The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano, Texas, at the Dallas North Tollway and Legacy Drive, now operates primarily around Neiman Marcus and Dillard’s as its anchor department stores, with the departure of Macy’s having contributed to a repositioning that the Plano and Frisco professional and executive household navigates as a more specialty and lifestyle format accessing premium fitness, art-adjacent programming, and home design alongside the luxury retail occasion that distinguishes Willow Bend from the full-comparison-shopping formats of the surrounding Collin County commercial corridor. Equinox, the premium fitness club whose Dallas-area expansion has concentrated in the high-income North Dallas professional market, serves the health and wellness category. Crate and Barrel serves the premium home furnishings category.
Allen Edmonds, Brooks Brothers, Johnston and Murphy, and J. Jill cover the premium professional fashion floor. The Mariposa Restaurant, Neiman Marcus’s fine dining restaurant located within the NM department store, anchors the dining tier for the Plano luxury consumer. Mexican Bar Co. Restaurante serves the casual Mexican dining category. Tranquility Spa and Artistry Salon give the property a personal care and wellness identity. The Plano Art Association and Skypony Art Gallery give the property a cultural identity specific to Plano’s civic arts community.
LensCrafters serves the optical retail category. Sweet and Sassy, the children’s salon and entertainment concept, serves the family lifestyle category. The property’s commercial position is the Plano luxury and lifestyle destination at the Dallas North Tollway: a Neiman Marcus-Dillard’s anchor platform whose Equinox fitness, Crate and Barrel home design, and Plano art community identity serve the Collin County luxury and lifestyle household as a distinct alternative to the full comparison-shopping malls of the broader North Dallas market.
