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May 25, 2012
Developer Pieces Together Legoland Deal for Ridge Hill
The Wall Street Journal
by Laura Kusisto
The huge Ridge Hill open-air shopping center in Yonkers, which initially leased slowly, has cut a deal to beef up its entertainment offerings with the first Legoland Discovery Center in the state.
Forest City Ratner Cos., the developer of Ridge Hill, has leased a roughly 33,000-square-foot space to Merlin Entertainments, of the U.K., which operates half a dozen other Legolands in the U.S. The stores sell Lego sets and offer a number of attractions for children ages 3 to 10 based on the popular building toy.
Ridge Hill's Legoland will feature a pit filled with soft Legos, classes, rides, party rooms and a cinema. It also will have a "Miniland" with iconic buildings designed out of Lego pieces, including the Empire State Building and the new Ground Zero tower known as One World Trade Center that is nearing completion in downtown Manhattan.
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Posted by eric at May 25, 2012 10:27 AM