[hoobo]

baobabs727, on Sep 1 2005, 08:23 PM, said:

Solo:  I have my sources, but if you need confirmation (it's no longer a secret), you can contact the marketing manager for Lynnhaven Mall, Logan Anderson. Or you can just read this!    PS....the parent company of Carrabas has an ownership interest in Cheeseburger in Paradise.

"LYNNHAVEN Nine new stores head a parade of retail additions, expansions and remodeling projects at Lynnhaven Mall, and the makeover inside and outside the mall isnt over...."  Read on...

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So how is Express Mens a new addition? Express changed the name of Structure to Express Mens, but the name over the original location didn't change. Now that they moved into a new location with the Express Mens sign up instead of the old Structure sign, they consider that a new addition? What a load!

[soloextreme]

oh great. more useless stores that none of us are going to go to....

The restaraunts are a good addition though.

[rusthebuss]

soloextreme, on Sep 2 2005, 02:34 PM, said:

oh great. more useless stores that none of us are going to go to....

The restaraunts are a good addition though.

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What makes you think that no one will go to these stores? Most of us might not but alot in the area might.

[soloextreme]

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New stores to join the mall this year include Venetian Nail Salon, Piercing Pagoda Plus, Auntie Annes Pretzels, Nine West and D.E.M.O. In May, European retailer H&M opened its only location in Hampton Roads with a 10,000-square-foot store.

Treasure Hunters and Torrid Plus Sizes are the newest additions.

Treasure Hunters specializes in eclectic home furnishings and art works. Its local owner, Buck Jones, travels worldwide and does much of the buying for the stores unique mix of paintings, sculpture, pottery and art glass, as well as semi-precious and precious jewelry. A lot of things we have, you cant find elsewhere, said manager Gail Blaher, a 21-year retail veteran.

Torrid Plus Sizes, like its name implies, offers what Anderson calls hip and sexy apparel, accessories, shoes, boots and gifts for women who wear sizes 12 to 26.

Gymboree, Ritz Camera and The Limited have expanded or remodeled, and an expanded and remodeled Express will re-open this month in the wing near JC Penney. Express Mens, a new addition, will adjoin Express.

I'm sure they will get traffic, but its just not the type of stores taht excite me.

[rusthebuss]

soloextreme, on Sep 2 2005, 03:01 PM, said:

I'm sure they will get traffic, but its just not the type of stores taht excite me.

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Me either! I can't shop at any of those stores if I wanted. I'm around 6'5" and most of the stuff in express men are for small frame people. Besides I'm a jersey and track pants kind of guy. I have to shop at big and tall stores most of the time.

[baobabs727]

hoobo, on Sep 2 2005, 12:14 PM, said:

So how is Express Mens a new addition?  Express changed the name of Structure to Express Mens, but the name over the original location didn't change.  Now that they moved into a new location with the Express Mens sign up instead of the old Structure sign, they consider that a new addition?  What a load!

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It's called spin! Anyway, I just wanted everyone who doubted Lynnhaven's ability to attract Cheeseburger in Paradise (like somehow the Newport News location would be no big surprise, but the Lynnhaven store would be?!...puhleeze, in some parallel universe maybe!) to have the facts.

[urbanvb]

I was reading in the Richmond forum that American Apparel will probably be coming to Richmond and Norfolk. Anyone ever been to one of their stores or have any further info on this? Where, when?

[hoobo]

guynvb, on Oct 3 2005, 08:50 PM, said:

I was reading in the Richmond forum that American Apparel will probably be coming to Richmond and Norfolk. Anyone ever been to one of their stores or have any further info on this? Where, when?

Don't have info on any specifics. But I visited their website and realized I've been to store very similar to it. They just have a bunch of blank shirts and sweaters that you can have silk-screened or embroided with whatever you want like "Virginia is for Hustlers" and "Porn Star". They're vertically integrated meaning they have a textile factory in L.A. where they make all the clothes for their stores through which they produce and distribute the final product. The only thing they're missing are the cotton fields. I wonder how long this trend will last.

