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Aggressive Developers Lay Out Meadowlands Plans

Holiday In Wales The battle for the future of the Meadowlands Sports Complex heated up yesterday as developers defended their proposals and attacked their competitors in the first oral presentations of the selection process.

The municipal buildings, Roman gymnasium, and well preserved theatre lie to the north, but, like all the other public structures, in the centre of the plan.

Holiday Wales During six one-hour sessions that were closed to both the public and the press, the selection committee of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority heard how each group of developers could best safeguard the future of one of the state's top landmarks.

Residents had been outraged by the plans of property developers, Sandstone Group, who intended to build 70 new homes across a number of local gardens. But the ambitious plans were unanimously voted down by members of the Solihull council, the Birmingham Mail reports. During the meeting, resident, and concerned environmentalist, "We have already seen trees being felled which has affected the whole lane.

Cottage Holiday In Wales "We had some of the top national developers telling us, 'We're staking our reputation on this,'" said George Zoffinger, chief executive at the sports authority, the state agency that operates the complex in East Rutherford.

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Caravan Holiday In Wales For the past month, Zoffinger, experts at the sports authority and a selected team of local business leaders and elected officials have perused six proposals to redevelop the 104-acre Continental Airlines Arena site. The land is expected to become available if the Nets and Devils are able to move to a proposed Newark arena in 2005.

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Camping Holiday Wales In place of the Continental arena, the sports authority wants to build a sports-theme family entertainment complex that would generate millions in revenue and help balance the books at the debt-laden agency.

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Accommodation Holiday Wales According to people who took part in the presentations, Hartz Mountain Industries and its partner, Forest City Ratner, took the most aggressive tack.

Holiday Last Minute Wales The top executives at the two family-owned companies told the committee they were the only bidders who could be trusted to finance a 4 million-square-foot office, hotel and entertainment complex that will cost about $1 billion to build.

Catering Holiday Self Wales Emanuel Stern, president of Hartz Mountain, also criticized a plan submitted by Mills Corp. and Mack-Cali Realty Corp. to transform the Continental arena into a multi-level convention center, which Stern argued could not survive in a market that demands convention halls with only one level.

Holiday Wales Walking "I urge you not to be fooled into allowing a convention center that will be obsolete the day before it opens," Stern said.

Family Holiday Wales For its part, Mills/Mack-Cali, which along with Hartz/Forest City is considered a front-runner for the project, showed a 17-minute video, with testimonials from executives from Crayola, ESPN and Allrounder, a German company that builds indoor skiing facilities, who have promised to become tenants at their proposed complex, called Xanadu.

Holiday Riding Wales Bob Sommer, a spokesman for the partnership, said state Sen. Garry Furnari (D-Essex) asked Mills/Mack-Cali to promise the project would not harm existing downtown areas in south Bergen.

Adventure Holiday Wales "We think we help protect the downtowns through our cross-marketing campaigns," said Sommer, whose companies would use their combined $1 billion line of credit to help finance the development. "Our presentation went very well," he said.

Holiday Park South Wales The day's biggest surprise came from Triple Five LLC, a Nevada company, which vastly expanded its project from its original proposal for a mini-zoo, science museum and restaurants in a renovated Continental arena.

Cottage Holiday Wales The revamped proposal included hotels, a water park, a spa and 3 million square feet of residential apartments, which are prohibited on the sports authority's 750-acre complex.

Holiday In Wales Two companies proposing speedways also presented their plans for projects that elected officials say do not have very much support among local residents. John Graham, vice president for business affairs with the International Speedway Corp., NASCAR's development arm, said the Meadowlands is the premiere location in the metropolitan region for a top automobile track.

Holiday Wales "It's a great site," Graham said after a presentation he described as positive and cordial. "We would dearly love to be here."

Cottage Holiday In Wales The sports authority expects to eliminate three of the proposals before Thanksgiving, award the project in January or February and begin construction early next year.

Caravan Holiday In Wales By Matthew Futterman
Star-Ledger - 10/23/2002

Topic: Meadowlands

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