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January 3, 2008
Forest City in the News
Fresno Bee, Recipe for downtown: one street at a time
So why isn't the city doing more to invite grass-roots downtown development?
City Hall is enamored with big-bang projects, even though few have come to fruition.
How long has the city danced with Forest City's various proposals? We're coming up on four years without a shovel in the ground.
Meanwhile, Assemi will have built about 200 lofts and homes downtown or near downtown by the end of this year without massive public subsidies.
GlobeSt.com, Promenade Center Expands by 126,000 SF
Forest City's chain-store division continues to expand:
TEMECULA, CA-Forest City Enterprises plans to expand its one-million-sf Promenade regional mall by 126,000 sf with an open-air addition that will include Williams-Sonoma, Coldwater Creek, the Pottery Barn, White House|Black Market, Chico's women's clothing, the Walking Co. and the Yard House restaurant. The new space will be built between Macy's and Edwards Cinemas in a main street setting designed to add upscale retailers and restaurants to the shopping center.
The new tenants have signed on because "They know that the community is more than ready for their offerings," according to Kenneth Lee, vice president of development for the West Coast Commercial division of Forest City Enterprises.The expansion will also include the construction of two new parking structures that will serve customers visiting both the existing mall and the new lifestyle center.
Charleston Daily Mail, Mall looking for a new restaurant to replace Gratzi
A very life-like village-themed Italian restaurant closes at Forest City's Charleston [it's practically a] Town center:
Now that Gratzi, the Italian restaurant at Charleston Town Center, has closed, the obvious question is: What will happen to the 7,500 square feet of space it occupied?
Mall Marketing Director Lisa McCracken declined to discuss the terms of the lease Forest City Enterprises, the mall manager, has with Mainstreet Ventures, the restaurant's owner. She did say, "We've got our leasing folks on it."
Posted by lumi at January 3, 2008 6:28 PM