Bayshore.
It's been all over the local media in the past few days. And rightly so.
The re-opening of Bayshore center was quite a feat. A beautiful, new, shopping extravaganza seemingly rose from the ashes of a once downtrodden mall.
It's pretty impressive to say the least- offering all of the trendiest stores and restaurants available to shoppers in one destination.
The most amazing part is the design. In articles I have read and interviews I have seen, people are going on and on about how Bayshore was designed in the likeness of a downtown.
Instead of spending the day cooped up inside a mall, Bayshore offers shoppers the opportunity to meander along storefronts by walking outside.
The mall is designed with a main street running down its middle, a town square, and clean, wide sidewalks. Parking is available on the street or in garages placed conveniently off the main boulevard.
Shoppers experience a balance of both city and nature as they stroll the streets, shopping storefronts while passing beautiful trees and landscaped flowerbeds. A combination of shops, services, apartments, condos, restaurants, and offices, all available to foot traffic is what makes this center such an attraction to people.
Brilliant! Who would have thought people liked all of these things put in one convenient area?
I guess that's what $360 million dollars, ten years, and a common vision will get you.
In the past two days, I have overheard a few conversations of local business owners regarding Bayshore. They mentioned how they wished THEY could be part of something so wonderful as Bayshore.
I don't blame them. Clean streets, bustling crowds of shoppers, ample parking, a town center, beautiful trees.
Wow. Wouldn't that be grand?
Lucky dogs, those folks in Glendale. Lucky dogs.
