Development

LEWISVILLE, TX-The site's cleared and vertical work begins in December on the 151-unit Amaranth@544, the seed for a possible REIT and merchant build program.

GLENDALE, AZ-Hammons opens to a full house at the $80-million-plus, 320-key Marriott Renaissance. He's working a $750-million push in the West and planning to add more.

IRVINE, CA-With an ever-expanding student body, UC Irvine puts its money where its land is and invests in numerous classrooms, gathering halls, medical facilities and housing options.

ATLANTA-Construction could begin in mid-2008 on the hotel, which will be located Downtown across from the Georgia Aquarium.

FORT WAYNE, IN-The new $16 million center, now under construction, is 100,000 sf with two outlots, and another planned 50,000 expansion to the south.

BENSALEM, PA-The six-building, 1.2-million-sf phase two of Horizon Corporate Center is designed for LEED certification beginning with 200,000 sf of class A office space.

WEST POINT, GA-Crossman & Co. begins work on the Venue, which will contain 938 apartments, more than 350,000 sf of retail space and a hotel.

NEW YORK CITY-Sources confirm reports that Merrill Lynch is inches away from a deal with Vornado to build new in Midtown. It's not a prospect that makes the Downtown Alliance smile.