District Trying to Topple the Whitehurst by Steven Ginsberg There are two sides to the Whitehurst Freeway: The one above, where drivers catch a sweeping view of the Potomac as they swing around Georgetown on the elevated bypass. And the one below, a darkened, grimy underbelly of urban highway, filled with exhaust and the constant clack-clack of the cars rumbling overhead.
It is the latter view that is propelling DC officials to move forward with plans to tear down the structure. They say the freeway divides Georgetown and casts a dark shadow, literally, on a slice of waterfront that is fast turning into a chic hot spot.
District Transportation Director Dan Tangherlini said knocking down the three-quarter-mile freeway would make K Street NW, which runs below the thoroughfare, "something other than the basement. There's a chance to really capture that riverfront, have a beautiful boulevard, and an enlivened streetscape. Rather than a bunch of back doors and shadowed entryways, that could be a real place."
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$4.9 Billion DC Budget Approved by Eric M. Weiss The DC Council unanimously passed a $4.94 billion budget yesterday that boosts overall spending for fiscal 2006 by 18.8 percent, including additional funds for schools and social services.
The spending increase, the largest since the city was run by a financial control board, is possible because of the city's large spending reserves and additional tax revenue. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp (D) characterized the new budget as fiscally prudent.
"This is a citizen-based budget that has something in it for everyone," Cropp said.
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A Twist in U Street's Revival by Robert E. Pierre Want to open a bar near trendy U Street, build some apartments or add a room to your house? There's a group with enough clout to alter your plans. You'll need to ask their blessing.
Things don't always go smoothly. Mesfin Tessema, the owner of U-Turn at 11th and U in Northwest, found that out last week when he sought permission to put four or five sidewalk tables outside his place to draw more customers.
No sooner had he made the request at a meeting of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1B than Dee Hunter, who chairs the 11-member body, had Tessema on his heels, listing all the reasons the commission didn't think he deserved special consideration.
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Private Funds Will Pay for Trips, Williams Declares
by Eric M. Weiss Mayor Anthony A. Williams responded yesterday to a DC Council investigation into contracts related to a recent trade trip to China by announcing that he will seek private funds for future overseas trips.
Deborah K. Nichols, the auditor for the DC Council, recently accused aides to Williams and City Administrator Robert C. Bobb of perpetrating "a sham" by hiring two consultants to plan the China trip without written contracts and then attempting to make it appear they were trying to get bids.
Williams (D) criticized Nichols for commenting on a report that has not yet been completed or shared with him. Nonetheless, he said he has decided to stop using public money to pay for foreign travel.
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Stadium Financing Plan Goes to DC Council
by David Nakamura Mayor Anthony A. Williams officially sent a proposal to the DC Council yesterday that would provide private financing from Deutsche Bank for a new baseball stadium, setting up public hearings beginning Friday on the issue.
As instructed by council legislation, Williams (D) forwarded the version of the bank's plan that had been certified by Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi in March.
Under that plan, the stadium project along the Anacostia waterfront in Southeast would be paid for by $313 million in publicly financed bonds and $246 million from Deutsche Bank. In return, the bank would receive the revenue stream from ballpark concessions.
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Affordable Apartments Ready for DC Families by Theola S. Labbe In the past two years, Joann Russell, a single mother of six, has been homeless and bounced around from friend's house to relative's couch to anywhere she could find a place. She now lives in her mother's house in Northwest Washington, where she shares a bedroom with four children while the two oldest boys sleep in the basement.
But Russell got a glimpse at her future yesterday as she toured Independence Place, a cluster of five buildings with 21 apartments for low-income families.
"It's just so big!" said Russell, 28, while her son Antonio, 8, chased his brother Deonte, 3, from room to room.
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Hearings Set On Funding For Stadium by David Nakamura The DC Council has scheduled two public hearings on plans to provide some private funding for a baseball stadium, shifting control of the search to reduce public investment in the project from the mayor's office to the council.
Although Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) has delayed sending a specific private financing plan for a month, the council's Committee on Finance and Revenue has set Friday and May 16 as the days for the hearings, with eight companies that have submitted private proposals and government officials invited the first day, followed by the general public.
At the council's request, Natwar M. Gandhi, the chief financial officer, reviewed all eight proposals and certified only two. Last month, he recommended one from Deutsche Bank.
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Baseball Official Reiterates Investment Vow by David Nakamura John McHale Jr., executive vice president for Major League Baseball, stood in the batter's box yesterday afternoon and surveyed the playing field.
