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Hampton Crossroads

Feasibility study with market and financial projections, along with tenant mix, leasing roster, and retail-entertainment programming options.  For an entertainment district adjacent to Hampton Coliseum in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

 

Conceptual site planning, leasing plan, development budget, and business plan for proposed mixed-use retail-entertainment complex adjacent to Hampton Roads Convention Center and Hampton Coliseum, and across the road from the Power Plant retail center along Interstate 64.

 

Universal CityWalk Osaka

Sumitomo Corp.  |  Guest experience programming, leasing plan, and tenant alternatives for CityWalk Osaka Phase II at Universal Studios Japan, prepared for Sumitomo Corp.

 

Strategic leasing, tenant mix, experiential programming, and Phase II vertical design for this branded and themed retail-entertainment facility situated along the walkway from the rail station and Universal Studios Japan. Work directed by AEC’s Donald Bredberg as an executive with Universal Studios Recreation Group, and later as consulting advisors to owner Sumitomo Bank.

 

 

China - Hong Kong project consultants - mixed-use development consultants

Conceptual Planning – Guangyang Town Center

China Fortune Land Development Co., Ltd.  |  As retail-entertainment consultants, we provided a master land use plan with tenanting mix, potential tenant roster, and district anchoring, for planned town center at Guangyang master-planned new town.  Located near the new regional airport to serve Greater Beijing. Components of the master plan included a destination retail outlet mall, hotels, a retail-entertainment district, and attractions.

 

An overall strategic marketing approach and big idea was the organizing foundation for the concept, that included retail formats, hotels, a resort with indoor water park, attractions and themed entertainment, and other destination activities.

 

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Owner Representation Consultants - aec Location-Based Entertainment - owner representation

Universal CityWalk Roll-out Program

NBCUniversal  |  In its expansion period, the Universal Studios CityWalk product was one of the pioneering forms of “urban entertainment center (UEC),” an early form what has become known as location-based entertainment – also known as out-of-home entertainment.   Universal Studios eventually developed CityWalk’s in Hollywood, Orlando, and Osaka, and discontinued further expansion to freestanding sites worldwide.

 

The UEC format was eventually embraced by Sony (Metreon, Odaiba) and Disney (Orlando, Anaheim), on the drawings boards of other film studios, and real estate developers in select location in the U.S. and elsewhere.

 

 

Retail-Entertainment Consultants

Mixed-Use Redevelopment Planning – Tokyo

Tokyo Dome Corp.  |   In our capacity as global real estate consultants, in this instance in Tokyo Prefecture (Japan).  Experiential guest programming and leasing mix recommendations, for repurposed amusement park adjacent to the Tokyo Dome.   The project as developed was dubbed, LaQua at Tokyo Dome.

 

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