[lammius]

hoobo, on Oct 4 2005, 12:10 AM, said:

Don't have info on any specifics. But I visited their website and realized I've been to store very similar to it. They just have a bunch of blank shirts and sweaters that you can have silk-screened or embroided with whatever you want like "Virginia is for Hustlers" and "Porn Star". They're vertically integrated meaning they have a textile factory in L.A. where they make all the clothes for their stores through which they produce and distribute the final product. The only thing they're missing are the cotton fields. I wonder how long this trend will last.

They don't silk-screen or embroider the shirts (granted you could have it done after u buy it if u want). The blank shirts are it. Their whole thing is enviro-friendly, equitable, etc stuff without logos or their company name emblazoned across the front of the shirt. I find the simplicity of their clothing kinda refreshing (I hate Hollister, AE, A&F, etc. b/c I don't want to advertise for them). I bought a t-shirt at one of their stores a few months ago and really like it. It's light weight and fits well. They'll be a nice addition to VA markets.

[hoobo]

My bad. I guess they are different than the store I went to. You can buy plain clothes there too but you can also pay them to put a design on it. So AA is just plain clothes and nothing else? I'll stick to my slave-labor made Target and Sears plain items at half the price. But they'll do fine as long as Neimen doesn't bring their $100 plain shirts to Norfolk.

[wrldcoupe4]

Yea American Apparel is big on ensuring that their products are not made in a sweatshop of any kind....the one in Richmond is opening in Cary Court in trendy Carytown by year's end. I wouldn't expect them in McArthur in Norfolk. They arent very mallsy... any ideas where they would go there?

[hoobo]

wrldcoupe4, on Oct 4 2005, 09:56 AM, said:

Yea American Apparel is big on ensuring that their products are not made in a sweatshop of any kind....the one in Richmond is opening in Cary Court in trendy Carytown by year's end. I wouldn't expect them in McArthur in Norfolk. They arent very mallsy... any ideas where they would go there?

I'd guess one of 4 areas, in order of likelihood: Ghent, Granby, TC, Hilltop. Darkhorses: Oyster Point, Oceanfront.

[urbanvb]

Well, I wasn't exactly sure where to put this thread but the Pilot is reporting Trader Joes is coming to Newport News. Just waiting for that Town Center location to be announced.

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[vdogg]

guynvb, on Oct 17 2005, 08:36 PM, said:

Well, I wasn't exactly sure where to put this thread but the Pilot is reporting Trader Joes is coming to Newport News. Just waiting for that Town Center location to be announced.

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Yeah. The manager broke this news a month ago. Nice to see the pilot catching up. j/k

[hoobo]

Carafe Winemakers in Chesapeake

Never knew there were micro-wineries.

[vdogg]

hoobo, on Oct 20 2005, 08:04 PM, said:

Carafe Winemakers in Chesapeake

Never knew there were micro-wineries.

I'm surprised that made CNN though. Crazy the stuff they pic up on. As far as the micro-winery goes I would love to see something like that downtown.

[rusthebuss]

Wow what will they come up with next! It would be cool to have something like that dt Norfolk, even though i hate wine. I'm a beer guy! Especially real German beer

[hoobo]

The only reason that those places are in strip malls and industrial areas is that they need inexpensive space for their vats of wine. I suppose a small satellite location could open with a couple bottles of each wine they have available for customers to sample and mix with the final order being sent to the warehouse.

[babiko]

I have a friend who is origianlly from Hampton, but know lives in NOVA. He works in the world bank, and also part time at Macys. He told me that the plans are to start converting all of the Hechts locations in HR to Macys starting sometime in the spring. He said that they will all be different levels, meaning that the one say at Coliseum mall will be different from the one at Lynnhaven.

On a different note, my friend said that he would like to someday move back to HR; hopefully a sentiment expressed by others who have left the region.

[urbanvb]

babiko, on Jan 7 2006, 12:19 PM, said:

I have a friend who is origianlly from Hampton, but know lives in NOVA. He works in the world bank, and also part time at Macys. He told me that the plans are to start converting all of the Hechts locations in HR to Macys starting sometime in the spring. He said that they will all be different levels, meaning that the one say at Coliseum mall will be different from the one at Lynnhaven.

On a different note, my friend said that he would like to someday move back to HR; hopefully a sentiment expressed by others who have left the region.

Ahh, I have been wondering when this may happen. It will be interesting to see the outcome of this Macy's conversion. Hope your friend does return. Our region is really starting to change and for the better I think.