-foot Bradley Fair lifestyle
center and other projects in the city.
McShane Construction
McShane Construction, based in Rosemont, Ill., built the 60,000-square-foot
Lincoln Park Center in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Borders Books & Music and LaSalle Bank anchor the two-story
urban center. North/Halstead, and Structured Development own
Lincoln Park Center, which is managed by Mid-America Real Estate.
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W/S Development Associates
W/S Development Associates is adding 500,000 square feet to the
800,000-square-foot, open-air Marketplace at Augusta (Maine). W/S
and the local private investors that co-own the center along with
the Chestnut Hill, Mass.-based company plan to break ground on the
expansion by the end of the year and complete work by the fall of
2005. New tenants have not been announced. The Home Depot, Staples
and Wal-Mart are among the center’s current anchors.
Combined Properties
The Giant Food grocery store is relocating in Combined Properties’
142,557-square-foot Charles County Plaza, Waldorf, Md., about 30
miles south of Washington, D.C. Giant is moving into a 68,337-square-foot
former Kmart space. Linens ’n Things and a Pier 1 Imports will
go into the former 43,520-square-foot Giant shell. Washington, D.C.-based
Combined Properties expects to complete the work by the holiday season.
Tucker Development Corp.
Tucker Development Corp. opened the 65,000-square-foot Central Parkway,
a mixed-use project in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Ill.
An Equinox Fitness Center anchors Central Parkway, a center with
52,500 square feet of retail. The remainder is office space, which
houses Tucker’s headquarters along with other companies.
CIM Group
CIM Group is building the mixed-use Plaza Lofts, a development with
21,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and 225 apartments in
downtown Sacramento, Calif. Anaheim, Calif.-based CIM plans to complete
the $46 million project in the fall of 2005. In Southern California,
CIM is building the $100 million mixed-use Center Street Promenade,
in downtown Anaheim. The project, which comprises six buildings,
will include 500 housing units and 55,000 square feet of street-level
retail and restaurants. CIM expects to complete work by the summer
of 2005.
DeBartolo Property Group
The DeBartolo Property Group is building a 120,000-square-foot,
yet-to-be-named community center in Newark, Ohio, about 40 miles
east of Columbus. An unidentified grocery store and big-box tenants
will anchor the center, which is to break ground this month. The
developer did not release a completion date for the construction.
Tampa, Fla.-based DeBartolo is also building a 64,840-square-foot
grocery-anchored center in Jacksonville, Fla. Publix will anchor
the center, which is to be completed in the fall.
Heritage Development Co.
Circuit City, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Wal-Mart are among
the anchors at City View Center, a 650,000-square-foot power center
being developed by Heritage Development Co. in the Cleveland suburb
of Garfield Heights, Ohio. Moreland Hills, Ohio-based Heritage expects
to complete the project, which is located on a former landfill,
in the summer of 2005.
JSM Development
JSM Development is building Gregory Place, a mixed-use project in
Urbana, Ill., about 140 miles south of Chicago. The center will
have 21,800 square feet of first-floor retail and three levels of
apartments. Champaign, Ill.-based JSM expects to wrap up the project
in August.
Saul Centers
Saul Centers is building a still-unnamed, 41,000-square-foot mixed-use
project in Gaithersburg, Md., about 25 miles north of Washington,
D.C. Retail will comprise 25,000 square feet of the development;
the rest will be offices. The center is next to the Lowe’s-anchored
Kentlands, which Saul also owns. The Bethesda, Md.-based company
expects to complete the mixed-use project in the fall.
Pine Tree Commercial Realty
Pine Tree Commercial Realty is building the 83,000-square-foot Raceway
Plaza Shopping Center, a neighborhood center in Avon, Ind., about
17 miles west of Indianapolis. Lake Bluff, Ill.-based Pine Tree
expects to break ground on Raceway in the fall and complete the
center by next summer.
Marketplace Properties
Marketplace Properties, Tustin, Calif., will build Town Place Square,
an $18 million mixed-use project in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., in
the state’s Inland Empire. The development is going up across
the street from The Mills Corp.’s Ontario Mills value megamall.
