Nordstrom's commitment to SouthPark was stronger than it waswith either of the three other cities, analysts say, because theretailer has an estimated 10-year lease with SouthPark developerTrammell Crow. The commitment to Cincinnati consisted only of aletter of intent. There was no written commitment to Pittsburgh.Cincinnati and Pittsburgh had offered multimillion incentivepackages to lure the retailer.

Charlotte leaders were hoping to convince Nordstrom to open itsdoors downtown at the city's old convention center, but the chainpreferred the SouthPark location.

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