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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 884402" data-attributes="member: 23950">Taking West Edmonton mall to New JerseyAlberta’s Ghermezian family plans to build ‘the American Dream’By Richard Warnica | Maclean&#039;s – Thu, 29 Sep, 2011In May, their Triple Five development company signed a contract to take over what, if all goes as planned, would become the largest mall complex on Earth.The Ghermezian blueprints call for 700,000 square metres of entertainment and retail space on a controversial plot in the wetlands of New Jersey. About US $2 billion has already been spent on the project, with another $1.7 billion scheduled to come.Along with Triple Five staples such as minigolf and a water park, the complex will boast a skydiving centre and North America’s first indoor ski hill.Sketches of the site look almost eerily like parts of the West Edmonton Mall. But Triple Five says the project is all red, white and blue. In fact, the Ghermezians have dubbed it “The American Dream at Meadowlands,” a name they say speaks to “opportunity”—for jobs and tourists and tax revenue—but that one local columnist called “not just dumb [but] downright blasphemy.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="klein, post: 884402, member: 23950"] [B]Taking West Edmonton mall to New Jersey[/B] [SIZE=4][B][COLOR=#0000ff]A[/COLOR]lberta’s Ghermezian family plans to build ‘the American Dream’[/B] [/SIZE] By Richard Warnica | Maclean's – Thu, 29 Sep, 2011 In May, their Triple Five development company signed a contract to take over what, if all goes as planned, would become the largest mall complex on Earth. The Ghermezian blueprints call for 700,000 square metres of entertainment and retail space on a controversial plot in the wetlands of New Jersey. About US $2 billion has already been spent on the project, with another $1.7 billion scheduled to come. Along with Triple Five staples such as minigolf and a water park, the complex will boast a skydiving centre and North America’s first indoor ski hill. Sketches of the site look almost eerily like parts of the West Edmonton Mall. But Triple Five says the project is all red, white and blue. In fact, the Ghermezians have dubbed it “The American Dream at Meadowlands,” a name they say speaks to “opportunity”—for jobs and tourists and tax revenue—but that one local columnist called “not just dumb [but] downright blasphemy.” [/QUOTE]

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