Competing mall owners continue to battle over Nieman Marcus

Wed, Aug 5 2009 — Source: Contra Costa Times

Rival mall owners have spent nearly a half-million dollars combined in support of ballot measures that could decide the fate of a Neiman Marcus store in downtown Walnut Creek. Walnut Creek has been rocked over the past several months by a proposed 92,000-square-foot Neiman Marcus at the corner of Mt. Diablo Boulevard and South Main Street. Mall giants Macerich Co., which owns Broadway Plaza and Taubman Centers, owners of Sunvalley mall in Concord each spent more than $200,000 since January, according to campaign finance documents filed with the city.