Macy's:is it coming?

[OhJay]

lately ive been seeing a whole lot of macy commercials rolling in jacksonville, at first i was like y r they showing macy's commercials in jacksonville there is not a one macy in jacksonville...then i started thinking about it...it wasn't long after the start showing kohls commercials...a kohls popped up....is macy's coming to jacksonville... if so where would they put it cuz macy's usually requires alot of space and the town center is kinda filling up rapidly...is it planned for the new regency or what....just wondering

[Coolyfett]

Yes it is going to the Avenues Mall.

[Cricket]

No one knows the answer except little birds.

[Duke]

No one knows the answer except little birds.

Pesky birds...  sometimes they can be misinformed though.  Do we know for a fact that it's going to the Avenues Mall? 

[Ocklawaha]

Yep, come on down Macy's... we don't remember shit!

COHEN BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE.... Largest store in Florida, since 1867... Location? St. James Building, Jacksonville.

MAY COMPANY, bought into Cohen Brothers in 1959 and relaunched it as MAY-COHENS

By 1980 the name was just MAY COMPANY, and the downtown store had gone from flagship of the whole chain to barely a lifeboat.

Store pulled out of downtown and the St. James building was empty for the first time since 1901.

Orange Park and Regency Stores were struggling now that "MAY" had converted one of the last of the "COMPLETE" department stores, with everything from Basketballs, to Books, Bookcases to Bath Robes, Menswear to Monkey Wrenches, or Bra's to Bassoons, into just another clothier.  Oh remember why they bought out Cohens? They wanted Cohens as the best way to enter the deep south because, "Cohens does everything right!"
Perhaps this is what happens when a general store from Leadville, a Silver Camp in the nose bleed altitudes of Colorado buys out a sub tropical icon.

Then along in 2005, Federated Department Stores enter the picture, and MAY along with the ruins of Cohen's and their newest acquisition MARSHALL FIELDS AND COMPANY, got sucked into a vacuum called MACY'S of New York, NY.

Ahh, by then Jacksonville was just a faint memory and their were greener pastures in Orlando, Millennium, Florida Mall and a dozen other "more desirable" locations.

Suddenly with the economy in the tank, rumors are rife that MACY'S is coming to Jacksonville!

Well a big freaking whoopee do', I'm so excited I could just puke.


OCKLAWAHA

[copperfiend]

Macy's commercials have been airing in our market for years. I have said this before. If the Macy's is the quality of those in Gainesville and Daytona, no thanks. Orlando and Atlanta quality, I would welcome.

[simms3]

Macy's at the Lenox Mall in Atlanta is not as nice as the Dillard's at the St. John's Town Center.  I love Macy's and have their credit card, but we are not missing out by not having any.  Belk can even be nicer than Macy's sometimes.  I think Jacksonville needs to work on getting a next tier department store like Bloomie's or Nordstrom.  Neiman's and Saks are definitely out of the question here.

[blizz01]

Agreed - While I am a bit starstruck by the brand, I feel like it could simply be more of the same compared to Dillard's and/or Belk, really.  I thought that Parisian provided for some "notch above" alternatives, but Nordstrom could hit it out of the park here I believe.  Unless they bring the Thanksgiving Day parade with them, I really think that the perceived luster could wear off quickly.  That said, I still kinda hope they come to town to keep the other two in check........

[Dappleganger]

The glory days of Macy's have gone...they are nowhere near the quality they used to be. I've shopped at them in DC, the Tidewater area and was never that impressed.

[Dapperdan]

I think the two biggest stores that people want here are Macy's and Ikea. I hear this all the time. unfortunately, Ikea only opens stores in markets of 2 million or more. Macy's.. I have no ideaa why they have never opened a SJTC  or Avenues location.

[NoFxfan]

Macy's commercials have been airing in our market for years. I have said this before. If the Macy's is the quality of those in Gainesville and Daytona, no thanks. Orlando and Atlanta quality, I would welcome.

i agree. I was in NYC a few weeks ago and the wife and I visited the "largest department store in the world" flagship Macy's in Herald Square. Wasn't impressed at all.

[samiam]

I sure do miss the days when we use the go to Riches in down town Atlanta at Christmas time. Now that was a shopping experience. They would set up the pink pig roller coaster on the roof for the kids. The thing I remember the most is they had a coin department where you could purchase old coins. I still have a few that I received as Christmas presents as a kid.

BTW Riches was purchased by Macy's

[Coolyfett]

I am in Orlando right now and they have that Nordstrom store here, right next to their Macys...this place is too far for Jax folks to shop at.

[AmyLynne]

Macy's commercials have been airing in our market for years. I have said this before. If the Macy's is the quality of those in Gainesville and Daytona, no thanks. Orlando and Atlanta quality, I would welcome.

I though the one in Orlando was sub-par too....

[Coolyfett]

Macy's commercials have been airing in our market for years. I have said this before. If the Macy's is the quality of those in Gainesville and Daytona, no thanks. Orlando and Atlanta quality, I would welcome.

I just left Orlando and the Macys there is ok, Nordstroms has some really nice junk.

I though the one in Orlando was sub-par too....