There were broken floodlights, a busted set of bleachers and nary a base in sight. A simple dirt patch marked the pitcher's mound.
"You've got a lot to work with here," McHale declared, optimistically. "You could do a lot with this if you do a little landscaping, some grading, put in some fencing and benches."
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Government Plans Revamping of Old Post Building
by Barbra Murray WASHINGTON, DC-Redevelopment plans for the Old Post Office Building, on the table since 2001, become more tangible now that the US General Services Administration has issued a Request for Information for the overhaul of the federally owned 375,000-sf property. The historic 12-story facility--originally developed for the US Post Office and the Washington, DC Post Office--currently houses 140,000 sf of office space with government agency and private tenants, 53,000 sf of retail offerings, a 3,000-sf observation tower and a 100,000-sf annex.
The Old Post Office building was constructed in a Romanesque revival style in 1899 at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, and holds the distinction of being the District's first skyscraper. The building sits in the Federal Triangle area on a site that is equidistant from the MCI Center, the White House and the US Capitol. Respondents to the RFI-- the first step in a three-phase endeavor to come up with a repositioning plan--will provide the GSA with an idea of the degree of interest in the project among private developers.
While the GSA is open to ideas involving redevelopment of the main structure and/or annex, the tower--which gives the building its maximum height of 315 ft--is off limits to prospective redevelopers as it will remain under the direction of the National Park Service. The soaring steeple, accessed by glass elevators, has long been a top tourist attraction. And since the property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, builders will have to comply with the Secretary of the Interior's renovation guidelines for historic properties.
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L'Enfant Hotel Will Get $1M Makeover
by Barbra Murray WASHINGTON, DC-What had been known as the Lowes L'Enfant Plaza Hotel at the 900,000-sf L'Enfant Plaza mixed-use complex has just lost the first part of its name to become the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel. The facility readies for a $1 million makeover under its new management team Crestline Hotels & Resorts.
The change in name and management, and the planned upgrade of the 370-room lodging property mark a move toward the $300 million redevelopment of the 900,000-sf complex under the guidance of complex owner the JBG Cos. "The revitalization of the entire L'Enfant Plaza complex is a dynamic and high-profile project," says JBG partner Ken Finkelstein.
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$7M Financing Deal Closes for Apartment Complex
by Barbra Murray WASHINGTON, DC-Lincoln-Westmoreland Phase II LP has refinanced Lincoln-Westmoreland II, a 122-unit multifamily community for low- to moderate-income households, in a $6.8 million deal. GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp. orchestrated the financing package; Freddie Mac is providing the fixed-rate loan.
"What gave GMACCM the competitive edge in this deal was the speed in which the deal was closed," says GMACCM's Kevin Keelty, vice president at the company's District loan origination office. "In this case, we had a repeat borrower who completed an early rate-lock application, locked the interest rate and closed the deal in exactly one month’s time."
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JLL Will Create Plan for St. Elizabeths Redevelopment
by Barbra Murray WASHINGTON, DC-The redevelopment of the 356-acre property that had been home to the historic St. Elizabeths Hospital has taken a step forward now that the US General Services Administration has charged Jones Lang LaSalle with the creation of a master plan for the property's multi-structure 176-acre West Campus. JLL--working along with architectural and engineering firms the Smith Group, Greenhorne & O'Mara Inc., and Oehrlein & Associates Architects--will assess the property and offer land-use recommendations.
With a main address of 2400 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, the vacated St. Elizabeths property is located in the city's Anacostia area. It overlooks the Anacostia and Potomac rivers.
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County May Push Energy Tax Up by Tim Craig Montgomery County Council members are considering raising the county's energy tax for the third consecutive year.
With final decisions on the 2006 budget expected by late next week, members have all but conceded they can't make enough reductions in County Executive Douglas M. Duncan's $3.6 billion fiscal plan to comply with a voter-imposed charter provision limiting taxes and spending.
With some members threatening to derail a final budget compromise unless it includes a significant cut in the property tax rate, a movement is afoot to reach the charter limit by raising revenue from the energy tax, which currently costs the average residential consumer of electricity, gas or oil about $96 a year.
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Md. Parkway Funds May Pay for Tax Cut by Nancy Trejos Montgomery County Council member Howard A. Denis yesterday proposed delaying the construction of the Montrose Parkway and diverting the $5.4 million set aside for the project next year to property tax relief.
Denis (R-Potomac-Bethesda) said his plan would result in a 4-cent property tax reduction across the board, twice what County Executive Douglas M. Duncan (D) has proposed but less than the 7-cent reduction needed to bring the county in line with a voter-imposed tax and spending cap for the first time in four years.
