Pacific Place Lands J. Peterman As Tenant

Pacific Place, the much-anticipated downtown Seattle shopping center scheduled to open this fall, has landed national catalog retailer J. Peterman and is negotiating with several other high-profile prospective tenants, including specialty home-furnishings store Restoration Hardware.

The $175 million complex, across Sixth Avenue from the new flagship Nordstrom store, reached a lease agreement yesterday with J. Peterman, whose upscale-apparel catalogs are circulated nationally.

With the addition of J. Peterman, Pacific Place is now 64 percent occupied, said Matt Griffin, co-manager of Pine Street Development, developer of Pacific Place.

Pending negotiations would add an additional 25 percent, said Griffin. That would bring Pacific Place to its goal of being 85 percent full by the time it opens in late September.

The shopping center is in lease discussions with Restoration Hardware, Cartier Jewelers and the Barnes & Noble book chain.

Restoration Hardware specializes in upscale home furnishings, such as furniture, lighting and cabinet hardware. A spot at Pacific Place would be the store's second outlet in the Seattle area, joining its other branch at University Village.

Griffin said he expects J. Peterman will fare well in Seattle because the area already represents one of the retailer's strongest catalog-order markets.

Other tenants booked for business at Pacific Place include Pottery Barn, J. Crew, Tiffany and an 11-screen General Cinema Theatres.

Jake Batsell's phone message number is 206-464-2595. His e-mail address is: jbatsell@seattletimes.com