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Caruso Affiliated's The Americana at Brand, in Glendale, Opens
May 2, 2008

The $400 million, mixed-use development in Downtown Glendale, Calif., containing both retail and condominiums, has opened today, according the the developer, Caruso Affiliated. The center contains 74 retailers and restaurants. Part of the project is The Green, an almost two-acre central common, with animated fountain shows every half hour, trolley rides around the center and other promotions and entertainment by individual retailers and restaurants. The Americana at Brand is set on 15.5 acres in a mature downtown and is interwoven into the existing context and street grid of the city.

 
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