Victoria Gardens Reels in Bass Pro Shops
26 Août 2005 - 9:50PM
PR Newswire (US)
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Victoria Gardens
makes a big catch with the addition of Southern California's first
Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, the premier destination outdoor
retailer, it was announced today by developer Forest City
California. Construction of the 180,000- square-foot store is
scheduled to begin in the next six months and is anticipated to
open for business in 2007. "We are very excited to bring Southern
California's first Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World to Victoria
Gardens," said Mike Wethington, general manager, Victoria Gardens.
"This adds another element of quality retail to Victoria Gardens
and reflects the area residents' celebration of outdoor living in a
style embraced by Bass Pro Shops." Regarded as part museum, part
art gallery, part education, conservation and entertainment center,
the Bass Pro Shops at Victoria Gardens will offer the same
signature features of other Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World stores
nationwide. Approximately 70 percent of the facility will house a
huge selection of fishing, hunting, camping, and marine items, plus
clothing, gift and footwear departments. The store will also
feature the complete line of world-famous Tracker(R) and Nitro(R)
boats in an expansive showroom and boat service center. Each Bass
Pro Shops store is unique in its architectural design, and the
Victoria Gardens store promises to be an eye-opener as well. In
addition to its rustic interior and lodge-style exterior, the store
will include features such as fishing demonstrations from an indoor
aquarium stocked with native fish, an outdoor education area, a
variety of eco-islands, and a prominent fauna and flora element.
The Bass Pro Shops at Victoria Gardens is projected to generate
more than $1 million a year in sales tax revenue for the city of
Rancho Cucamonga and provide up to 300 jobs for local residents.
The Rancho Cucamonga location is expected to draw shoppers from the
large number of Inland Empire residents, as well as patrons from
throughout southern California and beyond, partly due to the
store's prime location at the I-15 and I-210 freeways and because
of the high concentration of hunters and anglers in California.
"This is an exciting moment in the ongoing development of Victoria
Gardens and Rancho Cucamonga," commented Bill Alexander, mayor,
City of Rancho Cucamonga. "The ability to attract a prestigious
national retailer like Bass Pro Shops further validates the City's
appeal as a premier business location." Headquartered in
Springfield, Missouri, Bass Pro Shops currently has 27 locations in
17 states across the United States and one location in Canada. The
stores attract over 75 million visitors a year. For more
information on Bass Pro Shops stores, products and events, visit
their web site http://www.basspro.com/. Victoria Gardens is a
1.3-million-square-foot, open-air, regional lifestyle center mixing
high-end retail, fine restaurants, entertainment venues, cafes,
professional offices, housing, and civic and cultural services
situated within twelve blocks. The center offers countless
experiences with more than 120 upscale shopping establishments
arranged in three sectors, each with a distinct retail focus taking
the concept of lifestyle centers to the next level. It was
developed by Forest City California, a Los Angeles-based real
estate developer since 1969 and Lewis Retail Centers, based in
Upland, California, a member of the Lewis Group of Companies, which
is one of the nation's largest privately held real estate
organizations. Forest City California is a division of Forest City
Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:FCY), a $7.4 billion NYSE-listed national
real estate company. The Company is principally engaged in the
ownership, development, acquisition and management of mixed-use
projects, retail centers, apartment communities, office buildings
and land development projects throughout the United States.
DATASOURCE: Forest City California CONTACT: Nancy McCann of Forest
City California, +1-216-416-3004, or ; or Leslie Resnik of
Liggett-Stashtower PR, +1-216-373-8314, or , for Forest City
California Web site: http://www.basspro.com/
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