City North

Working and living in the Desert Ridge, CityNorth area of town I have viewed many exciting developments. Hard to imagine that Desert Ridge is nearing its 7th anniversary. We have come to make it such an intricate part of our lives, whether networking for business, meeting a friend for lunch or catching a movie with the family.It is exciting to be living in a vital growing area. It is hard to imagine that when I drove into to town in 2001, I had trek through the construction of the 101. It was only open to 19th Ave. Desert Ridge was under construction and Highway 51 ended at Bell Road.Now we are looking forward to the opening of City North, a premier shopping, living and business center. It is being referred to as a “Posh Urban Oasis”. Offering us art galleries, entertainment, fine dining and upscale shopping. We are all anticipating that November 13th opening of High Street. In time for our holiday shopping we will be able to enjoy the opening of 46 retail boutiques and several new names to Phoenix in high end restaurants, Ocean Prime, 25 Degree and Blue Martini for a few. We will have Guess, Chico’s and many more prominent names.Being from the Seattle area and working for Nordstrom in high school, I am very excited to see the opening of the new Nordstrom’s store in 2010. And I have never set foot in a Bloomingdale’s, but know of the excitement it creates in my East coast native friends. Of course the new Macy’s will also be a great addition.CityNorth is simply AWESOME. The addition to our already thriving Desert Ridge area is going to be second to none in our Valley. Stand proud Phoenicians we will be the destination.