Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Last June we learned that the Vancouver-based women’s clothing store Aritzia would be coming to Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek and they have now opened. They took over the former J.Crew and J.Jill spots and with soaring ceilings it feels quite spacious. The artistic flourishes throughout the store add to the scene. Check out their website here.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Boston-based clothing store Ministry of Supply is coming to Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek where Vince Camuto used to be. Check out their website here. “Complimentary tailoring” is a nice perk. According to the Wikipedia page, it was founded by MIT students and funded by Kickstarter campaigns. Sounds interesting! Has anyone been to their San Francisco store? Thanks to a reader for sending word about the latest city permit info.
From their website:
What if the innovation was actually focused on making the experience of wearing the product better? Ministry of Supply was founded in 2012 to answer this question. We believe that clothing is both an expression of our identity and ideas, and an extension of the body, where form and function intersect. Our mission is to design and construct garments true to the form of the body, so we can unlock the body’s innate potential, leaving one truly unrestricted to focus on their daily pursuits.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Goodbye Barnes & Noble, hello Amazon Books! Thanks to a reader for pointing out that according to the latest permit information Amazon Books is coming to Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek, possibly where Go! Calendars – Games – Toys used to be. It’s ironic how Amazon caused so many physical bookstores to close, with Barnes & Noble closing around the corner last year; and now Amazon is the one opening a brick and mortar store. As an Amazon Prime member I look forward to checking this store out!
From the Amazon Books page:
As a physical extension of Amazon.com, Amazon Books integrates the benefits of offline and online shopping to help you find books and devices you’ll love. We select books based on Amazon.com customer ratings, pre-orders, sales, popularity on Goodreads, and our curators’ assessments. We place books face-out on the shelves, so each can communicate its own essence. Under each book is a review card with the Amazon.com customer rating and a review. Most have been rated 4 stars or above and many are award winners.
spacerAmazon Books is a store without walls – there are thousands of books available in store and millions more available at Amazon.com. Walk out of the store with a book or device; lighten your load and buy it online (Prime customers, of course, won’t pay for shipping); download a book for your Kindle; or add a product to your Amazon Wish List, so someone else can buy it.
spacerDevices in our Echo, Kindle, Fire tablet, and Fire TV families are available to test drive and buy. Associates are on hand to answer questions and show each device in action.
spacerPrices on all items for Amazon Prime members are the same as from Amazon.com. For customers who aren’t Prime members, Amazon devices are the same price as from Amazon.com; books and other items are sold at list price.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Fashion store Vince Camuto, which opened last February in Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek has closed. I believe this is first of the new stores after the redevelopment was completed earlier this year to close. Nearby, Old Navy will be opening soon.
Enjoy the last weekend of free parking at the Broadway Plaza parking garage in downtown Walnut Creek. There is a silver lining however. Beginning Monday, January 9th you’ll now get the first three hours free, without validation. This is really great news. Two hours is cutting it close but I could get a bite to eat and shop a bit in three hours. Nice!
From the Broadway Plaza website:
We have made an important change: The first three hours will be free – rather than the first two hours as originally planned, with no validation required. We have decided to make this change in response to the consistent, thoughtfully-presented requests from many Walnut Creek residents to expand the window of free parking once the program
starts.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
The women’s clothing store “holiday pop-up”, Amour Vert has closed in Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek.
This small contraption at Broadway Plaza says, “dog waste has a place… please not in my yard” with a small hole above the text. Surely this is too small to hold anything, so what’s the meaning of the hole? Am I missing something obvious here?
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Go! Calendars – Games – Toys, which opened in September in Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek will be closing within the next couple of weeks. Right now everything is 50% off. Note the difference between this sign and this “up to 50% off” sign for the Sports Authority store closing sale earlier this year.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
In September we learned that Old Navy would be coming to Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek and the “Coming Soon” signage is now up. The GAP, which owns Old Navy, is right across and two other GAP-owned brands, Banana Republic and Athleta also have locations in Broadway Plaza.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
The Swedish clothing company H&M is maintaining their Broadway presence in downtown Walnut Creek and will be reopening in Broadway Plaza this Thursday, December 15th according to their store web page. As you can see in the photo below, their old Broadway Pointe location a block away is now closed.
Old Broadway Pointe location:
