40th & WALNUT

LOCATION: 40th and Walnut Streets, COST: $33.8 million, DATE OF COMPLETION: Spring 2000 LOCATION: 40th and Walnut Streets, COST: $33.8 million, DATE OF COMPLETION: Spring 2000Cinema, market to anchor 40th Street area Officials said they believe the complex -- which will cost a hefty $33.8 million -- will be a "catalyst" for the 40th Street area, attracting large crowds that will create more of a street presence and encouraging further redevelopment of the western side of campus. The plans for the theater are hardly standard. In addition to eight movie screens, there will also be an independently operated restaurant, a tapas bar, an outdoor cafe, an espresso bar, gardens, a town-hall component, a lecture hall and a reflecting pool. The restaurant and coffee bars in the Sundance complex will be operated by popular Philadelphia restaurateur Stephen Starr. And the FreshGrocer.com market across the street will include an indoor and outdoor cafe. The transparent garage is likely to alleviate some of the University's parking crunch. Set to open next spring, the complex was designed by Boston architect Frank Zapata and The Moderns, an interior design and graphics firm. See story, Page A18