In The News : 2002

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The Year in Fine Arts: Big names, plans made headlines

December 27, 2002

New project seen as linchpin in boosting area's seedy image
Dec 16, 2002
Developer J.H. Snyder Co. is spending $80 million to build the 250,000-square-foot West Hollywood Gateway project, which sits just outside the Los Angeles border.

Big Box in the Big City
Dec 1, 2002
Opened in October 2002, CityPlace transformed an obsolete district into a revitalized urban community through master planning, development partnerships and a carefully selected retailer roster that includes big boxes.

Brownfield to Bay Street
Dec 1, 2002
Emeryville, Calif., loses industry but gains a town center.

Town Center Look Loved by Some, Scorned by Others
Dec 1, 2002
The shopping center industry, which is often blamed for the decline of the traditional American town, is also getting some flack for reviving it.

Start at the Base and Work Your Way Up
Nov 24, 2002
The world has never been short of architects with ambitions to create a bold new future (designed in their signature style), but Jerde has actually done it -- it has been calculated that the buildings Jerde has designed collectively draw more than a billion visitors a year.

Developer Gets Tentative Deal to Start Transforming UP Yard
Nov 1, 2002
An internationally renowned development team with ties to Union Pacific and the Maloof family, majority owners of the Sacramento Kings and Arco Arena, won the inside track Thursday to develop the first phase of UP's downtown railyard.

Jerde to develop new World of Coke and Ga. Aquarium
Oct 31, 2002
The Coca-Cola Co. and The Marcus Foundation have revealed Los Angeles-based The Jerde Partnership International will develop the master site plan for the 20-acre property in downtown Atlanta that will be the future home to The Georgia Aquarium and the new World of Coca-Cola.

Great Mall of China
Oct 1, 2002
The Jerde Partnership has created a contemporary design for Beijing Mall that is ultramodern for China. The overall layout, inspired by the sinuous shape of a dragon, makes generous use of flowing, curved lines within the rectangular site. The curvilinear shapes not only conform to shoppers’ preferred strolling patterns...but they are good for sight lines, so that storefronts can be seen from different vantage points.

In Las Vegas, A Fantasy Suite for Reality TV
Sep 26, 2002
Las Vegas used to be where you went to get away from the real world. Now ''The Real World'' on MTV has gone there: seven strangers cast to live in a converted six-room suite on the 28th floor of the Palms Casino Resort.

The Masterplanners
Sep 13, 2002

MTV Does Vegas
Sep 5, 2002

California: The Show Must Go On
Sep 1, 2002
Developing in established markets has other advantages as well. According to Goldstein, the population density along La Brea Boulevard where his company is building the 250,000-sq.-ft. West Hollywood Gateway approaches 1 million within a 5-mile radius. That's about 10 times the population a developer would generally look for to support a project that size. Goldstein says he regularly gets calls from retailers begging to find sites in West L.A. and other high-density infill areas.

Retail Project Creates An Oasis in the Desert
May 24, 2002
It's startling to see an acre of water by the side of Highway 111 as you head east out of Palm Springs, Calif., into Rancho Mirage. In the high desert of Southern California, sometimes the reflection of the sun looks like water. But this is the real thing. Water -- a lot of it -- is the first thing most people notice about the River at Rancho Mirage, a $50 million, 240,000-square-foot shopping center fronted by a one-acre reflecting pool.

Poland on Cusp of Retail Development Boom
Apr 1, 2002
Of the former Warsaw Pact countries, Poland offers the most attractive market potential for urban retail development, yet it has lagged behind some of its neighbors. But that is about to change, and the numbers explain why. by Susan Thorne

Area Review: Mountains' Majesty
Mar 1, 2002
To serve the long-term and the Olympics in Salt Lake City, The Boyer Co. opened the first phase of The Gateway this past November in downtown Salt Lake City. The crown jewel in the city's 600-acre Gateway redevelopment district, the multilevel, multi-use project is situated in a ripe-for-redevelopment but centrally located part of town. The Gateway is close to the Delta Center, home of the Utah Jazz basketball team; Temple Square, the city's No. 1 tourist attraction, drawing 6 million visitors a year; and the Salt Palace Convention Center, where 200,000 people attend meetings each year.

Crowd Pleaser
Feb 1, 2002
by Ed Leibowitz