By Alexandra Leslie | aleslie@nexstar.tv BURLINGTON, Vt. In a 10-1 vote, the Burlington City Council has approved the predevelopment agreement for the Burlington Town Center. It moves the project one step closer to construction. Monday’s City Council meeting ran late, with nearly two hours of public discussion and one hour of discussion from councilors. One of the biggest concerns was about the height of the building. “Well, in a perfect world, it would be nice to get the stimulus without […]
(Photo: GLENN RUSSELL/FREE PRESS)Burlington Free Press – 5.02.2016 Burlington city councilors gave preliminary approval Monday night to a substantial redevelopment of the Burlington Town Center mall. By a 10-1 vote, councilors OK’d a pre-development agreement for the roughly $200 million project, which includes apartments, office space and retail — and the tallest building in Vermont. “This pre-development agreement is a first step,” said Karen Paul, D-Ward 6. “I am confident we can work together … and build a project that will benefit this community […]
Vermont Business Magazine As part of its $249 million makeover of Burlington’s Church Street mall, called the Burlington Town Center (BTC), mall owner Devonwood Investors, LLC today announced that it has entered into a preliminary agreement with The University of Vermont Medical Center to lease non-clinical office space for UVM Medical Center at the mall site in downtown Burlington. The expected occupancy is 2019. The lease would allow the UVM Medical Center to utilize the soon-to-be redeveloped site of the […]
BURLINGTON, Vt. – It’s a project that could change downtown Burlington forever. With standing room only and a line down the hallway, it was clear that folks want to know what’s happening in downtown Burlington. “If the public gives us the thumbs up like we’re moving in the right direction, you know there’s a series of steps that will be pursuing over the next several months to advance the project,” said Donald Sinex. After nearly a year at the drawing […]
BURLINGTON, VT – The Burlington Town Center was purchased nearly two years ago and over that time the plans have changed quite a bit since its original conception. Last May, the creation of a whole new public street that runs through Cherry and Bank Street was never part of the plan. “The important thing is that the street will have a proper sidewalk, bike paths, vehicular access, landscaping, all the things you’d expect to see,” says Sherida Paulsen of PKSB Architects. […]
BURLINGTON, Vt. —It was standing room only as Burlington Town center owner Don Sinex and his team unveiled the latest plans for the mall’s multi-million-dollar face-lift. “It’s not from an outside a friendly kind of environment, so one of the first things we said was we want to turn the mall inside out,” said architect Sherida Paulsen. Before the meeting, Sinex was pouring over the project plans he said will revitalize the downtown. “Focusing on creating streetscapes, pedestrian activities and […]
Burlington Town Center owner Don Sinex watched in astonishment Tuesday night as an overflow crowd packed a public meeting in the mall where he hopes to engineer a $200 million makeover of the struggling property. “I’m overwhelmed,” he said before a presentation of what he hopes are final plans for the project. Before the meeting began at 5:30 p.m., a line of people stretched nearly from L.L. Bean to Williams-Sonoma on the lower level of the mall, waiting to enter the vacant retail clothing store […]
(Photo: GLENN RUSSELL/FREE PRESS)Burlington Free Press – 12.30.2015 Plans for the redevelopment of Burlington Town Center mall have been in the making for nearly two years and will be presented next week for Burlington residents to consider Mayor Miro Weinberger is encouraging residents to attend next week’s presentation on Burlington Town Center mall’s progress on an ambitious redevelopment plan that will include housing, office space, new retailers and an IMAX movie theater. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on […]