Nordstrom Sets Up Southeast Operating Division

MIAMI-Racing to meet its own deadlines of opening 13 new Southeast and Southwest stores within the next 18 months, Seattle-based Nordstrom is creating an operating division in suburban Coral Gables, FL to service properties in Florida, Georgia and Texas.

Geevy S. Thomas, a longtime company executive vice president, heads the new office. Nordstrom remains on schedule to open its second South Florida store in Coral Gables Sept. 27 at the Village of Merrick Park. The 200,000-sf, $40 million store will complement the company’s existing 150,000-sf store in Boca Raton, 70 miles north of Downtown Miami.

The 56-year-old retailer also plans to open its first Central Florida store Oct. 11 at the 1.6-million-sf Florida Mall in south Orlando. That 166,000-sf, $33 million store will complement Nordstrom’s existing 150,000-sf store in Tampa, Fl, 80 miles west of Downtown Orlando.