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A Monumental Opening for Westfield’s WTC Mall

Westfield Corp. opened the $1.5-billion Westfield World Trade Center this week, nearly 15 years after 9/11 wreaked havoc on New York. A majority of the center opened fully-leased and ahead of the Australian-based retail company’s expectations. The balance is expected to open progressively over 2017 and 2018.

Westfield Corp.’s Steven Lowy says, “We have sought to respect and honor what occurred on this site in 2001 while demonstrating the importance of its renewal.”

Some 365,000 square feet of retail space is integrated across the Santiago Calatrava-designed Oculus, street-level retail in WTC Towers 3 and 4, as well as underground galleries at the WTC campus.

The retail space is fully-integrated into Lower Manhattan’s transportation hub and showcases a diverse mix of 100 international and local fashion, dining, beauty, entertainment and technology retailers, including flagship stores for Apple and Eataly.

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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