Triple Five, Ghermezian Family Secure $1.6B Funding for American Dream Meadowlands Project in New Jersey

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Triple Five Cos. and the Ghermezian family, developers of the American Dream Meadowlands project, have secured $1.6 billion in private construction financing for the project, which is under construction and scheduled to open in March 2019. J.P.Morgan led the construction financing and Goldman Sachs led a tax-exempt bond offering. The project will include DreamWorks Water Park and the Nickelodeon Universe Theme Park, both of which will be fully enclosed and open year-round. Other attractions will include the Big Snow Indoor Ski & Snowboard Park, a 1,350-seat Cirque Du Soleil theater, movie theaters by Cinemax, Sea Life Aquarium, Legoland Discovery Center, an 18-hole miniature golf course and an ice rink. Retailers will include Saks Fifth Avenue and Hermes.