The TIF application was introduced today. There will be ahearing in January, and, if approved, permits can be obtained byFebruary, Leslie Smallwood, Goldenberg's director of development,tells GlobeSt.com. Asked if approval was expected, she says, "wedon't want to be presumptuous, but we have the support of the mayor(John Street) and councilman (Michael A.)Nutter and others." Theall-in cost, not counting the Lowe's outparcel and three proposalsnow out for pad sites, is $50 million, according to Smallwood.

Lowe's, which currently has two stores in the City, both atGoldenberg developments, has committed to build at 171,000-sfanchor at Park West. There is also a commitment for a 65,000-sfShop Rite supermarket, a Wachovia bank branch and a McDonalds."We're in lease negotiations with Modell's Sporting Goods, FashionBug and some others," Smallwood adds.

The center was initially to be 110,000 sf, "but we had a toughtime getting a supermarket interested without offering more space,"says Smallwood. Consequently, Goldenberg acquired an additional17.1 acres to bring the total to 30 and expand the plan. "We haveto condemn 10 private, vacant properties and some that are notvacant. We're privately acquiring those properties and relocatingthe occupants, and the owners are very amenable."