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Originally Posted by atlantaguy
I feel compelled to give credit where credit is due here, and in my opinion Downtown Seattle has the healthiest retail district in its core moreso than any other comparably sized American metro - and quite a few that are much larger, actually.
I'm not sure if it's due to geographical constraints, not over-malling the metro Pugent Sound area or a function of having fairly dense adjacent and healthy neighborhoods, but you guys have certainly pulled it off very admirably. Kudos!  |
Thanks. The biggest keys for us are (1) tourists, which anecdotally make up 50% of Nordstrom's sales, and (2) the amount of buying power inside the first ring of malls.
San Francisco probably has a better retail core than we do pound for pound, 7 million to 4 million.