— Um, what are they smoking down at the Citizen?
— Here we go again. Aren’t you delighted to NOT live in a hurricane zone?
— Poor Mel Gibson (snicker).
This article appears in Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2006.
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One of the commenters on that Citizen story had the same concern.
Does downtown need any more traffic? Really? We need a much larger downtown with surface lots to have stores be there.
I believe if Nordstrom, a high-end retailer that started in Washington state, were to arrive, they would go to the Tucson Mall. The Tucson Mall now has an anchor store slot open due to the consolidation of Macy’s and Robinsons-May (see below). A store didn’t move out, it’s just a store was removed due to a new redundancy.
A Nordstrom would fit well with both these malls, but to be useful/competitive in the downtown area, there would need to be more room for traffic flow and cheap parking.
What would be interesting is if they brought in a Nordstrom Rack, which is an entire store that sells leftovers from Nordstrom’s stock at low prices. Due to Nordstrom having a higher quality selection of brands, it could shake up things by bringing a Nordstrom Rack location (higher-end brands, half-off prices) in to Tucson in addition to a regular Nordstrom’s.