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November 22, 2005
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ULI - the Urban Land Institute | Alternative Anchors
by Patricia L. Kirk
With ambience becoming more important than ever, the gathering place is beginning to replace the anchor.
Excerpt:
On any Saturday night, long after stores have closed, the square at Victoria Gardens regional shopping center in Rancho Cucamonga, California, is filled with families watching free outdoor movies, he notes. Planned on a street grid, Victoria Gardens, a 1.3 million-square-foot joint project of Forest City and California-based Lewis Investment Company LLC, serves as a town center for a 247-acre mixed-use project that includes office space and public facilities. The retail/entertainment component is designed around the project’s iconic location along historic Route 66 (now Interstate 15) and at the heart of a winery region in the southern California foothills. The project has three architecturally distinct districts representing Spanish colonial days to the present century, providing visitors a sense of the region’s past.
Posted by cystdog at November 22, 2005 12:39 AM