"I think that's substantial," Denis said after a news conference. "For the average homeowner, it would be a $167 savings."
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A Genteel Council Splinters by Tim Craig When members of the Montgomery County Council air their differences, the debate often is intense but seldom lacks civility or collegiality.
Tensions over the 2006 budget are starting to unravel that tradition, producing an uncharacteristic level of sniping, factionalism and hardball politicking. Some members who ran together in 2002 now barely speak to one another. Spats usually played out in private have gone public. Dueling memos fly between members' offices.
With a deadline of the end of the month and 2006 elections drawing closer, the council is deeply divided over how and where to cut County Executive Douglas M. Duncan's proposed $3.6 billion budget. The key question is how much property tax relief to offer residents while upholding the county's reputation for generous spending. Duncan's budget includes a 2-cent cut in the property tax rate, but if approved, property tax revenue still would exceed a charter limit by a record $67 million.
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Gansler finds himself back in focus
by Steven T. Dennis Two and a half years after U.S. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft robbed him of a chance to prosecute John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, Montgomery County State's Attorney Douglas F. Gansler will finally get his day in the limelight.
Although he will not try the convicted snipers himself -- his deputies will do that -- the trial and the publicity it will generate could boost Gansler's long-stated ambition to run for Maryland attorney general.
"This is a tremendous gift to Gansler," said Montgomery Village lawyer James F. Shalleck, who prosecuted the "Son of Sam" in New York in the 1970s. "The timing couldn't be better for him to run for attorney general. The trial will probably be held in the heat of the political campaign."
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Hurson sounds alarm on Medicaid
by Steven T. Dennis and Catherine Dolinski Del. John Adams Hurson thrust himself into the middle of the national debate over the future of Medicaid this week, calling for a major overhaul of the program before it bankrupts state and federal governments.
Speaking as president of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Hurson has sought to push the debate from one about incremental budget cuts in the $320 billion program to one of fundamental changes in how the program is run.
His comments to The New York Times and an interview on National Public Radio unleashed a wave of negative reaction from advocates for the poor and representatives of the powerful health care industry. But Hurson's positions drew support from others who believe Medicaid cannot continue in its current form.
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Money for Duncan's protection detail debated
Gazette Staff Writers Montgomery County is mulling over whether to charge County Executive Douglas M. Duncan's campaign for the costs of protecting him, if he becomes a candidate for governor.
Bruce F. Romer, the county's chief administrative officer, said Thursday he had requested the policy a month ago. He did not know when it would become available, but it would be in place before Duncan (D) formally announces his plans for the 2006 election.
Romer appeared before the Montgomery County Council to defend the executive's office $4.5 million budget. During the discussions, Councilwoman Marilyn J. Praisner (D-Dist. 4) of Calverton questioned the budget of the executive's security detail.
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From P St. Salon to a Candidate's Makeover
by Daniela Deane Former senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards (D-N.C.) and his family are returning home to North Carolina this summer after the children wrap up school and wife Elizabeth completes breast cancer treatment.
The Edwardses put their detached yellow brick Georgetown home on P Street on the market last week for $6.5 million. The Federal-style four-story house, built in 1830, is listed with real estate brokerage Washington Fine Properties, although there's no sign out front.
The Edwardses bought the house in December 2002 for $3.8 million from the estate of famed Washington hostess Polly Wisner Fritchey. Fritchey, who raised her children in the house, was first married to spymaster and deputy CIA director Frank Wisner, who died in 1965, and then to syndicated columnist Clayton Fritchey.
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Preserving History as the Suburbs Creep Closer
by Ann Cameron Siegal To the average motorist, Brentsville is one of those pass-through communities -- hardly noticed, quickly forgotten on the way to somewhere else.
"I've counted 100 cars in five minutes, in what is supposed to be a 35-mile-an-hour zone," George Reeves said as he looked out onto two-lane Bristow Road. Since 1971, Reeves has owned the Brentsville Superette, where he dishes out homemade chili, barbecue and hamburgers "that fit the bun."
Behind the scenes, however, Brentsville's story is being unearthed, recreated and preserved, even if few drivers slow down long enough to notice. The sliver of a community in the center of Prince William County was the county seat from 1822 to 1894, so it was an economic magnet for residents of the then-rural area.
