Santa Monica, CA-based O&S Holdings celebrated the groundbreaking of Bridge Street Town Centre on February 28th. The site of the 450,000-square-foot lifestyle center is located at the corner of US Freeway 75 and State Highway 121 in McKinney, TX -- a northeast suburb of Dallas. The center will be anchored by a 14-screen Monaco Pictures, which will be accompanied by 35 upscale restaurants and retail shops. But that's not it for Bridge Street Town Centre. The 91-acre project also includes 200,000 square feet of office space, a five-story 222-room Westin Hotel complete with 7,000-square-foot spa, a 35,000-square-foot convention center and the Collin College Higher Education Center. The property will also feature four acres of lakes. The first phase of the project is scheduled to deliver fall 2009. Bridge Street Town Centre is a flexible mixed-use prototype that O&S has carried out in other locales. The company delivered Bridge Street Town Centre in Huntsville, AL in November 2007, which features a 14-screen Monaco Pictures, 70 retail shops and restaurants comprising 500,000-square feet, a 210-room Westin Hotel that includes 74 luxury residences, and a six story office tower. O&S utilizes the 10-acre lake at the Huntsville location for gondola boat ridges and watercraft rentals. The company's largest Bridge Street Town Centre is slated for the Chicago area, at the intersection of I-55 and I-80 in Joliet, IL. That project will encompass 3 million square feet, which includes 1.5 million square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space (including an 18-screen Regal Cinema), 800 multi and single-family residences, and 200,000 square feet of office space. Ground breaking is expected for Bridge Street Town Centre Chicagoland in 2009.