UTC Westfield overhaul

[Coronita]

Hopefully it will go better than Bristol Farms. Bristol used to be an Albertsons packed all day and night with UCSD students, seniors, etc. Now the fancy Bristol Farms is always empty since people that shop high end groceries go to Whole Foods.

 

Thats too bad. I think great store, wrong location. They should have put this closer to RSF or Carmel Valley frankly. I grew up in L.A. where there was a bristol farms, and let me tell you even in the recession of the 80ies and 90ies, that store did well because it was in wealthy retirement mecca.

 

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

I believe the reason UTC is being overhauled is because they are currently in trouble. UTC mall has declined in quality and appeal. It's suppose to be a more upscale mall in the past, but lately it's really been in decline. With the macy's/robinson-may closure, they never found a decent replacement for the robinson-may. The stores are middle end stores, unlike fashion valley.

I have a relative that does financial analysis of the retail industry. Part of my relative's job is to go shopping to check out what's good and what's bad. It's that person's opinion that UTC is a terrible mall…. and the sales comps from the stores seems to indicate so.

Part of the new Crate and Barrel store is to start to make that mall more upscale. Imho, so long as you have a Sears predominantly in the mall, it's not going to happen. But that's just my opinion. Frankly, I love Sears when it comes adding to my tool collection. I had a field day yesterday with their "1-day 15% off anything you can fit in the brown paper bag" tool sale…Sidenote: I'm slightly disappointed because it's getting harder and harder to find tools made in the USA..While a lot of Craftsman is still USA, I noticed Sears started to sell some of the knock-off brands like "Companion" which is a  chinese/indian subpar brand imho. But at the cost of those , I guess you could go through 3 sets of knock-off brands before breaking even in the cost of buying an equivalent craftsman brand set.

 

 

 

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

I believe the reason UTC is being overhauled is because they are currently in trouble. UTC mall has declined in quality and appeal. It's suppose to be a more upscale mall in the past, but lately it's really been in decline. With the macy's/robinson-may closure, they never found a decent replacement for the robinson-may. The stores are middle end stores, unlike fashion valley.

I have a relative that does financial analysis of the retail industry. Part of my relative's job is to go shopping to check out what's good and what's bad. It's that person's opinion that UTC is a terrible mall…. and the sales comps from the stores seems to indicate so.

Part of the new Crate and Barrel store is to start to make that mall more upscale. Imho, so long as you have a Sears predominantly in the mall, it's not going to happen. But that's just my opinion. Frankly, I love Sears when it comes adding to my tool collection. I had a field day yesterday with their "1-day 15% off anything you can fit in the brown paper bag" tool sale…Sidenote: I'm slightly disappointed because it's getting harder and harder to find tools made in the USA..While a lot of Craftsman is still USA, I noticed Sears started to sell some of the knock-off brands like "Companion" which is a  chinese/indian subpar brand imho. But at the cost of those , I guess you could go through 3 sets of knock-off brands before breaking even in the cost of buying an equivalent craftsman brand set.

 

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

I believe the reason UTC is being overhauled is because they are currently in trouble. UTC mall has declined in quality and appeal. It's suppose to be a more upscale mall in the past, but lately it's really been in decline. With the macy's/robinson-may closure, they never found a decent replacement for the robinson-may. The stores are middle end stores, unlike fashion valley.

I have a relative that does financial analysis of the retail industry. Part of my relative's job is to go shopping to check out what's good and what's bad. It's that person's opinion that UTC is a terrible mall…. and the sales comps from the stores seems to indicate so.

Part of the new Crate and Barrel store is to start to make that mall more upscale. Imho, so long as you have a Sears predominantly in the mall, it's not going to happen. But that's just my opinion. Frankly, I love Sears when it comes adding to my tool collection. I had a field day yesterday with their "1-day 15% off anything you can fit in the brown paper bag" tool sale…Sidenote: I'm slightly disappointed because it's getting harder and harder to find tools made in the USA..While a lot of Craftsman is still USA, I noticed Sears started to sell some of the knock-off brands like "Companion" which is a  chinese/indian subpar brand imho. But at the cost of those , I guess you could go through 3 sets of knock-off brands before breaking even in the cost of buying an equivalent craftsman brand set.

 

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

I believe the reason UTC is being overhauled is because they are currently in trouble. UTC mall has declined in quality and appeal. It's suppose to be a more upscale mall in the past, but lately it's really been in decline. With the macy's/robinson-may closure, they never found a decent replacement for the robinson-may. The stores are middle end stores, unlike fashion valley.

I have a relative that does financial analysis of the retail industry. Part of my relative's job is to go shopping to check out what's good and what's bad. It's that person's opinion that UTC is a terrible mall…. and the sales comps from the stores seems to indicate so.

