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Shopping Centers Today -> June 2002
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| The Summit at Scottsdale is anchored by Target and Safeway. |
THE SUMMIT AT SCOTTSDALE’S SECOND PHASE UNDER WAY
With the completion of the first phase of The Summit at Scottsdale (Ariz.), which opened in March with 20 specialty stores, eateries and neighborhood service establishments, owners are embarking on the project’s second segment.Anchored by Target and Safeway, The Summit at Scottsdale is a 325,000-square-foot lifestyle center located at the intersection of Scottsdale Road and Ashler Hills Drive in North Scottsdale. Phase two of the project will comprise 35,000 additional square feet of retail space, scheduled for completion in the fall. The project’s owner, Costa Mesa, Calif.-based Donahue Schriber, is seeking tenants.
Existing specialty shops at the center include Bath & Body Works, Chico’s, Diane’s Hallmark, Herndon House Gifts, and Kelly Nails & Spa. Several restaurants also opened there, including Coldstone Creamery, Rubio’s Baja Grill and a Starbucks.CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON CHANDLER, ARIZ., PROJECT
Copper Point Plaza, a grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping center, is under construction in Chandler, Ariz. To be anchored by a 62,000-square-foot Albertson’s supermarket, the center will include 33,000 square feet of specialty shops and is scheduled to open this year. The shopping center’s tenants will include Magic Touch Cleaners, Nails of the World, Smoothie King and Super Cuts.MONTRÉAL’S COMPLEXE LES AILES TO OPEN IN AUGUST
Downtown Montréal’s old Eaton building is being transformed into Complexe Les Ailes, a retail and office complex. A three-level department store, Les Ailes de la Mode, will anchor two-thirds of the retail portion, taking up 225,000 square feet of space.The store’s main entrance will be on de Maisonneuve Boulevard, and visible from Sainte-Catherine Street, one of downtown Montréal’s busiest areas.
Specialty retailers on tap for Complexe Les Ailes include Archambault, a music and book store, Guess, Swarovski and Tommy Hilfiger. The complex will also feature convenience and neighborhood retailers, including a Jean Coutu pharmacy, plus several restaurants.
Retail gallery occupants will be arranged around a central passageway that runs through the building from Sainte-Catherine Street and leads to an atrium at the heart of the building.
The project is slated to reopen on Aug. 7.TOWN AND COUNTRY CENTER TO UNDERGO DRASTIC CHANGES
Visconsi Cos. is planning to redevelop Town and Country Center, a hybrid shopping center in Arlington Heights, Ill., into a traditional strip center.The Pepper Pike, Ohio-based retail developer recently won approval from the village of Arlington Heights, to demall the 324,000-square-foot center at the intersection of Arlington Heights, Palatine and Rand roads.
The city approval means that Visconsi has until May 2003 to begin redeveloping the mall and make infrastructure improvements around the center, reported Chicago’s Daily Herald.
The developer will convert Town and Country Center’s interior, allowing for more-traditional storefront spaces for large tenants that would complement such existing stores as Best Buy and Dominick’s, a supermarket. Visconsi will demolish a bank and build a Walgreens, which will be relocated from its current location along Arlington Heights Road.
The old Walgreens space will be replaced with smaller local and regional retailers. Work on the 27-year-old mall is scheduled to be completed by 2005.
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