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| I just received my first issue of
ESP. As an entertainment consultant that specializes in theme entertainment, I found lots
of information not available thru our normal channels of doing business. I also enjoyed
reading about one of my clients, Dave & Buster’s. Keep up the good work. Jerry Monday President Spirit Consulting Inc. Dallas, TX Jerry: We intend to keep up the good work and have really exciting plans for future issues of ESP. Keep reading and let us know what you think. Ann O’Neal, publisher Dear Ann: We recently received a wonderful publication, ESP, for entertainment and specialty projects from your offices. Our company, Provenzano Resources, Inc. (PRI), is a specialty retail consulting firm that concentrates on retail/entertainment/lifestyle projects. We work with developers, property owners and managers to develop their common area and temporary in-line leasing programs. We manage specialty retail programs on behalf of owners/managers, create new specialty retail programs for projects under development, and work with more established projects on their tenant mix. Both Ross Provenzano and myself are actively involved in the specialty retail field through ICSC Convention Planning Committee memberships, Specialty Retail Report Editorial Board memberships, and more than 10 years of active involvement in this industry. PRI feels strongly that to develop strong specialty retail programs and strong specialty retailers is to lay the groundwork for the future of unique retail concepts. Many growing national and regional retailers have come to us through the temporary tenant program and many national tenants are deepening their involvement in temporary programs. Retail/entertainment/specialty centers are the focal point for growth in specialty retail and your magazine provides an opportunity to showcase this trend. Deborah S. Kravitz |
Dear Deborah: Provenzano Resources, Inc. sounds like a
company with its eye on the eight ball. Retail/entertainment/specialty centers are indeed
the future of retail real estate. Ann O’Neal, publisher
Dear Ann:
Here at ITEC, we’re just bursting to share some dynamite news with your readers.
Business has been booming for us, and now we’re ready to meet the explosive demand
for our products and services by reorganizing our company under a new corporate name: ITEC
Entertainment Corporation. It’s one way that we are striving to give our
clients more “bang for the buck.” If you’d like additional details, please
don’t hesitate to call.
Dena O’Malley Marketing Manager ITEC Entertainment Corporation 8544 Commodity Circle Orlando, FL 32819 407-226-0200, Fax 407-226-0201 Dear Dena: All of us on the ESP staff wish ITEC Entertainment Corporation much success in future endeavors. Ann O’Neal, publisher Dear ESP: Thanks for the very nice piece on Orlando and Church Street Station! We are delighted to tell you that we have had some prospects contact us as a result of reading your very interesting article. Tina Morbitzer President Morbitzer Group, Inc. 668 North Orlando Avenue, Suite 105 Maitland, FL 32751 407-539-1000, ext. 103 Dear Tina: When we ran the article on Church Street Station in the August 1999 issue of ESP, we thought it sounded like a winner. Keep in touch and let us know how it is doing. Ann O’Neal, publisher Dear Ann: One of our tenants just gave me a photocopy of an article from your magazine having to do with conversion strategies for old, single-screen movie theaters. I work for a property management company in downtown Pomona, which is 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. There is a vintage 1931 Art Deco movie theater here, and in the course of doing some research about what to do with it, I located three people who have done some interesting theater restoration and conversion projects in Southern California. If you would like more information, including names and phone numbers, contact me and I will look them up for you. Peter Apanel jeved@aol.com Dear Peter: When we were interviewing for the feature article “Cinemas in the 21st Century” that appeared in the September 1999 issue of ESP, the experts told us that whoever could figure out what to do with all the old theaters that are closing would be this generation’s next millionaire. Hope it’s you! Ann O’Neal, publisher |