El Segundo’s turning point
The Point and Elevon represent new ways of working and shopping, as well as a turning point for El Segundo The Point, the $90 million new lifestyle center in El Segundo. Photo courtesy Federal Realty Second in a series This summer, Tony and Kris D’Errico spent long days working to get their new Bella Beach Kids storefront ready to open at The Point, the new shopping center in El Segundo. The couple already own and operate two stores in one of the more coveted locations in the United States, just a block above the Manhattan Beach pier. They wanted another location with more size and better parking to expand their business. But they quickly noticed a surprising phenomenon outside their new location. Kris frequently found herself walking through the 115,000 sq. ft. shopping center, blissfully, in the midst of what was essentially still a construction site. “Even when the businesses weren’t open, you would walk out, and be like, ‘I want to be here,” she recalled. “It was just this feeling.” A friend told Tony that he found himself doing the same thing — coming to the still-unopened development and hanging out by himself in its 45,000 sq. ft. plaza. “I just come up here, sit in the…
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