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No-Cost Equity-Style Loans Come to Primary Mortgages
by Kenneth R. Harney One of the most popular offerings in the home equity lending market is about to become available in the primary home loan arena: mortgages that carry no lender fees, no appraisal charges, no credit report, loan origination, tax service, processing, document preparation, courier or any of the other mind-numbing list of add-ons that home buyers get hit with when they close on loans.
Big banks have been selling home equity credit lines this way with booming success. Now some of them are asking: Why not provide the same simplicity to home buyers? Why not make things as easy for people shopping for a first mortgage as we make it for them when they take out an equity line or second mortgage? Every consumer research study says that's what shoppers really want -- quick, simplified home loans with no junk fees.
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Ehrlich marketing; Dems aren't buying
by Thomas Dennison ANNAPOLIS -- Sound technicians, cameramen, directors, a group of extras and two people dressed in cow costumes were busy at work in the Governor's Reception Room when Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. made his appearance.
For the next hour or so, flanked by two sunglasses-wearing State Police troopers and American and Maryland flags, Ehrlich (R) stood behind his gubernatorial podium and read from cue cards at what appeared to be a news conference.
The scene was completed by a couple of the governor's (real) press aides and some cows playing reporters for the fake news briefing. The governor gave a brief statement and answered questions about an "underground revolutionary movement called 'Bovine Unite.'"
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A sarcastic governor asks: Where's the investigation?
Gazette Staff Writers Ever since the General Assembly left town last month, Gov. Bob Ehrlich has told anyone else who will listen that the Democrats will chicken out on the investigation they promised into his administration's hirings and firings.
"Where's the investigation?" the guv asked us last week.
He -- and others -- are betting that the Dems are wary that their almost four decades in power will produce some dirty laundry of their own.
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Just plain luck?
Gazette Staff Writers Maybe it was more than just a sign.
On May 4, MoCo exec, gubernatorial wannabe and slots opponent Doug Duncan helped dismantle the first of 11 billboards scheduled for destruction.
Subject of the large, colorful blight on Monty's urban landscape? Charles Town Races' slot machines.
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Baker pushes for county executive seat
by Tiesha Higgins When Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson held a news conference last month to announce the results of an apartment cleanup mandate to reduce crime, former delegate Rushern L. Baker III held his own news conference in the same spot later that day, denouncing Johnson's efforts as "smoke and mirrors."
Baker's quick-fire response marked another of his offensives against Johnson, whom he is expected to challenge in next year's Democratic primary election. Baker -- and the small team he has assembled -- is moving forward with a campaign based largely on weekly statements blasting Johnson at every opportunity in an effort to get his name in the news.
"I haven't seen any programs or initiatives that are new [from Baker]," said James P. Keary, a Johnson spokesman. "All I see is criticism, and I think voters would see through that."
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Stylish Wish List in Pr. George's by Ovetta Wiggins The Prince George's County Council has been scrutinizing County Executive Jack B. Johnson's proposed $2.15 billion budget over the past few weeks, discussing what might be trimmed and what should be fattened.
One item, however, has remained untouched: the council's own budget request of $11.5 million -- a 37 percent increase over last year.
The council plans to spend about $1 million to renovate members' offices and staff workspace. And $177,400 has been earmarked for replacing a county car and five sport-utility vehicles assigned to council members.
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Fast Start for Zoning Referendum Bid
by Susan DeFord A grass-roots effort to force a referendum on the County Council's rezoning of dozens of properties in March has produced nearly enough signatures, said Angela Beltram , an organizer of the drive, which was launched last month.
This week, Beltram and half a dozen other activists presented 4,868 signatures for verification to Betty L. Nordaas , director of the county's Board of Elections. Organizers say they'll have until June 10 to gather 5,000 verified signatures of Howard voters to place the rezoning ordinance on the November 2006 ballot.
"We're way ahead of schedule," said Beltram, who, along with other activists, has sought signatures at libraries, schools and businesses in the Route 40 corridor, Elkridge, Clarksville, Columbia and Marriottsville, among other communities. Organizers dismissed the idea that the petition drive was focused on overturning a rezoning sought by Bethel Korean Presbyterian Church in Ellicott City, which wants to expand.
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Fighting The Power To Take Your Home by Kirstin Downey Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson set off a furor in March by warning during a radio broadcast that the county might tear down some crime-riddled apartment complexes if the owners didn't do more to step up security.
Within days, dozens of renters who lived in the apartments had staged rallies in defense of their homes, demonstrating at a government building and one of the apartment buildings. Johnson quickly backed off, but one thing was clear: Even an off-hand mention of the mighty government power to seize people's property set off powerful emotions.
