For more information contact Bob
Schumm, Schumm Food Company, 719 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, KS
66044; 785-842-7337; Fax 785-842-4025.
The Pyramid Companies
is expanding the Carousel Center in Syracuse, NY. The mega-regional
center is planned to include 4.5 million sq.ft. making it the largest center in
the United States. Within the complex the company plans a sports-themed
concourse featuring such tenants as L.L. Bean, Cabella and Bass
Pro Shops.
For more information contact
Bruce Keenan, The Pyramid Companies, Four Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY 13202;
315-422-7000; Fax 315-472-4035.
Mandalay Resort Group
will build a retail center connecting the company’s Mandalay Bay and Luxor
resorts at the North end of the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, NV. Plans were
confirmed at the American Gaming Summit but specifics have yet to be released.
For more information contact
Glenn Schaeffer, Mandalay Resort Group, 3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las
Vegas, NV 89119; 702-632-6700; Fax 702-632-6715.
The City of Long Beach, CA Redevelopment
Agency Board will develop a 10,000 sq.ft. center
to house community services and retail and possibly a bank at the intersection
of Atlantic Avenue and 19th Street in Long Beach, CA. The property was purchased
through eminent domain from Grant Wilson.
For more information contact Otis
Ginoza, administrator of the City of Long Beach Redevelopment Agency, 333 West
Ocean Boulevard, Third Floor, Long Beach, CA 90802; 562-570-5093; Fax
562-570-6215.
Spire Realty Group is
redeveloping the former Mercantile National Bank in Dallas, TX. The area
will include 117,000 sq.ft. of retail space after $85 million in renovations.
The site located at Main and Ervay Streets is a four-building complex and
developers are seeking $22 million in public sector support for the project.
For more information contact
Spire Realty Group, 202 Travis Street, Houston, TX 77002; 713-223-8200; Fax
713-223-8282.
Mills Corporation
has proposed filling in 205 acres of wetlands to build the 2.1 million sq.ft. Hackensack
Meadowlands Mall. The company would remediate 380 acres of degraded wetlands
in exchange but has yet to get approval from the Army Corps of Engineers.
The plan has been opposed by The U.S. Department of Interior, National
Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have
asked the Corps to deny the request. A smaller version of the project may be
built on land bought from the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.
For more information contact The
Mills Corporation, 1300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400, Arlington, VA 22209-5140;
703-526-5000; Fax 703-526-5080.
Flad Development
is redeveloping the former Borders Book Shop in Madison, WI. The 15,504
sq.ft. specialty center has subdividable space available with exposure on the
main campus drive to the University of Wisconsin. Area demographics
include a population count of 90,000 residing in a three-mile radius earning an
average annual household income of $65,000. The average daily traffic count is
53,000 cars. The renovation is scheduled to be complete fall 2002.
For more information contact Jim
Vogt, Flad Development, 7941 Tree Lane, Suite 105, Madison, WI 53717;
608-833-8100; Fax 608-833-8105.
Lerner Corporation is
developing the 60,000 sq.ft. Town Court, an addition to the Dulles
Town Center in Dulles, VA. The new wing will open simultaneously with a
144,000 sq.ft. Nordstrom store. Nordstrom will join Hecht’s, Lord
& Taylor, JC Penney and Sears as the center’s fifth
anchor. The center is located in Loudoun County, VA the third fastest growing
county in the country and just outside Fairfax County, one of the nation’s
most affluent counties.
For more information contact William J.
Winterburn, Lerner Corporation, 11501 Huff Court, North Bethesda, MD 20895-1094;
301-984-1500; Fax 301-770-0144.