The 14-screen movie megaplex and the grocery store will serve asanchors of the street-oriented retail and restaurant segment of the56-acre redevelopment project. University Town Center Inc. is theowner of the UTC project, and Roadside Development is overseeingdevelopment of the retail portion.

Currently under expansion as a revitalization effort in PrinceGeorge's County, University Town Center began 50 years ago. Beforethe current expansion endeavor got under way, it was an office parkwith four towers containing 1.4 million sf of class A space.

When the expansion is complete the new University Town Centerwill have an additional 1.6 million sf of office space, as many as2,000 residential units, more than 900 student housing units, hotelspace as well as 350,000 sf of retail space, discounting Safewayand Consolidated. The first phase is already under construction,with the $40-million 910-bed Towers at University Town Centerstudent housing building having already topped out last summer.