Express outlet long beach9/16/2023 ![]() They lost perhaps their best retailer, Nordstrom Rack, in 2013 as well, only to see the store move to a new location in Marina Pacifica in Southeast Long Beach.Ĭity Place representatives have, if anything, noted this and that perhaps explains why local architectural firm Studio One Eleven and its parent Perkowitz + Ruth, will not only be heading the re-design of the center but also be anchor tenants occupying the massive empty space left behind by former tenant Nordstrom Rack. Property managers have been criticized for displacing local tenants, such as Milana’s Pizzeria and Fresh Kabobs in 2013, to make room for corporate brands like Chuck-E-Cheese. The Walmart at City Place is the city’s single largest source for calls-for-service from the Long Beach Police Department, prompting continual criticism from residents in the surrounding areas. ![]() Spanning four years and three phases, the multi-million project seeks to shift City Place’s reputation amongst locals as a place to avoid rather than spend money at. Or in the words of City Place owners’ representative Tony Shooshani, “repositioned.” ![]() ![]() That slump, however, is beginning to quickly alter, especially after a year as definitive as 2015, when representatives from both City Place and the renamed Pike Outlets each made some massive announcements and headway in altering the shopping image of DTLB.Ĭity Place officials joined Mayor Robert Garcia, Councilmember Lena Gonzalez, Michael Bohn, senior principal at Studio One Eleven, and the Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA) in announcing earlier this year that a new partnership that will see the entire 350,000-square-foot space reimagined. Shopping in the downtown has seen its ups and downs: Pine, once a haven for national retailers like Express, Bath & Body Works, and Z Gallerie in the late 1990s and early 2000s, watched storefronts go empty while City Place and The Pike, massive projects with equally massive construction costs, have largely been met with a wary eye by the public. ![]()
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