Part of the new Crate and Barrel store is to start to make that mall more upscale. Imho, so long as you have a Sears predominantly in the mall, it's not going to happen. But that's just my opinion. Frankly, I love Sears when it comes adding to my tool collection. I had a field day yesterday with their "1-day 15% off anything you can fit in the brown paper bag" tool sale…Sidenote: I'm slightly disappointed because it's getting harder and harder to find tools made in the USA..While a lot of Craftsman is still USA, I noticed Sears started to sell some of the knock-off brands like "Companion" which is a  chinese/indian subpar brand imho. But at the cost of those , I guess you could go through 3 sets of knock-off brands before breaking even in the cost of buying an equivalent craftsman brand set.

 

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

I believe the reason UTC is being overhauled is because they are currently in trouble. UTC mall has declined in quality and appeal. It's suppose to be a more upscale mall in the past, but lately it's really been in decline. With the macy's/robinson-may closure, they never found a decent replacement for the robinson-may. The stores are middle end stores, unlike fashion valley.

I have a relative that does financial analysis of the retail industry. Part of my relative's job is to go shopping to check out what's good and what's bad. It's that person's opinion that UTC is a terrible mall…. and the sales comps from the stores seems to indicate so.

Part of the new Crate and Barrel store is to start to make that mall more upscale. Imho, so long as you have a Sears predominantly in the mall, it's not going to happen. But that's just my opinion. Frankly, I love Sears when it comes adding to my tool collection. I had a field day yesterday with their "1-day 15% off anything you can fit in the brown paper bag" tool sale…Sidenote: I'm slightly disappointed because it's getting harder and harder to find tools made in the USA..While a lot of Craftsman is still USA, I noticed Sears started to sell some of the knock-off brands like "Companion" which is a  chinese/indian subpar brand imho. But at the cost of those , I guess you could go through 3 sets of knock-off brands before breaking even in the cost of buying an equivalent craftsman brand set.

 

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Arty]

If Whole Foods is whole paycheck, what’s the nickname for Bristol Farms (it is more expensive than Whole Foods)?

Cinepolis VIP theaters are very nice. The one in TJ is very comfortable especially with a lady friend :). The seats in TJ is not reclined but they are huge leather love seats with waiters you can call to order stuff before the movie.

[Arty]

If Whole Foods is whole paycheck, what’s the nickname for Bristol Farms (it is more expensive than Whole Foods)?

Cinepolis VIP theaters are very nice. The one in TJ is very comfortable especially with a lady friend :). The seats in TJ is not reclined but they are huge leather love seats with waiters you can call to order stuff before the movie.

[Arty]

If Whole Foods is whole paycheck, what’s the nickname for Bristol Farms (it is more expensive than Whole Foods)?

Cinepolis VIP theaters are very nice. The one in TJ is very comfortable especially with a lady friend :). The seats in TJ is not reclined but they are huge leather love seats with waiters you can call to order stuff before the movie.

[Arty]

If Whole Foods is whole paycheck, what’s the nickname for Bristol Farms (it is more expensive than Whole Foods)?

Cinepolis VIP theaters are very nice. The one in TJ is very comfortable especially with a lady friend :). The seats in TJ is not reclined but they are huge leather love seats with waiters you can call to order stuff before the movie.

[Arty]

If Whole Foods is whole paycheck, what’s the nickname for Bristol Farms (it is more expensive than Whole Foods)?

Cinepolis VIP theaters are very nice. The one in TJ is very comfortable especially with a lady friend :). The seats in TJ is not reclined but they are huge leather love seats with waiters you can call to order stuff before the movie.

[Fearful]

Funny, I was chatting with the girl who was manning the booth, and one of the first comments I had was I doubted the upgrade would actually take place. You do big upgrades at the bottom of a recession, not going in to one! But CRE lags residential, and CRE is just starting to show pain; who knows, they may actually get it done. If I were on the SD city council, I would have tried to ram this thing through while times were still good. Too late now.

[Fearful]

Funny, I was chatting with the girl who was manning the booth, and one of the first comments I had was I doubted the upgrade would actually take place. You do big upgrades at the bottom of a recession, not going in to one! But CRE lags residential, and CRE is just starting to show pain; who knows, they may actually get it done. If I were on the SD city council, I would have tried to ram this thing through while times were still good. Too late now.

[Fearful]

Funny, I was chatting with the girl who was manning the booth, and one of the first comments I had was I doubted the upgrade would actually take place. You do big upgrades at the bottom of a recession, not going in to one! But CRE lags residential, and CRE is just starting to show pain; who knows, they may actually get it done. If I were on the SD city council, I would have tried to ram this thing through while times were still good. Too late now.

[Fearful]

Funny, I was chatting with the girl who was manning the booth, and one of the first comments I had was I doubted the upgrade would actually take place. You do big upgrades at the bottom of a recession, not going in to one! But CRE lags residential, and CRE is just starting to show pain; who knows, they may actually get it done. If I were on the SD city council, I would have tried to ram this thing through while times were still good. Too late now.

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