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Destiny USA 
Destiny USA LogoLocation Syracuse Coordinates 43°04′15″N 76°10′13″W / 43.070965°N 76.170337°W Address 9090 Carousel Center Drive, Syracuse, NY 13290 Opening date Spring 2012 (official), some sections opened November 2011[1] Developer The Pyramid Companies Owner The Pyramid Companies No. of stores and services 178 (2010)[2] + TBD No. of anchor tenants 8 (2010)[3] + TBD Total retail floor area 2,400,000 sq ft (220,000 m2) (combined complex)[4] No. of floors 3 (retail) + 4 (offices, cinemas, sky deck) Website http://destinyusa.com Destiny USA is a retail and entertainment complex under construction in Syracuse, New York, United States. The project's developer, The Pyramid Companies, predicts that Destiny USA will become a major tourist destination and will have an economic impact throughout the Central New York region. The project is planned to be a green building, powered entirely by renewable resources, and is planned to be completed in three phases. Preparatory groundwork for the first phase, an 1,300,000-square-foot (120,000 m2) expansion of the 1,500,000-square-foot (140,000 m2) Carousel Center, began in April, 2007, and pile driving for the structure's foundation began on August 9, 2007.[5] Above-ground construction began on March 28, 2008. The first sections and stores of a 1,300,000 sq ft (120,000 m2) phase one expansion opened to the public in November 2011, with an official opening scheduled for spring 2012.[6]
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History
Main article: History of Destiny USACarousel Center opened in October 1990 on the site of a former landfill and surrounded by several square blocks of oil tanks known as "Oil City".[7] The Pyramid Companies expanded Carousel Center slightly by 1994, adding a Lord & Taylor store to the west end of the mall.[8] Already before the opening of this addition, Pyramid had proposed opening a strip mall named "Carousel Landing" south of Carousel Center. However, legal disputes to remove both the industrial tenants of Oil City and their soil contamination delayed any construction.[9] In 1997, Pyramid changed its plans, dropping the strip mall and instead proposing to double the size of Carousel Center. [10] On April 30, 2000, Pyramid announced the resort-style project that ultimately became the Destiny USA proposal.[11]
The project has been marked by significant delays and controversy since the proposal was made public in 2000. Criticism of the project has primarily been in regards to the tax breaks granted the project and to skepticism as to whether the complex can draw the projected number of tourists from surrounding areas to fulfill its economic promises.
The project has faced numerous starts and stops since ground was first broken on a hotel in 2002. This project later stalled and various hotel and retail phases were proposed over the years until the Phase 1 that is now nearing completion was started in 2008.
Phase 1
The first phase of Destiny USA that ultimately saw construction broke ground in 2008, was paused by a legal dispute with Citigroup in 2009, but ultimately resumed construction in 2011. Its first sections and stores opened in November 2011.[12] The official grand opening is scheduled for spring 2012, around which time the combined expansion and original Carousel Center are scheduled to take the Destiny USA name.[13] Pyramid estimates the expansion will house 100 businesses.[14]
Layout
Phase one is an 1,300,000 sq ft (120,000 m2), three-floor expansion of Carousel Center. The expansion has two main "portals" to the original mall, one by the center atrium, and one near the mall entrance to Lord & Taylor. Unlike the original mall, the expansion does not have a public basement or "commons" level. Instead, its three floors are above ground and link to the two main retail levels of Carousel Center and its cinema level.[15]
Tenants
While the original Carousel Center mostly consists of traditional mall stores, the expansion focuses on designer stores and outlets, as well as large restaurant and entertainment venues, the later of which are to be centered around a large open courtyard named "The Canyon". 21 businesses have been published as being part of the expansion,[16] including:
Restaurants and entertainment
- Aja Nightclub
- Cantina Laredo
- Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
- The Melting Pot
- Revolutions (bowling alley)
- Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill
Retail
- BCBG Max Azria
- Hickey Freeman HMX
- Guess Factory Store
- Hugo Boss
- Max Mara
- Michael Kors
- Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th
- Salvatore Ferragamo
Potential future phases
In November 2007, Destiny USA announced a $450 million, 1,342-room hotel, covered with green solar panel windows as the second phase of the project.[17] Destiny technically has a December 6, 2011 deadline to finish the first phase and to start the next, however, in light of economic conditions, it remains to be seen if Destiny will be held to this date.[18]
Notes
- ^ Niedt, Bob (2011-11-11). "Swath of Syracuse's Destiny USA -- the expansion of Carousel Center -- opening today". The Post-Standard. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/swath_of_syracuses_destiny_usa.html. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Carousel Center 20th Anniversary (1990-2010)". http://www.destinyusa.com/uploads/docs/Carousel%20Anniversary%20Book.pdf. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Carousel Center 20th Anniversary (1990-2010)". http://www.destinyusa.com/uploads/docs/Carousel%20Anniversary%20Book.pdf. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Destiny USA - Overview". http://www.destinyusa.com/index.php?page=overview. Retrieved 19 November 2011.}}
- ^ "Carousel foundation work to begin today" Syracuse Post Standard Moriarty, Rick 8/9/07
- ^ Niedt, Bob. "Swath of Syracuse's Destiny USA -- the expansion of Carousel Center -- opening today". The Post-Standard. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/swath_of_syracuses_destiny_usa.html. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Carousel Center 20th Anniversary (1990-2010)". http://www.destinyusa.com/uploads/docs/Carousel%20Anniversary%20Book.pdf. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "After 2-Year Delay, Lord & Taylor Opens in Carousel Center this Week". Syracuse Herald American. 1994-10-23. Article ID = 9410240575. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Oil City Tank Farms Condemned". Syracuse Herald-Journal. 1992-04-28. Article ID = 9204280747. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Carousel Would Double in Size". The Post-Standard. 1997-11-01. Article ID = 9711010136. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Mall Would Be Biggest in U.S. Carousel Seeks Tax Breaks for $900M Plan". Syracuse Herald American. 2000-04-30. Article ID = 0005010361. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ Niedt, Bob. "Swath of Syracuse's Destiny USA -- the expansion of Carousel Center -- opening today". The Post-Standard. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/swath_of_syracuses_destiny_usa.html. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ Niedt, Bob. "Syracuse's Carousel Center and its expansion to become Destiny USA; public tours of the expansion are this month". The Post-Standard. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/post_458.html. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ David Aitken (2011-11-17). Destiny USA Opens Second Portal. Destiny USA. Event occurs at 0m24s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKzRO-c0TnA&t=24s. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ^ "Photos & Plans". slide 6: Destiny USA. http://www.destinyusa.com/index.php?page=photos-plans. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ Niedt, Bob (2011-11-16). "Destiny USA signs on two more clothing retailers for the expansion". The Post-Standard. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/destiny_usa_signs_on_two_more.html. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Destiny Unveils Plans for Uber-Green Hotel". The Post Standard. 2007-11-08. Article ID = 0711080044. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Sneak peak into newest addition at Carousel Center". Your News Now. http://centralny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/563545/sneak-peak-into-newest-addition-at-carousel-center/. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
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