Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams Coming This Summer to The Commons at Calabasas

Update 6/1/17: Now open. Located near Sephora. jenis.com/calabasas. Grand opening party from 6:30-10:30pm on Wednesday, June 7th. Free scoops for all! 

Posted 4/30/17: Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, the ice cream company founded in 2002 by James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Jeni Britton Bauer, is coming to The Commons at Calabasas this summer. Jeni's uses whole ingredients and dairy from grass-pastured cows in its artisan ice creams.  Learn more at jenis.com.

Thousand Oaks Acorn Notes That Dave & Buster's Has Signed Lease for Thousand Oaks Location

The Thousand Oaks Acorn has indicated that Dave & Buster's has signed a lease to occupy what previously was The Sports Authority on Hillcrest Drive. Great news for those looking for more things to do in the Conejo Valley! No word on timing or details at this point.

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Happy faces on display at the Dave & Busters in Kansas.

Happy faces on display at the Dave & Busters in Kansas.

A Nike Store is Opening at The Promenade at Westlake in the Fall of 2017

Update: Grand opening date is Saturday, October 21st. Goodie bags to the first 100 customers that day.

The Promenade at Westlake has announced that NIKE, the world's leading sports and fitness brand, is set to open in the fall of 2017.

The store will be located in the former home of Sports Authority, which is approximately 20,000 sq ft.

NIKE opened a store at another Caruso property, The Grove, in September 2015. www.nike.com

ULTA Beauty to Open at Janss Marketplace in Late 2017

Update: Grand opening of store will be Friday, October 13th.

ULTA Beauty will open in the former Rite Ad location at Janss Marketplace in late 2017, signing a 10 year lease for over 10,900 sf.

ULTA is the largest beauty retailer in the United States and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin, hair care products and salon services. Since opening its first store 25 years ago, ULTA Beauty has grown to become the top national retailer providing All Things Beauty, All in One Place. The Company offers more than 20,000 products from over 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including ULTA Beauty's own private label. ULTA Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring hair, skin and brow services.

Learn more about ULTA at www.ulta.com. Other local area ULTA locations currently at the Simi Valley Town Center and The Collection at Riverpark.

The ULTA Beauty store will bring a completely new look to the east side of Janss Marketplace. Shown above is the original tenant of this space; Thrifty Drug Store, in November 1960.

The ULTA Beauty store will bring a completely new look to the east side of Janss Marketplace. Shown above is the original tenant of this space; Thrifty Drug Store, in November 1960.

Drive-Thru Car Wash to Be Built at Nordic Nursery Location in Thousand Oaks

Last night the City of Thousand Oaks Planning Commission approved an application for a new drive-thru car wash to be built at the current home of Nordic Nursery, 1312 Newbury Road.

The owner of Nordic Nursery has decided to sell the .8 acre property after 38 years in business in the Conejo Valley. 

The proposed car wash facility will have two wash tracks accessed by a single driveway, with a maximum of four employees.  There will be a total of six parking spaces and 11 service spaces for customers to vacuum their vehicles after their cars are washed. Proposed hours of the car wash are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

Surrounding the property is an auto care facility on the east (currently Big Brand Tire & Service and AAMCO Transmissions), The Sleep Shoppe retail store on the west, a mobile home park to the southeast and the La Quinta Inn & Suites to the south. The 101 freeway is directly across from the facility on the north.

Although many are saddened by Nordic Nursery retiring from the City of Thousand Oaks, the Planning Commission and City Staff made sure to address concerns of water usage and oak trees.

Two oak trees on the west side of the site, between the car wash building and The Sleep Shoppe, will be transplanted to a new home on City-owned open space or a park. The remaining oak trees on the property are not anticipated to be impacted by the business.

Lastly, the water at the car wash is anticipated to be 85 to 90% recycled, resulting in less usage than the nursery currently uses.

Circus Trix to Open Trampoline and Aerial Action Facility at Janss Marketplace in 2017

Update November 3, 2017: DojoBoom Extreme Air Sports now open at Janss Marketplace. www.dojoboom.com.

In February, Janss Marketplace announced it signed a 10 year lease with trampoline center operator Circus Trix for 37,773 sq ft of space - the space next to Toy R Us - Padavo Home Furnishings. Circus Trix plans to open this year.

