Borders book store begins new chapter at Queens complex.In a series of firsts, Borders has committed to opening its very first store in Queens at what will be New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's first ever lifestyle retail center. Borders, which plans a September 2006 opening, will occupy 22,500 of the center's 400,000 square feet. The book, music and movie retailer will be a dynamic addition to the mix of major tenants at The Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale. Regal Cinemas will serve as the entertainment anchor in conjunction with a variety of restaurants, both local and national, that encompass casual and fine dining concepts, while a combination of local specialty food stores will be housed together to meet consumers' everyday grocery shopping needs. "Borders will have prime visibility, situated at the corner of 80th Street and Cooper Avenue, a high-traffic location within a densely populated, yet under-stored urban retail environment," explains Damon Hemmerdinger, the project's development director. "By bringing together its appealing mix of merchandise together in one highly accessible location with immediately adjacent covered parking, Borders provides a real plus to our project and an important point of difference for our customers." Over half of the retail and restaurant space at The Shops at Atlas Park has already been rented or committed in anticipation of the center's April 2006 Grand Opening. In addition to Regal Cinemas, national retailers include Chico's, White House Black Market, Gymboree, Coldwater Creek Coldwater Creek is a clothing retailer which is based in Sandpoint, Idaho, United States. The company was founded in 1984 by Dennis Pence. The company had 239 stores in operation at the end of the 2006 fiscal year.[1] Notes 1. ^ Coldwater Creek. , Bombay Company The Bombay Company is a furniture and home accessories retailer based in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. History It was founded in 1978 by Brad Harper in New Orleans as a mail-order company. Harper later opened two retail stores in New Orleans. , Aerosoles, Jos. A. Bank, Claire's, Johnny Rockets Johnny Rockets is an American burger restaurant franchise whose motif is meant to recreate the American diners of the 1940s and 1950s. Its restaurants' decor include jukeboxes, chrome accents and red leather seats, and customers are waited on by waiters and waitresses , Cold Stone Creamery Cold Stone Creamery is an ice cream parlor chain based in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.[1] History The company was co-founded in 1988 by Susan and Donald Sutherland (unrelated to actor Donald Sutherland), who sought ice cream that was neither hard-packed and California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen (NASDAQ: CPKI, known within the food industry as CPK) is a casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, . Regional restaurant Shiro's of Japan, local Italian eatery Pasticcio--recent recipient of a rave review in the 2006 Zagat guide--and fashion boutique Stella Gialla are also among the center's marquis tenants. "It is a tremendous complement to our project that so many of the retailers have chosen The Shops as Atlas Park for their first foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" raid encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my Queens," concludes Mr. Hemmerdinger. "More importantly, we are fulfilling our promise to provide the community with an important new, convenient shopping and dining option." Virginia Pittarelli of Madison HGCD represented Borders, while Anne Greenberger and Theodore Amenta of A&Co. represented Atco Properties & Management in negotiations. |
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