Palisades Village – The destination for luxury shopping and restoration which finally served as a Tony Town place for the residents of Pacific Palisades, California – envisages a reopening of “start to MI -MI -2026 following the catastrophic fires that ravaged the region.
The owner of the village of Palisades, Rick Caruso, and key members of his Caruso team were on site Wednesday afternoon for an official press conference to announce the news and reveal that the retail guru Palisades Elyse Walker will help revitalization efforts by bringing his name store named in the flagship space to the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Swarthor avenue. Walker, who opened his Palisades store in 1999 and has developed over the years in something with a retail empire with stores in New York, Newport Beach and Southampton, lost its store on Antioch Street in the fire Palisades.
“Today marks an important step for Palisades Village, because it signals not only, but our constant and unshakable commitment to the palisades. Our future here in Palisades Village is brighter than ever,” said Corinne Verdery, CEO of Caruso, to start the press conference in the context of an “active” construction area, hard hats and all. “Our final objective is simple, it is to bring families, of small businesses, jobs, to arouse an economic renewal and to make the palisades stronger.”
They plan to accomplish this by reconstructing the public park inside the village of Palisades, by rebuilding the street landscapes around the center to “restore the sidewalks, lighting and landscape”, bringing the annual lighting of Christmas trees and the celebration of the Menorah this holiday season and the addition of “new concept of an exciting dining room”, the latest of the holidays, the latest, the latest of which will be announced in the coming confirmed the Verdery.
She then welcomed her boss on the podium. Caruso, the billionaire businessman who had an attempt to become mayor of Los Angeles, has become a key figure in the efforts to reconstruct the city. He founded StreadFast la, an organization led by the private sector to “prioritize action, responsibility and results on administrative formalities”.
“When the fire struck, and obviously following this fire, he touched all the corners of our city. I became a student of what it takes to bring a city or a city or a community of a disaster,” proposed Caruso to open his comments. What he learned is that public and private partnerships become essential to rebuild efforts “because problems are too important for a single government” and the common areas that promote the community become even more crucial.
“People want to come together. They want to shop, they want to dine, they want to come together, they want to take a cup of coffee with their friends and family. So how do you accelerate all of this? It is not only a question of rebuilding a city, it is an acceleration of reconstruction, “he added. “I think you must have an economic engine. If you look at all the examples of the country or the world, if you have a partner – whether it is a retailer or a restaurateur who believes in the future of a community that has committed not only to a big business but in a large community – you create a powerful partnership. “
This reflection led Caruso to win the phone “a few weeks ago” to share his great idea which called him to move into the space of the village of Palisades formerly occupied by Saint Laurent. “Elyse said:” I am, reconstructing the palisades “, remembers Caruso, who saved Palisades Village with the help of a private team to fight firefighters.” Then she said something that was very powerful. She said: “We will be unstoppable.” ”
“It’s a really magical moment to work together, and I know that this community will not come back, it will roar,” said Caruso, adding that revitalization efforts include the extension of the street landscape, the construction of new sidewalks, new trees and new lighting at their expense.
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Caruso then welcomed Walker on the podium with a compliment: “During my 35 years of work in development, I did deal with a lot of retailers, the best and the brightest, but let me tell you something, there is no one better than Elyse Walker.” The resident and the veterinarian of Palisades, who raised her two sons in the city and opened a store there so that she could take them to school, expressed her optimism as to the announcement while nodding his head still visible in all the surrounding streets.
“Today is an exciting day. It is also with mixed emotions as only five months ago, we watched our beloved community of the Pacific Palisades Vivre an incredible loss, and my team and I lost our flagship store of Elyse Walker Palisades, our work home, a store that had just celebrated 25 years, “she said about the Elysewalker store. “However, I have always believed that the community of palisades is strong and that over time, we heal and get up together. Today is the beginning of our reconstruction efforts. ”
She called this moment “the most pivotal period in the history of the community of the Palisades” and declared that her new location would reflect the old and align with what Caruso created in Palisades Village by becoming a hub for the community and something more than a place that sells clothes, handbags and creative items.
“Our goal is to create jobs and enthusiasm. The reopening in the palisades and the displacement of our flagship on the other side of the street to the village of the Palisades is incredibly exciting and important while we focus our efforts on the support of the strong and resilient city, “she said. “We are fully intended to recreate the Elyse Walker experience in the village of Palisades and we look forward to a time very, very soon when we can open our doors and our community can come together.”
“Twenty-five years ago, my husband David and I moved our family here from New York,” said Walker. “When I opened my first store on the other side of the street, I chose this place because it was a pâté of houses from my children’s school and I wanted to be a male household and that I was every year. I also recognize that there was a huge opportunity to trade in the community of Palisades. I knew that I wanted to create not only a place to shop, but also a place for this beloved community. or clothes. “”
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