Work on Town Place is to start this summer and end sometime next
spring. A 112-room Marriott hotel will anchor the 98,000-square-foot
center, which will also include 8,400 square feet of retail.
National Realty & Development
National Realty & Development Corp. has broken ground on a Target
store at its Hawley Lane Mall in Trumbull, Conn., about 18 miles
southwest of New Haven. Kohl’s anchors the 462,477-square-foot
center, and National Realty is in the process of leasing 56,000
square feet on the second floor of the mall. The Purchase, N.Y.-based
development firm expects the Target unit to open next March. Separately,
National Realty will open the Target-anchored, 275,000-square-foot
North Haven (Conn.) Center in October.
Noddle Development
Noddle Development Co. plans to break ground next year on a two-level,
50,000-square-foot retail center in Englewood, N.J., about 15 miles
north of New York City. Omaha, Neb.-based Noddle aims to open the
project, currently called the South Dean Street Redevelopment Project,
by the 2005 holiday season.
LandGrant Development
An Albertsons opened at the 125,000-square-foot Winchester Springs,
Murrieta, Calif., about 65 miles north of San Diego. Owner LandGrant
Development, based in San Diego, expects all 22 tenants in the $20
million open-air center to open by year-end.
CBL & Associates
CBL & Associates has broken ground on the 340,000-square-foot
Charter Oak Marketplace, an open-air center in Hartford, Conn.,
scheduled to open in the fall. Wal-Mart will anchor the center.
Westrust
Westrust is building The Exchange, a 66,500-square-foot neighborhood
center, as part of a master-planned community in Hawthorne, Calif.,
about 15 miles southwest of Los Angeles. Calabasas Hills, Calif.-based
Westrust expects to complete the project early next year.
James Doran Co.
James Doran Co. is breaking ground this year on Northshore Town
Center, a $180 million mixed-use town center development in Knoxville,
Tenn. The project, to be completed in about five years, will have
500,000 square feet of retail-entertainment, 300,000 square feet
of offices and 450 apartment units.
Shepherdsville Associates
Developer Shepherdsville Associates has opened the Kroger-anchored
Shepherd’s Crossing Shopping Center in Shepherdsville, Ky.,
about 20 miles south of Louisville. Presnell Engineers of Louisville
designed and built the 145,000-square-foot center.
The Woodlands Operating Co.
The Woodlands Operating Co. is building Terramont Shopping Center,
a 250,000-square-foot, Wal-Mart-anchored center in The Woodlands,
Texas, about 30 miles north of Houston. The project, scheduled to
open next spring, is part of the Terramont master-planned community.
RED Development, Chenal
RED Development and Chenal Properties have teamed up to build The
Promenade at Chenal, a 485,000-square-foot, Dillard’s-anchored
lifestyle center in Little Rock, Ark. The partners expect to break
ground on the $75 million project next spring. The opening is tentatively
scheduled for sometime in 2006
RED Development, The Lerner Co.
RED Development and The Lerner Co. formed a joint venture to build
Papillion (Neb.) Promenade, a regional center about 23 miles southwest
of Omaha. The project, which will have up to 900,000 square feet
of retail space, is to be built in a town center style. The developers
plan to start work this summer and finish up in 2006.
Edens & Avant
Edens & Avant opened Arundel Village, a Safeway-anchored center
in Hanover, Md., about 12 miles southwest of Baltimore. Other tenants
include Cold Stone Creamery, Panera Bread and Quiznos Subs.
WDP Partners
WDP Partners is building the 800,000-square-foot Yuma (Ariz.) Palms
Shopping Center, a regional center about 185 miles west of Phoenix.
The anchors are Dillard’s and J.C. Penney. The first phase
is scheduled for completion in November, and the second for sometime
next year.
Opus West Corp.
Opus West Corp. is building The Shoppes at Chino Hills (Calif.),
a 375,000-square-foot lifestyle center about 40 miles southeast
of Los Angeles. The Irvine, Calif.-based developer plans to break
ground in December 2005 and finish work in mid-2006. A two-level,
144,000-square-foot Robinsons-May will anchor the center.
