Macy's Plans Three New Stores

Cincinnati-based Macy's Inc. is adding three new Macy's stores to a portfolio of more than 800 locations under the Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s nameplates.

The new Macy's locations include a three-level, 160,000-square-foot department store in the Mall at Bay Plaza in The Bronx borough of New York, which is scheduled to open in fall 2013 or spring 2014. This new store will be built as part of Prestige Properties' expansion of Bay Plaza Shopping Center and marks the retailer’s second store in The Bronx.

A new two-level, 200,000-square-foot Macy's will replace the existing Macy's store in Westfield South Shore in Bay Shore, N.Y. The current South Shore mall store is scheduled to close in March 2012 for razing, with construction beginning shortly thereafter on a new replacement store to open in fall 2013.

The third location is a one-level, 103,000-square-foot Macy's in the Mall of Victor Valley in Victorville, Calif. The location will open in mid-2013 in a former Gottschalk's location that’s being expanded and renovated into a 103,000-square-foot Macy's.

“Our new Macy's stores in Bay Plaza and South Shore will help us to better serve customers and deepen our presence in the diverse and densely populated New York marketplace, where we already enjoy a significant presence,” says Ron Klein, Macy's chief stores officer. “Our Victorville store, on the other hand, will be the first Macy's in that rapidly growing city, and we look forward to meeting and engaging new customers,”

Macy’s says merchandise at each location will be tailored to local customer needs.

In addition, Macy’s has three other new stores in various stages of construction: in City Creek Center in downtown Salt Lake City (opening in March 2012); Southridge Mall in Greendale, Wis. (opening in spring 2012); and Gurnee Mills in Gurnee, Ill. (opening in spring 2013).

Macy's operates 850 department stores in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico under the names of Macy's and Bloomingdale's.