Kenneth Narva, a partner in Street Works LLC, a White Plains,NY-based development and consulting group, said that urban retailprojects must be developed in a manner that is "intimate" to theconsumer and must relate to the surrounding streetscape. He alsosuggested that downtown districts must attract all type ofdevelopment: retail, office, commercial and residential.

Scott Columb, senior regional real estate manager for TargetCorp., said, "Stamford's demographics and its ability to fill inTarget's metro New York market to a total of 55 stores are thereasons Stamford was attractive to Target." Target's 195,000-sfstore is currently under construction on Broad Street in Downtownand is scheduled to be open by the fall of this year.

Target's store sits directly across the street from a new120,000-sf Burlington Coat Factory store, located at the corner ofSummer and Broad streets in the former Caldor department storebuilding. Other major retailers slated to enter the downtown marketin the future include WalMart and Sam's Club. Marriott is alsobuilding a 115-room Courtyard hotel in the Downtown area.