NORDSTROM TO BUILD AT THE OAKS.Byline: Brent Hopkins Staff Writer THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - The addition of a Nordstrom store leads a list of redevelopment plans for The Oaks, the mall's owner confirmed Monday. With plans for an opening in fall 2006, this would be the upscale retailer's first full-line department store in Ventura County. The store will occupy a building of 124,000 to 144,000 square feet near the current site of the Robinsons-May Men's & Home store, which will be consolidated into a 250,000-square-foot site expanded from its main location. The changes will significantly enlarge TO ENLARGE. To extend; as, to enlarge a rule to plead, is to extend the time during which a defendant may plead. To enlarge, means also to set at liberty; as, the prisoner was enlarged on giving bail. fashion-shopping space in the 1.08 million-square-foot mall, first opened in 1977. ``We've only owned it since last June, but we'd thought of it before that,'' said Randy Brant brant or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast. , senior vice president for The Macerich Co., the mall's owner. ``We know all the malls in the market, so well before it became available, we thought it was one that should be expanded to include more fashion tenants.'' In addition to relocating Robinsons-May, which should break ground sometime next year, Macerich plans on turning the space into 80,000 square feet of specialty retail and adding a 40,000-square-foot ``mini-anchor.'' Macerich expects Robinsons-May to move into its new space by mid-2005. Nordstrom also plans on remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling its Westfield Shoppingtown Topanga location in Canoga Park for the fall of 2005. Though the Thousand Oaks and Canoga Park stores will be only 20 miles apart, Nordstrom spokeswoman Deniz Anders said they will serve separate markets. Nordstrom currently operates seven full-line department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. in 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. County, but its presence in Ventura County is limited to a Nordstrom Rack closeout closeout, closure the finalization of a feeding program in a feedlot. The cattle are sold and a balance sheet is struck which includes the costs of feeding and housing or confining them. store in Oxnard. ``Our goal is to build the best store that we can and then, once we get our doors open, find out what we're doing right and wrong,'' she said. ``We've got regional buyers, so we can differentiate what kind of merchandise we carry. Two stores 10 minutes apart can be totally different.'' Brent Hopkins, (818) 713-3738 brent.hopkins(at)dailynews.com |
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