Nordstrom expected to bring big bucks to Fashion Island
Fashion Island announced last week that it plans to open a Nordstrom in 2010.
The Seattle-based clothing retailer already operates locations at South Coast Plaza and the Irvine Spectrum Center, but Irvine Co. officials have attempted for years to acquire a store of their own. Nordstrom will join fellow anchors Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus and Macy’s at Fashion Island.
“On the coup scale, I think this is big,” said Keith Eyrich, the Irvine Co.’s president of retail properties. “It’s going to be an important new day for Fashion Island. Nordstrom is a terrific retailer, and I know it will resonate with our customer base.”
The 138,000-square-foot store is set to open in a new building in the space formerly occupied by the Macy’s Women’s store.
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NEWPORT BEACH
Hoag neighbors want cleaner air and less machinery noise
Residents who live near Hoag Hospital aired complaints to the Newport Beach Planning Commission Thursday about industrial noise and the plumes of exhaust and steam from a power station that block their ocean views.
Hoag wants permission from the city to shift up to 225,000 square feet of building space from its lower campus, which stretches along Pacific Coast Highway to its upper campus bordering Newport Boulevard. The reallocation of unbuilt space would allow the hospital to expand in-patient services on its upper campus, Hoag officials said. Hoag officials also want some slack on city-imposed noise limits. Noise generated by loading docks and rooftop mechanical equipment exceeds the 55-decibel limit, according to a city-commissioned report on noise levels.
