HIGH-END STORES IN MIX FOR MALL.Byline: JULIA M. SCOTT Staff Writer CANOGA PARK -- More than a dozen high-end shops including Oakley, L'Occitane en Provence and J.Crew will open in the expanded Westfield Topanga Westfield Topanga, formerly known as the Westfield Shoppingtown Topanga and more commonly known to locals as the Topanga Mall or Topanga Plaza, is a two-story shopping mall consisting of 230 tenants spread across three sections. mall when a $500 million expansion is completed. ``We are really expanding our retail mix,'' Brandi Friel, a spokeswoman for Westfield Topanga, said Monday. ``We're really 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 hybrid of convenience meets luxury.'' The renovations and expansion will add 600,000 square feet to the 1.1- million-square-foot mall. It originally opened in 1964 and was previously expanded in the 1990s after the Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. . Other stores include Chick's, Elizabeth, Forth & Tone, Janie and Jack, Nine West, Planet Funk Planet Funk is an Italian electronic dance musical group. Members are Sergio Della Monica, Alex Neri, Domenico GG Canu, Marco Baroni, and Alessandro Sommella (the Ghost extra member , Puma, Pumpkin Patch, Rip Curl Rip Curl is a major Australian manufacturer and retailer of boardwear. The company was founded in 1969 by Doug "Claw" Warbrick and Brian "Sing Ding" Singer in Torquay, Victoria, Australia and initially produced surfboards. , Sigrid Olsen, Chico's, soma, Una and Zara. Westfield Topanga's food court will also be replaced with a more upscale ``cafe style'' eating area with china, flatware and busing service. The total expansion will make room for 130 new small shops, double what is now there, Friel said. The current expansion is centered around the construction of a new Nordstrom, expected to open in October. The new store will be about 30 percent larger than the existing store, which is one of the most successful in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area. The old Nordstrom will be renovated and taken over by Neiman Marcus and is scheduled to open in late 2008. julia.scott(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3736 |
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