My Trip to the Triple-Decker Target
Today marked the official grand opening of the three-level Target at Glendale Galleria. I visited the store this afternoon and found it crowded with shoppers, bringing additional traffic to the popular mall.
Although it lacks an outdoor garden center, the store features the typical Target merchandise mix, including a large selection of grocery items such as milk, eggs, wine and beer, and frozen foods. The addition of Target makes the Galleria a true "one stop" shopping destination, complementing JCPenney, Macy's, Mervyn's, Nordstrom, and over 200 other stores and restaurants.
Target's building was formerly occupied by a Robinsons-May department store. Its interior has been completely rebuilt to accomodate the big-box retailer's format. An impressive central atrium links the three selling floors with seperate escalators for people and their shopping carts.Previously on P.U.
Target Reaches New Heights (7/26/2007)
posted by Mitch Glaser @ 9:58 PM
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Mitch, I assume this Target has those special shopping cart escalators. Every time I see one of those, I wonder what would happen if a small child or anyone else stepped into it by mistake.
From time to time, I'll come across a supermarket with parking underneath that has a flat escalator that can be used by both carts and people alike. How come we don't see this used more often? Is it the cost of fitting carts with special wheels?
I'm not yet convinced that Targets and WalMarts work in shopping malls, but if Sears manages to survive its current problems I could see a lot their older stores(and escalators) renconfigured for shopping carts as they further assimilate the KMart format.
Do you think the Galleria parking situation will go from bad to worse now that there is the most excellent Target in the store lineup?
@georob -- I've seen the flat escalators at Ralphs on Wilshire in Miracle Mile. I think the reason they aren't more popular is that they take up much more space. I haven't heard of any incidents on cart escalators, but I agree that they are potentially dangerous.
@ie -- Even after the novelty wears off, I think Target will attract more customers than Robinsons-May ever did. Therefore the Galleria's parking situation will go from bad to worse. Fortunately I was tipped off to a parking "sweet spot" some time ago. I am not at liberty to reveal it.
I have pictures on my website taken before the Robinsons-May was sold to Target.
http://www.rapidtransit-press.com/socalmall-robinsonsmay.html
That's a really cool interior layout, with a great escalator well.
Why aren't there are any Super Targets in malls? Yum...everything from designer clothes to a bunch of bananas! All in a mall. That would be ideally quite awesome.
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