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June 26th, 2009, 8:15 am by Hang Nguyen, retail reporter
Michael Stars, True Religion and 7 For All Mankind plan to open this fall at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, said Jane Gillespie, the shopping center’s spokeswoman.
All three stores are Orange County exclusives, she added.
The Michael Stars store will span 2,000 square feet and replace the former Georgiou store. True Religion will span 2,400 square feet and replace the former GNC space. 7 For All Mankind will span 3,000 square feet and will go into The Closet space. The Closet is relocating within the shopping center, Gillespie said.
Michael Stars is known for its high-end tees. True Religion and 7 For All Mankind are both high-end denim labels. However, another expensive denim brand recently shuttered its only O.C. store at Fashion Island. To find out who, CLICK HERE.
- Also, Dean & DeLuca, which was originally scheduled to open this fall at Fashion Island, is now slated to open in the first half of next year, Gillespie said. To read a previous story about Dean & DeLuca, CLICK HERE.
- To find out when Nordstrom will open at Fashion Island, CLICK HERE.
- To find out when Dick’s Sporting Goods will open at the Newport Beach mall, CLICK HERE.
The Irvine Company is giving Fashion Island a $100 million-plus makeover. To read more about that, CLICK HERE.
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June 8th, 2009, 8:13 am by Hang Nguyen, retail reporter
Updated at 9:30 a.m. with comment from spokeswoman Jessica Liddell.
Talbots Inc. said Monday that it will sell 204 of its J. Jill women’s clothing, shoes and accessories stores and other assets to a private equity investment firm for about $75 million and close 75 J. Jill stores.
It’s unknown which J. Jill stores will close. “Unfortunately, we don’t have a list of the store locations to share yet as the company is in the process of notifying those stores impacted,” said spokeswoman Jessica Liddell. J. Jill has stores in Brea, Santa Ana at Westfield MainPlace, Costa Mesa at South Coast Plaza and Newport Beach at Fashion Island, according to its Web site.
Here’s an excerpt from the press release:
The Talbots, Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the J. Jill brand assets to Jill Acquisition, LLC, an affiliate of Golden Gate Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity investment firm, for approximately $75 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments.
“This is a significant strategic step forward for Talbots as it enables us to focus our time, resources and attention exclusively on rejuvenating our core Talbots brand and return to profitable growth,” said Trudy F. Sullivan, Talbots president and chief executive officer.
Two hundred and four of the existing 279 J. Jill brand store leases will be assigned to the buyer and will continue to operate. The 75 remaining J. Jill brand store leases will be retained by Talbots and are currently expected to be closed by Talbots within the next sixty days.
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May 14th, 2009, 8:55 am by Hang Nguyen, retail reporter
Updated 6/25
Dick’s Sporting Goods hopes to open July 3, said Fashion Island spokeswoman Jane Gillespie.
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Dick’s Sporting Goods plans to open in early July at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, mall spokeswoman Jane Gillespie said.
Gillespie previously said the retailer plans to open a 44,000-square-foot store in the new building adjacent to Atrium Court at Fashion Island.
Dick’s offers sporting goods equipment, clothing and footwear for baseball, football, hunting, golf, fishing and more. Brands include Nike, North Face and Wilson. It also carries fitness equipment such as treadmills and yoga gear. To virtually tour a Dick’s store, CLICK HERE.
Dick’s previously said it anticipates completing the conversion of 12 Chick’s Sporting Goods stores to Dick’s stores in the fiscal second quarter, which runs through July.
Register reporter Rashi Kesarwani wrote in April that the Ladera Ranch Chick’s store will close its doors on May 10 and reopen Friday, May 15 as Dick’s.
Managers at the other stores in Yorba Linda, Tustin at The Market Place and Laguna Hills referred questions to the corporate office, which could not be reached for comment.
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May 6th, 2009, 6:00 am by Hang Nguyen, retail reporter
 Nordstrom plans to open the Fashion Island store in Newport Beach on April 16, 2010, according to the retailer’s Web site.
This will be Nordstrom’s sixth O.C. store. It currently operates stores at Brea Mall, Irvine Spectrum Center, Westfield MainPlace in Santa Ana, The Shops at Mission Viejo and South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.
Spanning two levels of 138,000 square feet, the Fashion Island Nordstrom will be larger than the smallest O.C. Nordstrom at Irvine Spectrum, which is 125,000 square feet and opened in 2005. The largest O.C. Nordstrom is at South Coast Plaza, which opened in 1978 and spans 235,000 square feet.
“Over the last 20-plus years, Orange County has been one of the best performing areas for our company,” Nordstrom spokesman Michael Boyd said last year.
The Fashion Island Nordstrom will replace the former Macy’s women’s store.
March sales at Nordstrom stores open at least a year fell 16.9 percent compared with the same period in fiscal 2008. This sales figure rose 0.1 percent for Nordstrom Rack stores. Nordstrom Rack opened its third O.C. store at Laguna Hills Mall last September.
(Photo of Irvine Nordstrom courtesy of Irvine Co.)
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