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After a long struggle between developers and the West Plaza neighborhood, Bob Berstein’s West Edge development is now under construction at 48th and Roanoke. The huge complex is designed by Moshe Safdie, who is also working on the performing arts center proposed for Downtown. Also included are new headquarters for the Bernstein-Rine advertising and Beauty Brands, a museum of American advertising icons, the world’s largest Blockbuster Video, shops, and a hotel.
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this article may help with the serendipity reference. it’s old, but it explains that serendipity is a subsidiary of bernstein-rein and is simply a francisee of blockbuster stores. so after reading the PDF fact sheet on the west edge website, i’m not sure this will be *physically* the largest blockbuster store, but rather a new store by the largest franchisee.
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/1996/09/09/story8.html
sorry, but when i read that my first question was “why on earth would anyone need the world’s largest blockbuster on the plaza?”… especially when blockbuster is suffering so badly in the marketplace.
This is the first i have heard of a blockbuster video franchise going in there. Interesting.
Nevertheless, eager to see this thing start taking shape. Should be a good bookend for the west side of the plaza.
Good luck finding parking.
tony, I don’t know if that is a joke or not, but there is a HUGE underground parking garage going in under the west edge. Parking won’t be a problem.
That’s exactly right. Not the largest store ever, just a store that’s part of the largest Blockbuster franchise, which happens to be Serendipity Entertainment.
I am excited about this addition to our great city! I know it is a bit early but has anyone heard what type of “shops” will be going in?
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