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SALT LAKE CITY — The roster of retailers coming to downtown Salt Lake's highly anticipated City Creek Center is taking shape.
Taubman Centers Inc. announced Tuesday the first 20 retailers — all new to the market — that will be offering their wares in the 700,000-square-foot retail section of the major mixed-use development scheduled to open next spring.
Along with anchor stores Macy’s and Nordstrom, the shopping center will include approximately 80 stores and restaurants — many with nationally recognized names, such as Coach, Brooks Brothers and Tiffany & Co.
"This is a great statement about the economy here," said Linda Wardell, retail general manager for the project. "Theses 20 new stores are an exciting part of City Creek Center that is very significant for this local economy."
She said the 20 retailers along with the previously announced anchor tenants comprise about 30 percent of the available retail space at City Creek. When the project opens, it will bring about 2,000 jobs to the local economy, she added.
This is a great statement about the economy here. These 20 new stores are an exciting part of City Creek Center that is very significant for this local economy.
–Linda Wardell
City Creek Center is due to open its doors on March 22, 2012. The 23-acre development will include a mix of residences, retail and office space.
Wardell said the retail section will offer an array of retail options that will make shopping "attainable for everyone" at any income level. The announcement of these new retailers will give shoppers all over Utah a reason to rejoice and look forward to the grand opening next year, she said
Besides the retail segment, among the unique features of the project will be a fully retractable glass roof, a skybridge over Main Street and a realistic re-creation of City Creek — the snow-fed stream that once meandered through the city.
The retail portion, which will be run by Michigan-based Taubman Centers Inc., will anchor the property's master plan developed by City Creek Reserve Inc. — a real estate subsidiary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints.
Wardell said more announcements will be made in the coming months about other outlets that will add to the retail offerings in the downtown central business district.
"We're genuinely excited (about the progress of the project) and we hope that people everywhere are going to celebrate with us," Wardell exclaime
For a full list of retailers, visit www.ShopCityCreekCenter.com
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