Sean Ryan is associate editor of Real Estate New Jersey (For more retail coverage, click GlobeSt.com/RETAIL.)

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ-The New York Giants have reached an agreement with the developers of the upcoming Xanadu retail complex about sharing the Meadowlands. "We are committed to moving forward with the planned, 100% privately-financing project that would result in the development and operation of a world-class sports and entertainment complex at the Meadowlands," says John Mara, COO of the Giants.

The Giants had filed suit to force the Xanadu complex to close on game days. The outcome of this dispute was not clear at deadline, aside from the two sides coming to some manner of agreement. "We believe that Meadowlands Xanadu will enhance the experience of all visitors to the Meadowlands Sports Complex," says Laurence Siegel, chairman and CEO of the Mills Corp., co-developer of Xanadu.

Details of the new $800-million stadium proposal, designed by Ewing Cole of Philadelphia in conjunction with Hammes Co. Sports Development Inc., were announced last week. All of the luxury boxes are drafted on one side of the field and the practice facilities are adjacent to the stadium. Current plans also have the stadium be "roof ready," as the state and NJSEA have requested, so the stadium could be domed at a future date. This would open the stadium to year-round events like Super Bowls, political conventions and possibly emergency shelter. The earliest move-in date would be the 2009 football season, although Mara admitted that might be over-ambitious.