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Westgate Plans Retail, Residential Choices

Westgate’s second phase of development with more shops, restaurants and office space is on track as developer Steve Ellman also puts his focus on residential towers that should break ground this fall.

Record-breaking crowds piled into Westgate during the Super Bowl, as the mixed-use development has nearly filled the shops and restaurant space that opened in Glendale in late 2006.

Westgate now boasts 14 retail shops and 18 bars and eateries with the 19th, Saddle Ranch, expected to open in the next month or so. Bice Bistro, an Italian eatery, also has signed on, Westgate spokesman Jeff Hecht said. advertisement

At full build-out, the $1.5 billion Westgate project will occupy a half-square mile with 8 million square feet of retail, residential and office space.

Marching toward that goal, the second phase of construction is expected to break ground this spring and be completed in 2009.

The 300,000 square feet of development will stretch westward toward 95th Avenue and include national stores, said Hecht, who declined to give exact retailers until the full deals are signed.

As the second phase gets under way, Ellman plans to move forward with the third phase, which has a residential thrust with two residential towers.

The goal is to break ground in September on a 10-story tower of glass, brick and steel that will contain about 180 condos ranging in price from $400,000 to $2 million. The units will range from 700 to 3,500 square feet.

The tower, called the Majestic, would be near the AMC Theater on the east side of Westgate and would be completed in 2009 or 2010.

A 15-story tower called Cameo also has been designed, although a construction timeline has not been nailed down.

Between the two towers, which will feature retail on the ground floor, would run a line of shops that includes a Barnes & Noble bookstore.

The bookstore is planned as one of the chain’s flagship stores at 28,000 to 30,000 square feet, Hecht said.

A model of phase three’s elaborate towers, penthouses, pools and garden apartments is showcased in a building east of Yard House. Staff can take prospective residents on tours through two model units that feature stainless steel kitchens, room-length balconies and state-of-the-art technology.

Sherry Sklar, director of residential marketing for Ellman Companies, said the condos provide smart living with amenities such as moveable walls, reminiscent of Japanese floor panels.

Sklar called the “tricked out” condos a blend of Art Deco and Soho-warehouse styles.

“That type of product hasn’t been on the west side of the Valley,” she said.

The idea behind the apartments and Westgate as a whole has been to provide a place to live, work and play.

“They can have their office here, walk home and take clients to a Coyotes game,” Sklar said.

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