August 19, 2015
Big plans for Westport Recipes
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By Angelia D. Bills
This artistic rendering shows what the new 209,000-square-foot headquarters for World Wide Technology around Westport Plaza’s lake would look like.
Submitted photo
Pending approval, redevelopment would include new headquarters for World Wide Technology By Sara Hardin Westport Plaza is the leading candi- people in Westport Plaza on a daily basis cause of the potential addition of World date for a new development plan which that are looking for a place to buy lunch, Wide Technology.” would include a new 209,000-square- buy dinner, have coffee in the morning If the plan is approved, the goal would foot headquarters for World be to start development the first Wide Technology around the week of November of this year “Having a world class company expand plaza’s lake, a renovated outand for the plaza to be open in Maryland Heights and place their door area and improved comand occupied the first quarter world headquarters on the Westport mercial and retail spaces. The of 2017. Plaza campus reinforces that Maryland plan was disclosed by Lodg“We believe the most promiHeights is a great place to do business.” ing Hospitality Management nent changes will take place to Andy Arrick, General Manager of DTZ (LHM), which bought the support the 4-5,000 daily emplaza in 2012, and World Wide ployees and visitors at Westport Technology. and the like, so it’s very synergistic for Plaza once this project is complete,” said “Having a world class company ex- Westport Plaza.” Arrick. “This includes the addition of pand in Maryland Heights and place Cobler explained that the addition of retail, restaurant and entertainment ventheir world headquarters on the West- the World Wide Technology headquar- ues, some of which is already underway.” port Plaza campus reinforces that Mary- ters is particularly pleasing to restaurant land Heights is a great place to do busi- owners who may be looking to lease ness, and that Westport is a great venue space within the plaza, thanks to the for business as well as entertainment,” extra business that the development atexplained Andy Arrick, General Man- tract to the area. ager of DTZ, Westport Plaza’s manage“Bringing 1,000 well-compensated ment company. individuals into this 42-acre mixed-use The development would bring 1,000 development is catalytic for quality resjobs to the plaza, along with an influx taurant operators to come in and lease of foot traffic for the restaurants and re- space here at Westport,” said Cobler. tail businesses which also reside in the “Right now we have 700,000-square-feet plaza. of leasable space at Westport, and you “Bringing a world headquarters for an couple that with another 200,000, we’re $8 billion company into Westport Plaza close to 1 million square-feet of leasable is exciting, so much as it brings with it space here at Westport, so restaurant op1,000 full-time employees,” said Craig erators are excited for the opportunity to Cobler, Senior Vice President of Devel- come in and have a business here at the opment of LHM. “With 1,000 employ- complex. We continue to talk to restauMovie: “Fantastic Four” ees coming into Westport, coupled with rant operators, and one of the reasons the 3,000 that are here today, that’s 4,000 they’re excited about Westport is be-
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