150,000-SQUARE-FOOT VON MAUR STORE TO ANCHOR BRIDGE STREET TOWNE CENTRE

JOLIET, ILL. — Los Angeles-based developer O&S Holdings and Hollywood, Fla.-based Strategic Retail Development have announced that Von Maur department store has signed a letter of intent to anchor the $1 billion Bridge Street Towne Centre in Joliet. The two-story, 150,000-square-foot facility will be Von Maur’s seventh location in Illinois. Located at the corner of Interstate 55 and Interstate 80, Bridge Street Towne Centre is expected to break ground in early 2009, with its opening slated for 2010. In addition to Von Maur, the 3 million-square-foot mixed-use lifestyle center will also be anchored by an 18-screen Regal Cinema.