Nordstrom Rack to Open at Orland Park Place in Orland Park, Illinois

SEATTLE, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc.
(NYSE: JWN), a leading fashion specialty retailer, announced it will open a
35,400-square-foot Nordstrom Rack, a unit of the company's off-price retail
division, at Orland Park Place in Orland Park, Ill., in spring 2009.
"Orland Park Place is a great shopping center with a strong mix of
tenants, and we're thrilled to be a part of it," said Scott Meden, president
of Nordstrom Rack. "We're excited to have an opportunity to serve more
customers in the greater Chicago area and we look forward to offering
outstanding value on name-brand merchandise for the entire family."
"We are pleased to welcome Nordstrom Rack, which adds another premier
specialty retailer to Orland Park Place," said Scott Carr, president, Inland
Commercial Property Management, Inc. "The strong tenant mix at Orland Park
Place continues to drive its popularity as a shopping destination for
Chicago's south suburbs, and Nordstrom Rack is an ideal fit with the center's
other high quality retailers."
Orland Park Place, owned by Inland Real Estate Corporation through a joint
venture, is the market dominant regional power center in south suburban Orland
Park, one of Chicagoland's fastest growing trade areas. The existing shopping
center, located at 153rd and LaGrange Road in Orland Park, encompasses over
599,000-square-feet of retail space, featuring premier national retailers and
restaurants, including: Bed, Bath & Beyond, Barnes & Noble, Dick's Sporting
Goods, Marshall's, Office Depot, Olive Garden, Sports Authority and many
others. Nordstrom Rack will open in the space formerly occupied by Wickes
Furniture.
This will be the retailer's sixth Nordstrom Rack store in the greater
Chicago area. Nordstrom operates Rack stores at The Shops at State and
Washington in Chicago, Village Square in Northbrook, The Shops at Oakbrook
Place in Oakbrook, Woodfield Village Green in Schaumburg and a new store at
Springbrook Prairie Pavilion in Naperville is scheduled to open in fall 2008.
Nordstrom also operates four full-line stores in Illinois.
Nordstrom Rack is the company's off-price retail division offering savings
of 30 to 70 percent on apparel and accessories for women, men and children,
including one of the most extensive collections of name-brand shoes available.
Nordstrom Rack merchandise is made up of products from Nordstrom full-line
stores and the company's online store at Nordstrom.com, as well as special
purchase items.
Inland Real Estate Corporation is a self-administered and self-managed
publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns interest in 146
neighborhood, community, power and lifestyle retail centers and single-tenant
properties located primarily in the Midwestern United States, with aggregate
leasable space of more than 14 million square-feet. For more information,
visit http://www.inlandrealestate.com.
Nordstrom, Inc. is one of the nation's leading fashion specialty
retailers, with 159 stores located in 28 states. Founded in 1901 as a shoe
store in Seattle, today Nordstrom operates 105 full-line stores, 50 Nordstrom
Racks, two Jeffrey boutiques and two clearance stores. Nordstrom also serves
customers through its online presence at http://www.nordstrom.com and through
its catalogs. Nordstrom, Inc. is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol
JWN.
MEDIA CONTACTS: Michael Boyd
Nordstrom, Inc.
(206) 373-3038
Matt Tramel
Inland Communications, Inc.
(630) 586-4896

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Michael Boyd of Nordstrom, Inc., +1-206-373-3038; or Matt Tramel of Inland
Communications, Inc., +1-630-586-4896, for Nordstrom, Inc.