New store in Jacksonville

Apple will open in a multi-million dollar project, which will feature a number of upscale stores: the St. John's Town Center will open in Spring 2005, according to the Jacksonville Business Journal: "Developers of the $300 million St. John's Town Center mixed-use project announced plans for the 200-acre site's retail tenants, with smaller, trendy shops surrounding a Dillard's department store in the development's first phase."

"Though the center will feature such discount retailers as Staples and PetsMart, most of the announced stores are smaller, higher-end shops specializing in trendy merchandise. Ben Carter Properties LLC of Atlanta and Simon Property Group of Indianapolis, the two partners on the project, announced the following retailers, among others, have either committed or are close to committing to leases at the St. John's Town Center, scheduled to open in Spring 2005: Urban Outfitters, J. Jill, J. Crew, Ann Taylor Loft, Restoration Hardware, Aeropostale, Hollister, Apple, Coldwater Creek, Guess, Sur La Table, Sharper Image, and Dick's Sporting Goods, an outdoor equipment retailer that will occupy a two-story building." [emphasis added]

by MacNN Staff