A
stroke of shopping genius
PALM DESERT --
The mall -- now named Westfield Shoppingtown Palm Desert
-- helped turn the city into the Coachella Valley’s
retail center, economists, land developers and local elected
officials say. And with that came all the trappings
of urban living: Traffic, wider roads, sewer lines,
curbed streets -- and sales tax revenues that make Palm
Desert’s treasury the envy of all its neighbors.
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Ernie
Hahn’s retail vision
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Desert’s mall still going strong
Mall
was launch pad for growth
Valley leaders reflect on the mall that changed the valley
Those
who made it happen look back on the mall
information
graphics
Coachella Valley retail sales
figures
Keeping pace: 2002 retail
competitor figures
Then and Now: 20 year later
comparison |
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Westfield
Shoppingtown
Opened: 1983
Location: Highway 111 and Monterey
Avenue, Palm Desert Stores and eateries:
140 Ownership: Original owner Hahn
Development sold the property in 1999 to Westfield
Group, which operates 117 shopping centers around
the world.
Stores Employ: 2,800 Administrative
staff: 20 Examples of businesses:
Children’s apparel and toys -- Gap Kids,
Gymboree, KB Toys Women’s apparel -- Cache, Express,
Forever 21, Lane Bryant, Motherhood Maternity, Victoria’s
Secret Men’s apparel -- Blazers, Hot Topic, Male
Trendz Jewelry -- Crescent, Helzberg Diamonds, Kevin,
Whitehall, Zales Electronics and Entertainment --
Gamestop, Record Alley, Sam Goody Restaurants --
Marie Callender’s, Romano’s Macaroni Grill Department
Stores -- JC Penney, Macy’s, Robinsons-May; Sears
coming in 2004. |
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