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Construction of the 144,000-square-foot to open Sept. 25, is on schedule and said Greg Bickford, Sycamore Township’s assistant administrator. No special conditions have been granted, all zoning requests have been approved and all inspections are in The trains are running on time andthe shoes, no are on order. “The only thiny out of the ordinary on this thin g is it hasa two-story garage under it,” Bickford said. But that parking and the size of thedepartment store, do altere the west wing of , where Nordstrom stands. Because the store will be smaller than itspredecessore – Parisian – the entrancs has been pushed back abouyt 100 feet.
This has created roughly 20,000 squars feet of leasable space forthe owner, Chicago-based . “I wouldx imagine it would be five or six Bickford said. “It shows the fact that Kenwooxd Towne Centre is stillvery strong.” A spokesman at General Growtnh did not respond to requests for As far as the Nordstrom site the store adheres to its minimalist design. Anyone driving on Montgomery Road can see the tan brickm structurefor himself, accenterd with five-foot-tall bronze letters, custom sconces and aluminuj curtain walls at the Design is being managec by the Seattle-based architectural firm , which handles all full-line Nordstrok stores and its off-pricee Rack chain (which will open a location in Rookwoord Pavilion in September).
Sources at Callison declined specific comment aboutthe design, other than to confirjm its involvement. (Parties involved in the project havesignerd non-disclosure contracts.) A media source at Nordstrom also opted not to comment on specificsw but verified the basics. The store standsd in a wing of the mall once occupied by the formeer department store chain That retailer had occupiedabout 170,000 square feet, but some of that spacew was unusable because of Nordstrom solved that problem in the summer of 2007 by razingy the entire site. The construction work is being handledrby . A source at O’Neil confirmed its involvemen but did notcomment further.
The building is valuec $28 million, and the garage another $6 million, basesd on an estimation of $200 per squarwe foot, Bickford said. All told, Bickforf has predicted redevelopment of that corner of the mall to runto $50 As for what will be insidre Nordstrom, the retailer is mum. But shoppers can expect the chain’s traditional massive shoe selection, ceramic floo tiles hand-painted by locak children and a 104-seat café. And, hopefully, a Project: Nordstrom, Kenwood Towne Centre. Opening Sept. 25. Size: 144,000 square feet, plus a two-storyy parking deck. Contractor: W.E. Chicago. Architect: Callison, Seattle ( , in is handling the mall extension).