Shopping Centers Today -> December 2002
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FAST TIMES AT SHERMAN OAKS
Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Galleria reopened as an open-air center last
spring, following its renovation by Gensler Architecture, Santa
Monica, Calif. Now the former mall, which was used as a backdrop
in such 1980s films as
Fast Times at Ridgemont High and
Valley
Girl, is comprised of 300,000 square feet of restaurant, retail
and theater space, and 700,000 square feet of offices. Retail tenants
include The Cheesecake Factory, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and
Tower Records, among others.
OLD NEW ORLEANS BUILDING GETS NEW SUPERMARKET
Two private investors, Chris Sarpy, a lawyer and Neal Hixon, a developer,
have nearly completed the construction of Arabella Station, an old
trolleybus barn that they remodeled on Magazine Street, in the city’s
uptown area. The terminal, which was originally built in 1893, will
be home to a 28,750-square-foot Whole Foods Market, with a residential
development behind it. Billes/Manning Architects, New Orleans, designed
the project.
ILLINOIS AIRPLANE HANGAR CONVERTED TO MIXED-USE PROJECT
OliverMcMillan, a San Diego real estate development company, is
converting a 1 million-square-foot former airplane hangar into a
mixed-use project. The development is located at the former naval
air station in Glenview, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, where pilots
trained during World War II. Historic elements of Hangar One, a
276,400-square-foot structure built in 1929 that is a designated
national historic landmark, will be preserved, including its facade
and central control tower. The project is scheduled to open in September
2003.
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MORRIS ARCHITECTS TO BUILD ALTAMONTE TOWN CENTER IN ORLANDO
Morris Architects, Orlando, Fla., has been chosen to design Altamonte
Town Center, Altamonte Springs, Fla., a 26-acre mixed-use development
that lies about 10 miles north of Orlando. The 1.5 million-square-foot
project will ultimately feature retail tenants, a 16-screen movie
theater operated by MegaStar Cinemas, 64,000 square feet of office
space and 300 apartments. Altamonte Springs Investments is developing
the project, the first phase of which is scheduled to open in the
coming year.
MARYLAND SUB CHAIN GETS REDESIGN
Jerry’s Subs & Pizza, a 70-store chain based in Gaithersburg,
Md., will open 30 new restaurants and redesign all its existing
establishments over the coming 30 months. The redesign, by Travis
Price Architects, Takoma Park, Md., will feature extensive use of
stainless steel, laminated glass ceiling panels and hanging light
fixtures.
TEXAS CONTRACTOR TO CONVERT VOICESTREAM STORES TO T-MOBILE
Westwood Contractors, Fort Worth, Texas, will convert 182 VoiceStream
Wireless stores to T-Mobile telecom stores in partnership with real
estate and investment management firm Jones Lang LaSalle. The conversion
will take place in 18 states. Deutsche Telekom changed the name
of its VoiceStream brand to T-Mobile in September.
MORRIS ARCHITECTS DESIGNS TWO NEW HARD ROCK CAFES
Morris Architects, Orlando, Fla., has designed one Hard Rock Cafe
each in Pittsburgh and San Francisco. The San Francisco store, with
structural wood timbers and rock ’n’ roll memorabilia
decorations, seats 250 people. The Pittsburgh unit features exposed
brick with painted billboard and seats 270.
MONTGOMERY WARD STORES CONVERTED TO TARGETS
The Portland, Ore., office of MulvannyG2 Architecture, Bellevue,
Wash., has turned two former Montgomery Ward stores in the Portland
area into Target stores. One of them, an 88,000-square-foot building
in north Portland, opened in the spring; the other, a 157,000-square-foot
store located in southeast Portland, opened this past summer.
