Comments on: New beauty store may come to Valley View http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/storefront/2009/06/25/new-beauty-store-may-come-to-valley-view/ The Storefront blog covers news on the retail, shopping and real estate industries in Southwest Virginia, as reported by Jenny Boone. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:31:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Joe http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/storefront/2009/06/25/new-beauty-store-may-come-to-valley-view/#comment-4421 Joe Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:56:04 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/storefront/?p=1681#comment-4421 Valley View Mall is holding up much better than struggling Tanglewood. Although Tanglewood is basically an empty place I liked the signs they placed in all of the empty storefront windows. I think that mall will go the way of Crossroads and become more of a business and lifestyle center rather than a retail destination. Valley View and its parent CBL seem to know more about retailing in this awful economy. Lets hope we don't see too many more closings. Valley View Mall is holding up much better than struggling Tanglewood.
Although Tanglewood is basically an empty place I liked the signs they placed in all of the empty storefront windows. I think that mall will go the way of Crossroads and become more of a business and lifestyle center rather than a retail destination. Valley View and its parent CBL seem to know more about retailing in this awful economy. Lets hope we don't see too many more closings.

]]> By: Saintbridge http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/storefront/2009/06/25/new-beauty-store-may-come-to-valley-view/#comment-4420 Saintbridge Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:15:36 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/storefront/?p=1681#comment-4420 Sounds like the fast talker who told the gal at the bar, "I'm a millionaire, I just haven't amassed all the cash in one place yet!" And wait -- The gallery store that just had it's going out of business sale is moving into the Ritz space? If that's true, then the person who thinks altitude was the reason their one-star quality motel art didn't move is just nuts. Not your fault, I know, they are just using corporatespeak to put lipstick on their pig. MAybe another shade would work better. Basically, if they are not getting a Kohl's or a Trader Joe's in there, they got nothing worth being elusive about. Sounds like the fast talker who told the gal at the bar, "I'm a millionaire, I just haven't amassed all the cash in one place yet!"

And wait -- The gallery store that just had it's going out of business sale is moving into the Ritz space? If that's true, then the person who thinks altitude was the reason their one-star quality motel art didn't move is just nuts.

Not your fault, I know, they are just using corporatespeak to put lipstick on their pig. MAybe another shade would work better.

Basically, if they are not getting a Kohl's or a Trader Joe's in there, they got nothing worth being elusive about.

]]> By: Jenny Kincaid Boone http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/storefront/2009/06/25/new-beauty-store-may-come-to-valley-view/#comment-4415 Jenny Kincaid Boone Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:17:29 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/storefront/?p=1681#comment-4415 Saintbridge, Valley View Mall's manager indicated that the interior section of the mall is fully leased, though not all of the plans for these vacant spaces have yet been executed. For example, she said the Gallery store will be moving into the Ritz Camera space. As for the Gold Italia store, I'm not sure yet what will happen to that retailer should a new beauty store open. Mall management was tight-lipped about this new store's coming and any other changes that could come with it. Hopefully, Valley View will offer more details once the building permit is approved. Saintbridge,

Valley View Mall's manager indicated that the interior section of the mall is fully leased, though not all of the plans for these vacant spaces have yet been executed. For example, she said the Gallery store will be moving into the Ritz Camera space.

As for the Gold Italia store, I'm not sure yet what will happen to that retailer should a new beauty store open. Mall management was tight-lipped about this new store's coming and any other changes that could come with it. Hopefully, Valley View will offer more details once the building permit is approved.

]]> By: Saintbridge http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/storefront/2009/06/25/new-beauty-store-may-come-to-valley-view/#comment-4401 Saintbridge Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:30:12 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/storefront/?p=1681#comment-4401 There is currently a gold/jewelry store at the site you mention ... do they know about this new salon? Also, in your story of July 1 the spokesperson says the mall is 100% leased. This is at best disingenuous and at worst plain false: there are several vacancies at the mall including the newly closed Ritz Camera and the former B. Moss locations as well as the art shop on the lower level and the space next to Spencer's gifts. How does everyone square the statement that the mall is fully leased (with the implication that things are just hunky-dory) with the reality that there are several empty spaces? There is currently a gold/jewelry store at the site you mention ... do they know about this new salon?

Also, in your story of July 1 the spokesperson says the mall is 100% leased. This is at best disingenuous and at worst plain false: there are several vacancies at the mall including the newly closed Ritz Camera and the former B. Moss locations as well as the art shop on the lower level and the space next to Spencer's gifts.

How does everyone square the statement that the mall is fully leased (with the implication that things are just hunky-dory) with the reality that there are several empty spaces?

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