Work to Begin on 2 Centers in Inland Empire

Lewis Retail Centers of Upland will begin construction this month on two new shopping centers in the Inland Empire, part of a series of six centers, totaling nearly 3 million square feet, that the company has underway.

The new centers are the 260,000-square-foot Summit Heights Gateway, along the 15 Freeway at Summit Avenue in Fontana, and the 105,000-square-foot Village at Ontario Center, at Milliken Avenue and 4th Street in Ontario.

Summit Heights will be anchored by an 86,000-square-foot Kohl’s department store and a 30,000-square-foot Marshalls. The Ontario center also will include a Kohl’s. Both centers are scheduled to open in March.

Lewis plans to break ground within the next 18 months on four other centers along the 15 and 210 Freeways, Executive Vice President Randall Lewis said.

The four planned centers are:

* Victoria Gardens, 1.3- million-square-foot regional center at Foothill Boulevard and the 15 Freeway in Rancho Cucamonga, which Lewis is building in partnership with Cleveland-based Forest City Development.

* Eastvale Gateway, 800,000-square-foot center at 15 and Limonite Avenue south of Ontario.

* Sierra Lakes Marketplace, 300,000-square-foot center at 210 and Sierra Avenue in Fonanta.

* A 110,000-square-foot center, anchored by a grocery store, at Citrus Avenue and 210 in Sierra Lakes.