Circus Trix filed a Special Use Permit application with the City of Thousand Oaks that was presented at the April 10th Planning Commission Meeting. The Commission unanimously approved the project.

The facility will be called DojoBoom - The Ultimate Extreme Air Experience. www.dojoboom.com

Maximum capacity of the facility will be 200 patrons and 25 employees, with proposed operating hours of 9am to 9pm Sunday through Thursday and 9am to midnight on Friday/Saturday.

The facility will include 18,045 sq ft of trampoline area, 4,071 sq ft of foam play area, three party rooms totaling 1,271 sq ft, a viewing area and more. It is a corporate-owned facility and Circus Trix is the largest trampoline center operated in the country. Learn more at www.circustrix.com.

There are currently 26 other locations in the U.S., with 13 more slated in 2017 (including Thousand Oaks, Los Angeles and Orange County in Southern California). Each location has a different name, like Sector Extreme Air Sports in New Orleans, DefyGravity Trampoline Park in Charlotte and Skywalk in Fresno.

Update: Padavo will be moving to the Riverland location at Janss. Riverland will be closing its doors April 30th.

Thousand Oaks Acorn Reports That a Trampoline Park is Coming to Janss Marketplace

Today, the Thousand Oaks Acorn reported that Provo, Utah based CircusTrix has a signed a 10 year lease at Janss Marketplace for a 37,000 sq ft trampoline facility at the mall. It is anticipated to open in late 2017 in the space currently occupied by Padavo Home Furnishings. 

Read more at www.toacorn.com/news/2017-01-19/Front_Page/Trampoline_park_coming_to_Janss_mall_owner_says.html.

More on CircusTrix: They have built over 30 parks around the world.

IKEA to Open at Its New, Nearly Double in Size, Burbank Store on Wednesday, February 8th

Copyright: darios / 123RF Stock Photo

Copyright: darios / 123RF Stock Photo

IKEA announced earlier this week that it will be relocating from its current store in Burbank to a brand new location at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, February 8. The address is 805 S. San Fernando Boulevard (about 36 miles from Thousand Oaks).

This new store will be 456,000 sq ft, making it the largest IKEA store in the United States, and nearly double the 242,000 sq ft current store size. As a comparison, The Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks is 1.2 million sq ft and the old, long-vacant K-Mart building on Hampshire Road is about 116,000 sq ft. Coincidentally, Janss Marketplace is 456,000 sq ft.

There are currently 43 IKEA stores in the U.S., with a 44th store opening in Columbus, OH in the summer of 2017.

Customers can begin lining up at the store three hours in advance, at 6:00 a.m., to partake in the festivities – and soon can learn of more grand opening plans and promotions at IKEA-USA.com/Burbank.

Prior to the grand opening of the new, larger IKEA Burbank, customers can continue to shop at the original Burbank store through Saturday evening, February 4, when the old store will close permanently.

The new store, which will include 1,700 parking spaces, is being built on 22 acres west of San Fernando Boulevard and south of Providencia Avenue – less than one mile from the existing store (which originally opened in November 1990 on 6.4 acres). 

The new, more spacious IKEA Burbank will feature a larger quantity of the nearly 10,000 exclusively designed items, 50 inspirational room settings, three model home interiors, a supervised children’s play area, and a larger (600-seat) restaurant serving Swedish specialties.

Other family-friendly features include a ‘Children’s IKEA’ area in the showroom, baby-care rooms, play areas throughout the store, and preferred parking. In addition, IKEA offers a variety of customer services such as home delivery, product assembly, product picking and delivery as well as an IKEA FAMILY loyalty program.

Learn more at www.ikea.com/us/en/store/burbank

Since its 1943 founding in Sweden, IKEA has offered home furnishings of good design and function, at affordable prices. IKEA incorporates responsible social practices and sustainability into its business model, and supports initiatives that benefit children and the environment. There are currently more than 390 IKEA stores in 48 countries, including 43 in the U.S. IKEA has been ranked among “Best Companies to Work For” and, as further investment in its coworkers, has raised its own minimum wage twice in two years. For more information see IKEA-USA.com, @IKEAUSANews, @IKEAUSA or IKEAUSA on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Pinterest.