O&S Holdings
A CompUSA computer store has signed on to anchor Foothill Crossing,
a 315,000-square-foot power center in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.,
about 40 miles east of Los Angeles. An 180,000-square-foot Sears
Grand will also anchor the center.
The Macerich Co.
The Macerich Co. says a 73,000-square-foot, 2,800-seat AMC theater
will open at its Valley View Center mall, Dallas, this summer.
The theater, which as anchor joins Dillard’s, Foley’s,
J.C. Penney and Sears, will expand Valley View to 1.6 million
square feet. Meanwhile, Barnes & Noble opened a store at
the 795,000-square-foot Southern Hills Mall, Sioux City, S.D.
(owned jointly by Macerich and Simon Property Group). This summer
a J.C. Penney will open in a vacant 100,000-square-foot Target
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RMC, RAM Development
RMC Property Group and RAM Development are building Broadway
Promenade, a mixed-use project in Sarasota, Fla., about 60 miles
south of Tampa. The center will include a 28,800-square-foot
Publix and 26,570 square feet of additional retail as well as
5,165 square feet of offices and 187 condominiums. The developers
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The Irvine Co.
The Irvine Co. opened Quail Hill Village Center, a 150,000-square-foot,
Albertsons-anchored center in Irvine, Calif., about 43 miles southeast
of Los Angeles. Madison Marquette Retail Services is manager.
Finard & Co.
Finard & Co. is building a 24,000-square-foot, $3 million Flagship
Cinemas theater at Shaw’s Plaza, a community center in Waterville,
Maine, about 20 miles north of Augusta. Finard says it will open
the theater late this summer.
World Premier Investments
World Premier Investments has added a Wal-Mart and a Kohl’s
to the open-air Nordahl Marketplace (formerly Vallecitos Town Center),
San Marcos, Calif., about 35 miles north of San Diego. They join
anchor Costco. The additions expand the center to more than 500,000
square feet, from 315,000 square feet.
New England Development
Work is under way on The Shops at Long Pond, Plymouth, Mass., a
five-lot retail subdivision scheduled to open this year. The project,
by Newton, Mass.-based New England Development, will include a BJ’s
Wholesale Club, Kohl’s and other retailers. “Plymouth
is not only the oldest and largest town in Massachusetts, it’s
a vital and growing destination with historic attractions and a
strong housing market,” said Stephen R. Karp, CEO of New England
Development, in a news release.
Saxon Partners
Middleboro, Mass.-based Saxon Partners is building Colony Place,
an 865,000-square-foot open-air retail development on 140 acres
in Plymouth, Mass. The $100 million development, whose five components
will include a power center and a lifestyle center, will be one
of the largest open-air retail projects in the state, the developers
say. A Wal-Mart Supercenter and a Sam’s Club will anchor Colony
Place.
Robert C. Muir Co.
Oakdale, Minn., about 10 miles east of St. Paul, approved the construction
of a lifestyle center by Bloomington, Minn.-based Robert C. Muir
Co. The center will serve as a gateway for the town of about 29,000,
according to officials. Best Buy will operate a 45,000-square-foot
store, but no other tenants have been announced.
Falls Management Co.
Galleria, a retail, dining and gambling complex, is scheduled to
open next month in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The $1 billion, 2.5 million-square-foot
resort is being developed by Toronto-based Falls Management Co.
on behalf of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., a provincial
government agency. Among the retail tenants are Dolce & Gabbana,
Giorgio and Turtle Pond Toys.
The Weitz Co.
The Weitz Co. has begun construction on the Yuma (Ariz.) Palms Regional
Center, a retail development made up of four shopping districts:
a power center, a regional center, a restaurant row and a village.
Work on the first phase of the 800,000-square-foot center is scheduled
to end in November, with a second phase set to end in the fall of
2005. Dillard’s and J.C. Penney will anchor the center. The
other retailers include Ross Dress for Less and Famous Footwear,
and the project will also have a 14-screen Harkins theater.
