Urban Outfitters Inc., a trendy apparel retailer, was planningto open a store on Westwood Boulevard before Christmas. But now,local brokers tell GlobeSt.com, the retailer has broken offnegotiations with landlord Madison Marquette and won't be movinginto the Village at all.

Officials at Urban Outfitters and Madison Marquette couldn't bereached for comment. But if Urban Outfitters is indeed out of thepicture, it would be the latest in a string of recent setbacks inefforts to rejuvenate the area.

Westwood Village blossomed in the 1960s, '70s and well into the'80s. It was a favorite hangout for UCLA students, as well as forfamilies from surrounding neighborhoods.

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