The words Johnson used were "eminent domain," the condemnation process by which government agencies are allowed to take land from property owners. Under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, governmental entities can take private property for public use, as long as the owner is given a fair price, or what the amendment calls "just compensation."
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Defense Jobs in N.Va. At Risk by Spencer S. Hsu The Defense Department will have to move as many as 50,000 employees out of Northern Virginia office buildings if it strictly enforces new security regulations, and local lawmakers say Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld could announce some of those relocations this week.
Rumsfeld is to release a list of planned military base closings and realignments by Friday. Although Pentagon officials have declined to provide details, Rumsfeld said last week that the department wants to move workers from leased office space to buildings it owns to cut long-term costs.
The department would have to begin moving those jobs anyway because of anti-terrorism regulations it adopted two years ago, which require, among other things, that buildings not on military bases be set back at least 82 feet from traffic to protect against truck bombs.
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Va. Voters Seek Jobs, Candor by Michael D. Shear Virginians can be quite upfront about what they expect from their next governor.
In South Boston, near the North Carolina border, Rick Harrell wants better jobs for thousands of laid-off textile workers. In Suffolk, on the coast, Crystal Brown wants less expensive health care and better schools. In the Fairfax County community of Kingstowne, Alan Norris wants an easier commute and to trust that his taxes are being spent wisely. And in Tazewell County in the west, J.J. Fuller wants a way to earn money for his young family and a governor who won't mess with his guns.
On Nov. 8, Virginians will choose a successor to Gov. Mark R. Warner (D). During the past two weeks, The Washington Post interviewed people in four regions of the state to discuss what they expect from their state leaders.
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Real Estate Co. Plans New 280,000-SF HQ
by Barbra Murray CHANTILLY, VA-A newly acquired approximately 40-acre parcel at Willard Road and Route 28 will become the new home of the Long & Foster Cos. The independently owned real estate company--which engages in residential and commercial real estate activities, as well as residential mortgage and insurance services--will develop a new 280,000-sf corporate headquarters building to house its support staff of 350 employees.
Long & Foster's impending relocation will give the organization a significant amount of elbow room and room for growth, as its current digs on Random Hills Road in Fairfax offer only 81,000 sf of office space. Until the company reaches the point where the entire five-story structure is needed, it will lease out the extra office space to outside companies. And businesses seeking office space in the Fairfax County area in the future will ultimately have even more options, courtesy of Long & Foster.
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JER Sells Off Two Assisted-Living Portfolios
by Barbra Murray MCLEAN, VA-In a transaction valued at $121 million, JER Partners transfers ownership of its 75% interest in two assisted-living portfolios to joint venture partner health care facility REIT Nationwide Health Properties Inc. of Newport Beach, CA. The two companies had acquired the portfolios, which consist of 46 assisted-living and Alzheimer's facilities across 12 states, together as JER/NHP Senior Housing LLC back in 2002.
The properties are under a long-term master lease with Alterra Healthcare. Part of the deal called for Nationwide's assumption of the approximately $45 million that accounts for JER's portion of the JV's secured debt. The payment was based on the 1,550-unit portfolios’ valuation of $166 million.
Cia Buckley, senior managing director of North American Investments at JER Partners, says that while they were pleased with the portfolio’s performances, the “time was right to monetize our interest in these investments. NHP was the natural buyer because of their familiarity with the portfolio and their existing relationship with Alterra." JER Partners is real estate investment management firm JE Robert Cos.' private equity investment division.
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Mills Spends $800M on Facelifts
by Ian Ritter Ian Ritter is national online editor of GlobeSt.RETAIL.
ARLINGTON, VA-The Mills Corp. is spending $800 million on center redevelopments and expansions that will open between this year and 2008. And that’s not including the new centers the locally based company plans to build in the US and Europe in the coming years.
At the 2.1-million-sf Del Amo Fashion Center, in Torrance, CA, the company is adding a lifestyle wing, food court and AMC Theater in former Montgomery Ward space that executives expect to complete next year. That project, currently under construction, is a $170-million undertaking. Also at that center, Mills officials plan to expand its fashion retail offering and add a department store at an anticipated cost of $97.8 million and completion date some time in 2008.
At its 961,000-sf Shops at Riverside, in Hackensack, NJ, Mills will spend $115 million on an expansion that includes the relocation of a portion of an anchor tenant, to open next year or in 2007. At the 992,000-sf Broward Mall, in Plantation, FL, the company will spend $81 million on the addition of a cinema, lifestyle addition and restaurants, to be completed in 2007. Domestically, the company is also working on a number of smaller projects across the country.
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