Project Profiles
Park West Village
Location: Cary/Morrisville, North Carolina
Size: Approximately 750,000 sq. ft.
Owner: CASTO
Key tenants: Target, T.J. Maxx, Buy Buy Baby, Ross, PetSmart, Earth Fare, Chili’s, Travinia, Hallmark, Carter’s, Gander Mountain, Stone Theatres, Chico’s, White House Black Market, ULTA, Pier 1, Charming Charlie’s, Firebirds, Blackfinn Ameripub, LOFT, Starbucks
Other uses/components: The Bristol (250+ urban style flats, loft units, and carriage homes), Stone Theatres (upscale theater offering 3D and large-format movie options), District Lofts (100+ luxury loft style apartments) and future residential development “The Station” to include an additional 189 upscale, urban-style apartment homes.
Status: Phase I completed 2011, Phase II completed 2013, Phase III construction completed late 2015/early 2016. The Station apartment homes and additional outparcel redevelopment opportunities to be completed late 2017.
Park West Village has become one of the premier shopping destinations in the Triangle, featuring an eclectic mix of national and local retailers, upscale casual restaurants, and a state-of-the-art movie theater. The shopping center also serves as a much-needed gathering place, hosting family friendly holiday festivals and free spring and fall concert series which run Thursday evenings near the theater. Tenants regularly join in the fun, holding their own community events including running clubs, charity events and fashion shows. The most recent phase, “The District,” includes multi-story buildings with fashion-focused retail stores on the ground level and loft-style apartment living on upper levels. Future expansion is already underway to bring in additional residential units, restaurants, and retailers, providing a central location for the community to enjoy a unique living, shopping and entertainment experience.
The Neighborhoods at Butler
Location: Archer Road (SR 24), Interstate 75 and 34th Street (SR 26) in Gainesville, Florida
Size: 1.9 million sq. ft. in three centers
Owner: Butler Enterprises
Key tenants: Butler Plaza: Publix, Trader Joe’s, Target, Best Buy, Ross, Joann, PetSmart, Old Navy, Michael’s, OfficeMax, Tuesday Morning, Party City, Maple Street Biscuit Co.; Butler North: Walmart Supercenter, Sam’s Club, Lowe’s, Marshall’s, Ashley Homestore, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Aldi (coming soon), Culver’s; Butler Town Center: 365 by Whole Foods (opening 2017), a renovated Regal Cinema, and first-to-market fashion and dining tenants
Other uses/components: Butler Town Center will include a residential tower near a pedestrian street featuring unique boutiques, dining and more.
Status: Work has begun on below-grade infrastructure for Butler Town Center, which will open in 2018, with its 365 by Whole Foods to open in fall 2017. Butler North is essentially complete, with retailers opening in phases in 2016.
With the development of Butler Town Center, Butler Enterprises is expanding Butler Plaza, an iconic and dominant neighborhood retail project into a multi-faceted, one-stop shopping, dining and residential district to serve all of North Central Florida. Butler Town Center will be the third of three distinctive shopping neighborhoods that will serve the region’s growing communities, the 52,000-plus students of the University of Florida, and visitors from around the globe. The Town Center will also add a residential component to the property, as well as fine and casual dining, first-in-market boutiques, and a lively street scene. Leasing is underway, with a number of letters of intent in place. It will be the capstone of the Butler development that has included the development of Butler North expansion, the construction of the four-lane Clark Butler Boulevard, and the ongoing leasing of Butler Plaza.
Lake Nona Town Center
Location: Orlando, Florida
Size: Nearly 1 million sq. ft.
Developer/Leasing Agent: Tavistock Development Company is the developer. Steiner + Associates is the retail planning, leasing and development services partner for Lake Nona Town Center.
Key tenants: Talking with best-in-class retailers, restaurants and entertainment uses
Other uses/components: Nearly 1 million sq. ft. of retail, dining, entertainment, hospitality and office, surrounded by the 14-sq.-mile Lake Nona community
Status: The first phase of the Lake Nona Town Center opened in January 2016 with an 85,000-sq.-ft. office building, two hotels (a Marriott Residence Inn and Courtyard by Marriott), 16,000 sq. ft. of retail and restaurant space, and a multi-level parking structure.
The 100-acre Lake Nona Town Center will serve as the defining anchor for the master-designed Lake Nona community and greater Orlando region, featuring more than 3.8 million sq. ft. at buildout. Initial phases of Lake Nona Town Center will feature a collection of nearly 1 million sq. ft. of retail, restaurant, entertainment, office and hospitality uses.
Lake Nona is one of the top 10 fastest-growing communities in America. It has experienced more than $3 billion in construction over eight years across 7.1 million sq. ft. of world-class residential and commercial facilities. Adjacent to the Orlando International Airport, Lake Nona is home to thoughtfully designed neighborhoods, world-class educational facilities, Lake Nona Medical City, a Sports & Performance District and diverse office, retail and entertainment venues.
The project will be accessed by the region’s robust transportation infrastructure, including three interchanges off SR-417, Orlando’s eastern beltway, and the future All Aboard Florida high-speed train, adjacent to Lake Nona.
Liberty Center
Location: Cincinnati/Dayton Metroplex, Ohio (I-75 and SR 129)
Size: 1.3 million sq. ft.
Developers: Partners are Steiner + Associates and Bucksbaum Retail Properties
Key tenants: Dillards, 16-screen CineBistro theater with six “dine-in” screens; Dick’s Sporting Goods; 150-room Liberty by Marriott hotel; 70 specialty retailers including Kendra Scott, David’s Tea, Victoria’s Secret, Gap, Hollister, Forever 21, Eddie Bauer; and 12 full-service restaurants including Northstar Café, Coopers Hawk, Cheesecake Factory, Brio Tuscan Grille, Rodizio Grill, Pies and Pints, Cantina Laredo, and the first Kona Grill in the Cincinnati market
Other uses/components: 75,000 sq. ft. of Class A Office; 100,000 sq. ft. of restaurant and dining; 240,000 sq. ft. of upscale residential; 90,000-sq.-ft. cinema; and a 150-key hotel. Bracketed by 230,000 sq. ft. of anchor retail, Liberty Center features approximately 352,000 sq. ft. of multi-level, inline specialty retail fronting parks, fountains, plus a series of retail and restaurant pavilions.
Status: Opened October 2015
The $350-million Liberty Center exhibits the best elements of Steiner + Associates’ innovative placemaking, with immersive design elements and attention to detail that justifies the project as “Easton 2.0” — the next big thing from a developer that operates comfortably on the cutting edge.
At Liberty Center, young visitors embrace the Cincinnati Children’s Discovery Center, and other visitors enj