The store and the mall are tentatively scheduled to open Oct.18, 2002. Macy's and Neiman Marcus haven't announced constructionstarts on their stores.

Taubman Centers Inc. of Bloomfield Hills, MI and Forbes Co. ofSouthfield, MI are jointly developing the 405-acre regional mall insouth Orlando as Forbes Taubman Orlando LLC Millenia.

The construction start comes at a time when Bloomingdale'sparent, Federated Department Stores Inc. of Cincinnati and NewYork, is finally seeing a fractional upturn in sales for the fourweeks ended Dec. 1. The company reports an increase of .9% incomparable-store sales. November sales of $1.72 billion were .6%higher than sales of $1.72 billion for the same period lastyear.

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