Opening of new shopping center celebrated in Queens. (Transcripts).Queens Place, a major new 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 in Elmhurst, at the site of the former Sterns Department Store, celebrated its grand opening Nov. 2. More than a half dozen leading retailers, including the largest Target store in the U.S., welcomed shoppers to the 455,000-SF development. Queens borough elected officials and community leaders joined Bruce C. Ratner, president and chief executive officer of Forest City Ratner Companies, the developer of Queens Place, for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and the grand opening. "The stores in Queens Place will offer shoppers from all over Queens outstanding values, fabulous selection, and tremendous convenience," Ratner said. "This holiday season, Queens Place will be the place to shop." A 230,000-SF Target store will take up two levels of selling area and a third level for offices and storage. Other major tenants will include Best Buy, Macy's Furniture Gallery, Designer Shoe Warehouse, Daffy's, Rockaway Rockaway, narrow peninsula, c.10 mi (16 km) long, SW Long Island, SE N.Y., in Queens borough of New York City. Separating Jamaica Bay from the Atlantic Ocean and isolated from the rest of New York City, the densely populated peninsula owes its growth to road and rail Bedding, Skechers, and Sprint. Outback Steakhouse Outback Steakhouse is a casual dining American restaurant chain based in Tampa, Florida with over 900 locations in 23 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. , a family dining chain, has already opened a restaurant with approximately 225 seats. Starbucks Coffee and Mrs. Fields Mrs. Fields Cookies is a chain of bakeries, located mostly in the United States, founded by Debbi Fields (b. 1956, Park City, Utah). Mrs. Fields and her husband started their business in the late 1970s, opening the first of many retail bakeries in Palo Alto, California, selling Cookies will operate refreshment kiosks. The development offers parking for more than 1,400 vehicles. Work on the six-level, $100 million shopping center, which is located at 88-01 Queens Boulevard Queens Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Queens, forming part of New York State Route 25. Location It runs northwest to southeast across more than half the length of the borough, starting at the Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City and between 55th and 56th Avenues, began in May 2000. Redevelopment of the site involved renovating the interior, which was last occupied by the Sterns (Naut.) See See also: Stern store in 1999, and adding a new store level and a level for storage and administrative space. Retail tenants began moving in to the center over the summer months. Ratner estimated that Queens Place is creating approximately 500 full- and part-time jobs, many of which are being filled by local residents. "Forest City has invested heavily in excellent security, lighting, and sanitation sanitation: see plumbing; sanitary science. for this development," Ratner said, "and we are committed to being a good neighbor now that Queens Place is open for business." |
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