In 1991, the acquisition of Jemal's Park & Shop gave the company another landmark project. The first strip shopping center on the east coast, Park & Shop had lain vacant for over twenty years and represented a liability rather than an asset for the neighborhood. Only one developer had the ambition, the determination, the foresight and the diplomacy to balance the stringent requirements of the community groups and historical societies against the economic feasibility of this project. Jemal's Park & Shop is both a highly acclaimed historic renovation and a phenomenal economic success.