WHAT ARE THE MALL OF AMERICAS EXPANSION PLANS?
A $2.1 billion, 5.6 million-square-foot project spread over 42 acres, including stores, hotels, offices, a dinner theater and a water park. The mall estimates it will create 7,000 construction jobs and generate $1.1 billion in new sales taxes over 20 years. The mall says 83 percent of the project would be privately financed. The remainder, including a $204 million parking ramp accompanying the expansion, would be publicly financed.
