The Shops At La Cantera To Expand And Add Premier Retail, Restaurants And Office Space
March 20th, 2008 - San Antonio, TX
The Shops at La Cantera, already a premier South Texas shopping and entertainment destination, will offer visitors even more this fall, when it opens an additional 300,000 square feet of upscale shopping including a two-level bookstore anchoring the project, signature restaurants and 40,000 square feet of first class office space that overlooks the main street and pedestrian walkways of this spectacular lifestyle development.
Opened in September 2006, the property helped secure San Antonio’s reputation as a fashion capital of the Southwest, attracting visitors from the surrounding community, Mexico, Texas and beyond. In 2007, The Shops at La Cantera was honored with the ICSC International Design and Development Award for its preservation of natural landscape, natural resources and responsiveness to the Texas Hill Country heritage.
"Since our opening, The Shops at La Cantera has seen great results. Sales consistently exceed our expectations and we have the community and thousands of visitors from afar to thank for embracing us and choosing to shop here," says John Badagliacco, senior general manager of The Shops at La Cantera. "Our popularity was quickly seen by other retailers and restaurant operators who wanted to join our family of attractions."
The new open-air shopping environment creates an enchanting backdrop for shoppers, as well as a sophisticated setting for high fashion retailers. A bustling main street will connect the original development to its new area of retailers, restaurants and office space and will end at a Town Square designed to emulate the market streets of Spain and the Spanish colonial parts of old San Antonio. The majority of the project will open in 2008 with many key retailers bringing signature stores, first to the market. The remaining will open in early 2009.
The retail center is part of the visionary 1,700 acre master-planned resort community developed by USAA Real Estate Company. The Shops at La Cantera is directly adjacent to the Westin La Cantera Golf Resort, including The Resort Course and The Palmer Course. "We are very excited about this project as it will add an incredible new shopping experience to our great city", says Pat Duncan, CEO and President of USAA Real Estate Company.
The Shops at La Cantera, anchored by Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Dillard's and Macy's offer a unique shopping experience and the quality of retail unmatched by any other shopping destination in the city with retailers such as Tiffany & Co., Ralph Lauren, Burberry and Tourneau - plus more than 150 specialty stores in 1.3 million square feet of total space.
For a complete listing of the current retail and restaurant list visit www.theshopsatlacantera.com or call 210.582-6255.