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New Shops and Restaurants Highlight Promenade at Town Center

of the popular Southland eatery, waiting up to an hour for a table.
Carnivores have long anticipated the opening of Stuart
Anderson's Black Angus. Its signature steaks began sizzling off the
grill in mid December.
Olive Garden is planning to have its popular Italian fare on tables
in March. Diners can also look forward to Rubio's Baja Grill, Kyoto
Sushi, McDonald's, Jamba Juice, Coldstone Creamery, and Seattle's
Best Coffee, which are all expected to open in January or February.
Rounding out The Promenade, and also opening early in 2002,
will be Flair Cleaners, Telesis Community Credit Union, Valencia
Orthodontist, Party America,
Gymboree, Pure Beauty,
Postal Connections of
America, The Indigo Rose
Santa Clarita's former Mayor Laurene Weste Clothing Co., Supercuts and
donned a chef's hat along with local officials to The Vitamin Barn. Gifts in the
formally welcome Stuart Anderson 's Black Angus
restaurant to town. Attic, a popular gifts and
specialties shop currently
Pavilions Market Will Anchor New Center located in Valencia, will be
Valencia's newest retail center is quickly taking shape; with some moving to more spacious
exciting new tenants already open for business and others, including quarters when it opens doors in
Pavilions Market, slated to open early next year. The Promenade as well.
The Promenade at Valencia Town Center, situated on the north- The Promenade is the
west corner of McBean and Magic Mountain Parkways, is envisioned latest retail center from Rasak
as more than just a shopping center, The Promenade is a destination Development. The company
where people can gather for coffee and stroll among distinctive has built a number of high-end
fountains or sit and talk among cozy grottos. retail destinations, including
There is already quite a gathering outside Elephant Bar Creekside Plaza, home to Popular for great food in a fun, tropical
atmosphere, Elephant Bar's food safari
Restaurant, the first restaurant to open in the center. Santa Clarita Barnes and Noble and experience has become a favorite grazing
Valley residents have enthusiastically welcomed the latest incarnation Applebee's. ground in Valencia.

Summer Debut Expected for Golf Course Community

The Westridge golf The Westridge course promises to be challenging, with PGA
course community will Tour star Mark O'Meara serving as the player consultant in the
off er something for every- design of the new facility, offering his input on hole design and
one when it is finished, and tee placement. Construction should be completed toward the
work is well underway on end of 2002, with the course ready for play in 2003.
some of its more vital components. Also underway is the grading of a new elementary school
Grading for the 1,043 new homes and 500 apartments campus that will be part of the Newhall School District. Oak
within Westridge is in progress. The community, located Hills Elementary School will serve children in grades kinder-
west of Interstate 5 near Valencia Boulevard, will offer garten through sixth when it opens, and the whole community
Valencia's widest range of housing options within its 13 will enjoy the use of a new park adjacent to the school.
planned neighborhoods, from apartments to custom homes Other ongoing projects associated with Westridge are the
nestled on 15,000 square foot lots. upgrade to the Valencia
Construction is tentatively scheduled to start in the spring of Boulevard/Interstate 5
next year, with home sales expected to kick off in late summer. interchange and the
In the meantime, an interest list is forming for potential new completion of The Old
homeowners. Adding your name to it is as easy as stopping Road. The bridge over
by the New Home Information Center at the corner of the freeway is being
McBean Parkway and Valencia Boulevard, adjacent to Valencia widened, and the on and
Town Center. off ramps are also being
The crown jewel of the new community will be TCP expanded. The work has
Valencia, a Tournament Players Club championship golf course been under way since Many of Westridge's homes will be sited to
that has the potential to host PGA Tour events. Valencia has the summer of 2000, offer panoramic views of the Santa Clarita
Valley. Inset: The mile-long "missing
already been the site of two tour stops, with Valencia Country and compleUon is
link" of The Old Road will provide an
Club hosting the Nissan Open in 1998 and the SBC Senior expected toward the Important alternative to Interstate 5.
Classic last March. middle of this year.

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