99 CENTS ONLY PLANS STORE AT PALMDALE MALL; OPENING AWAITS PLANNERS' OK.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer 99 Cents Only Stores plan to open a second store in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , filling a vacant building in the Palmdale Promenade shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into . The chain, which has a store in Lancaster, is planning to move into the former Service Merchandise Service Merchandise was a chain of large stores carrying fine jewelry, toys, sporting goods, and electronics that existed from 1934 to 2002. The company's former chairman, Raymond Zimmerman, resurrected Service Merchandise as an Internet-only retailer in 2004 after buying the name store at 442 W. Ave. P. The building has been vacant since July 1997. The move will be made pending a resolution of questions over the classification of the store, officials said. The city's Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle ruled the 99 Cents Only Store most closely resembles a convenience store and as such would require a conditional use permit under the specific plan for the Trade and Commerce Center. The city's Trade and Commerce Center is an area geared for retail development on Palmdale's west side that includes the Palmdale Promenade. The Commerce-based company filed an appeal, arguing that the store will be five times larger than the 5,000-square-foot maximum size definition of a convenience store and that it doesn't include prepared foods typically found at convenience stores. The company argues they more closely resemble a Wal-Mart or a Kmart than a convenience store. ``All five of us (the City Council) wanted them to move in there without a CUP,'' said Councilman Mike Dispenza. ``We advised staff to see how they can reword re·word tr.v. re·word·ed, re·word·ing, re·words 1. a. To change the wording of. b. To state or express again in different words. 2. this (the Planning Department's interpretation) to allow them to go in. We told them to come back within 30 days.'' The store would sell groceries, health and beauty care items, household products, hardware, housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. , stationery, party supplies, toys, baby products and seasonal goods. Company officials said each store typically takes in approximately $4 million annually, of which 60 percent is in taxable sales. Each store employs about 40 to 50 people. The chain is still looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a new location in Lancaster. The Lancaster store, located in the Valley Central Shopping Center, is being relocated as the result of a deal to expand the adjacent Costco wholesale store. The chain wants to keep the Lancaster store in the Valley Central Shopping Center, but an available space has not been located yet, city officials said. |
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