[IMGCAP(2)]Randy Brant, executive vice president of real estate for Macerich, notes that the new Nordstrom store will be two blocks from the beach in Downtown Santa Monica, adjacent to the Third Street Promenade. Erik Nordstrom, president of stores for Nordstrom, points out that many of the retailer's customers already live or work near the Santa Monica Place mall, which Macerich is transforming from an existing 1980s-era, enclosed shopping center to a three-level, open-air retail venue that will include a rooftop dining deck. The reopening of Santa Monica Place is scheduled for the fall of 2009.
[IMGCAP(3)]The plan for the Nordstrom store at Santa Monica Place was one of three Nordstrom deals at Macerich properties that the two firms unveiled Tuesday. They also announced that Nordstrom plans to relocate its existing store at Los Cerritos Center in the Southern California city of Cerritos and complete a remodel and expansion for its Broadway Plaza store at Walnut Creek in Northern California.
Nordstrom will relocate its Cerritos store at Los Cerritos Center shopping center to a new location in the center and will build a new 138,000-sf two-level store. The new Nordstrom at Los Cerritos will take the place formerly occupied by Robinsons-May and is scheduled to open in spring 2010. The existing Nordstrom store at Los Cerritos Center will continue to serve customers until the new store opens. Nordstrom Cerritos originally opened in 1981.
At Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek, Nordstrom plans a two-phase project that will add 32,000 sf to the existing floor plan for a total of 225,000 sf. Upgrades will include new designer shops and open-sell cosmetic cases that allow customers to touch the merchandise much as they would in the apparel departments of the store. The remodel will also include new flooring, updated dressing room finishes, new furniture and fixtures and new wall treatments. The remodel is scheduled for completion in 2010. Nordstrom Walnut Creek originally opened in 1984.
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