From Deseret News archives:
Glad to keep Nordstrom
The church, which also owns this newspaper, has just solved a huge problem for the city. The City Council had refused to change zoning laws to allow Nordstrom to move to the Gateway, mainly because council members didn't want to erode the retail potential for Main Street. Nordstrom, meanwhile, had insisted it would leave town completely if it was not allowed to move. Now, although the church has yet to reveal its plans for the blocks south of Temple Square, it clearly has made an offer grand enough to make Nordstrom officials forget about their threats and change their plans.
And it all happened without the use of any public money.
Perhaps the best byproduct of this announcement is that it returns a sense of stability to the downtown retail market, which had been in a sort of limbo for the past few years, wondering what the future would hold. Nordstrom's decision ought to help a number of smaller retailers make decisions, and it ought to end up being a positive thing for all downtown shopping areas.
That's exciting to hear. Downtown retail, whether on Main Street or at the Gateway, has to compete for tourist dollars as well as for the dollars of metro Wasatch Front residents who have plenty of suburban shopping centers from which to choose. The city has to offer something unique; something worth the long trip.
Nordstrom, an upscale retailer with plenty of experience marketing itself nationwide, wouldn't have agreed to this unless it felt certain of success. That's sends a powerful message about what to expect.
Comments
- Editorial: Mormons and gay rights 11:20 a.m.
- 5A: Hawks, Miners by the numbers 11:03 a.m.
- 5A: Hawks, Miners ready 11:00 a.m.
- 5A: Davis, Hunter by the numbers 10:53 a.m.
- 5A: Davis, Hunter - old fashioned 10:47 a.m.
- Sloan may toy with starting lineup 10:02 a.m.
- Iran began nuke plant 7 years ago 9:32 a.m.
- Downpours swamp Mid-Atlantic 9:31 a.m.
- John King replacing Dobbs show 9:30 a.m.
- Obama announces jobs forum 9:29 a.m.
- Alta's Ohai is Ms. Soccer 2009
- SLC council OKs gay rights policies
- Crash kills Utah County man
- Prep football: Felt's Facts Week
- Will state consider gay rights law?
- BYU football recruit turning heads
- Tavernari has matured
- Cougars practice with urgency
- Celtics crush Jazz
- 'Love story' of crash victim ends
- House passes health care bill
290 - SLC council OKs gay rights policies
261 - TCU showdown has big implications
195 - Senators want food tax restored
157 - Cougars crush hapless Cowboys
155 - Utah Jazz fall apart against Kings
131 - TCU 4th in AP poll; U. 16th, Y. 22nd
119 - S.L. vote pending on gay protections
110 - Letters: Strange breed in Utah
109 - Pratt pleads not guilty to sex charges
101
Maybe someone out there can help me understand how raising the state...
yeah, utah has a lot to prove but so does BYU. BYU did good in '06 and '07...
PG: D-Will SG: Wes Matthews SF: Kirilenko (sad that he's the best option...
I agree that Reagan and the Bushes spent too much. They promoted too much big...
This saddens me & breaks my heart! I have NEVER seen anything in the Bible to...
Don't get me wrong... I like Taylor; you could even call me a fan. I just...
I really think Utah can upset TCU. Utah has a great defense and that alone...
Doctrine & Covenants 134:9 "We do not believe it just to amingle religious...
It is interesting to me that we will give our terrorists the right to sue the...
If all I want is a good-paying job as quickly as possible an Applied...
- How dare you include utah in the list of superior teams that have blown BYU...


You can be the first to comment on this story.