The company says it had been actively seeking a site for afull-line store in the Greater Boston community for more than 20years. "We've been looking for the right opportunity to open astore in this community even before we started doing business onthe East Coast in 1988," says Blake Nordstrom, president ofNordstrom. Currently, the closest Nordstrom for Greater Boston isin Providence, RI. "The Natick mall expansion will offer customersan even stronger mix of retailers and restaurants, both keyelements to a successful shopping center."

Nordstrom, which has 149 US stores in 27 states, is the firstretailer that is officially part of the $450-million Natick Mallexpansion. General Growth Properties, which owns and developed thecurrent 1.6-million-sf site, is in the process expanding it to atwo-million-sf shopping center.

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