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CLEVELAND METRO AREA TO GET ITS FIRST LIFESTYLE CENTER

First Interstate Properties, Beachwood, Ohio, is developing the Cleveland metropolitan area’s first lifestyle center, the 600,000-square-foot Legacy Village, Lyndhurst. Slated to be completed in October 2003, the center broke ground in August and will feature such anchors as Galyan’s and Expo Design Center, a home furnishings and design concept owned by The Home Depot. Retailers include an upscale Giant Eagle grocery store equipped with a coffee bar, Crate & Barrel and a large assembly of Talbots concepts totaling 19,500 square feet. Restaurants include California Pizza Kitchen and the Cheesecake Factory.

FOUNTAIN WALK OPENS IN NOVI

Fountain Walk, a new lifestyle center in Novi, Mich., opened its first phase in September. Developed by PLC Commercial, Newport Beach, Calif., the 737,000-square-foot retail project features Casual Corner; Modern Skate & Surf, a retailer of skating and surfing equipment; and Harmony House, a music retailer. Another tenant at the $115 million shopping center is Emagine Novi, an 18-screen stadium theater that features an 18-station concession stand complete with cocktails and a 20,000-square-foot lobby. Other tenants include Chuck E Cheese, Cost Plus World Market, Galyan’s, The Great Indoors and Vans Skatepark.

OPUS NORTHWEST STARTS WORK ON LAKEVILLE, MINN., PROJECT

Retail developer Opus Northwest, Minnetonka, Minn., has teamed up with two other developers to build Lakeville (Minn.) Crossroads, a mixed-use development scheduled to open by summer 2003. Located at the intersection of Cedar Avenue and Dodd Road, Lakeville Crossroads will include a 125,000-square-foot Cub Foods neighborhood shopping center. The project will also include 140 detached single-family homes and some 200 townhouses to be developed by D.R. Horton, Arlington, Texas, and a new 16,000-square-foot facility for the CrossRoads United Methodist Church.

ANDERSON OPENS GENEVA COMMONS

Geneva (Ill.) Commons, a 400,000-square-foot regional lifestyle center 20 miles west of Chicago, opened in September. The Commons houses more than 70 stores, among which Barnes & Noble and Galyan’s are anchors. The one-level center features prairie-style architecture, with village buildings and a carillon tower to serve as a gathering point. Its Cincinnati-based developer, Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate, says the center will serve the high-growth, affluent St. Charles and Batavia areas.

GENERAL GROWTH WRAPS UP LANSING (MICH.) MALL RENOVATION

General Growth Properties, Chicago, is nearly done with the renovation of Lansing (Mich.) Mall. In November a Younkers department store opened up in a space abandoned by Montgomery Ward. Using traditional prairie- and craftsman-style architecture, the developer has redone the shopping center with new, natural-stone floor tiles and dramatically improved lighting, including building additional skylights. Common areas will also have new sofas, armchairs and end tables to complement the existing benches. Lansing Mall has a new entrance, logo and signage, plus a secondary set of restrooms providing private nursing rooms, child and parent rooms and spacious areas with living room-style sofas and chairs. General Growth has also doubled the food court’s seating area.

BOARDWALK MARKET PLACE TAKES SHAPE IN O’FALLON, MO.

McEagle Development has begun development on the 26,000-square-foot Boardwalk Market Place, a lifestyle center in O’Fallon, Mo. The project, designed to evoke a small town atmosphere, is part of a master-planned community called WingHaven. The retail portion will comprise four orange-red brick buildings with staggered elevations and a blend of cornice and mansard rooftops. The buildings will feature colorful fabric awnings, decorative street lighting, outdoor restaurant seating, and a landscaped, park-like median with benches. Officials at O’Fallon-based McEagle Development said the $5 million project will include the St. Charles City-County Library District as a tenant.

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