MALL TO ADAPT TO NEW REALITY ALL-NEW GROWTH PLAN COMING FOR VALENCIA TOWN CENTER.Byline: Eugene Tong Staff Writer VALENCIA - The joint developers have withdrawn plans submitted to Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, city government for a proposed expansion of the Valencia Town Center mall Town Center Mall may refer to:
The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. , a subsidiary of Town Center co-owner LNR LNR Local Nature Reserve (United Kingdom) LNR Last Number Redial LNR London News Radio LNR Left/Node/Right (in order binary tree traversal in computer programming) LNR Local Negotiated Rate Property, pulled the proposal earlier this month as project planners adjust to changes in mall ownership and shake-ups in the retail world, spokeswoman Marlee Lauffer said. The Westfield Group The Westfield Group is a multinational company that owns shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Westfield shopping centres are typically branded with the name Westfield or Westfield Shoppingtown in their name. became a 50 percent partner in the mall and took over management in February. ``It's just been taking longer than we anticipated,'' she said. ``Rather than be under the deadline of our old submittal, which no longer reflects what is likely to happen there, we've withdrawn the old submittal and will submit new plans shortly. ``We want to submit something that's more based in reality, rather than just a placeholder place·hold·er n. 1. One who holds an office or place, especially: a. One who acts as a deputy or proxy. b. One who holds an appointed office in a government. 2. .'' The news comes after Cincinnati-based Federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. Department Stores Inc. closed a deal to buy May Department Stores The May Department Stores Company was a department store chain founded in 1877 by David May in Leadville, Colorado. Its headquarters moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1905, and the company went public in 1911. for $11 billion and announced it will convert Robinsons-May stores in California into Macy's stores. The Robinsons-May that has anchored the Valencia Town Center since it opened in the early 1990s is tapped to change nameplates in fall 2006, Federated officials said Friday. The conversion left a hole in Newhall Land's plans. The planners had been courting Macy's, as well as Nordstrom, as potential anchors in the proposed 600,000-square-foot expansion. ``The department-store world has changed,'' Lauffer said. ``There is some updated thinking in the retail world about anchors - whether it's a department store, food-related or entertainment-related (mall).'' Besides accommodating changes at Federated, mall planners must contend with last year's $11 billion merger of Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Kmart, said Carrie Rogers, Santa Clarita's city economic development manager. A Sears store is another anchor at the Town Center. ``You have a lot of players in this little chess game,'' Rogers said. ``It's going to take awhile to flesh this out.'' Lauffer said a new expansion plan could be ready in roughly six months. ``We want to have something ready that is both doable and will meet some long-term needs - a full master planning of the Town Center,'' she said. Eugene Tong, (661) 257-5253 eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com |
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