[sugit]

Lot of new high end stuff going into the Galleria. That's a blow to seeing any of them in the DT area...

New stores, upscale dining area part of Galleria's expansion plan
Burberry, Kate Spade, Juicy, Lacoste to make local debut in Roseville mall

The latest tidbits on the expansion of Westfield Galleria at Roseville reveal it will bring a new building for Crate & Barrel, a new take on the old food court and a slate of new tenants.

Crate & Barrel will get a new prototype store not far from its current store near Nordstrom, mall representatives say.

The 600-seat food court will be replaced with what Westfield calls a "café-style dining terrace," with indoor and outdoor alfresco dining seating 820 people for an "elevated dining experience." Westfield says it doesn't build food courts anymore.

Some of the new tenants lined up for the expansion of the Roseville mall are Lacoste, Burberry, Juicy Couture, Kate Spade and The Apple Store. All are new to the Sacramento market except Apple, which has a site at Arden Fair that's almost always bustling.

Over the next couple of years, the Galleria, which is almost seven years old, will be reoriented to cluster similar tenants together.

The expansion also will include new family restaurants, two family lounges and a new play area inside. The project, which is adding about 450,000 square feet to the 1.1 million-square-foot mall (not counting the new parking garages), will transform the regional mall into a "super regional mall," representatives say. An addition to Macy's is under construction, and JCPenney will expand its store within a year.