"1"^^ . . . . "With the exception of a couple of stores like (Arizona's only French Connection and 42 Saint) and a handful of good restaurants there really isn't anything here that's distinctive enough for me make the trek up to Kierland Commons more regularly. \n\nThe mixed-use retail/office/residential development is a novel effort here in Phoenix - so bonus points on that. It's essentially a faux-urban main street-like shopping mall with no department stores. \n\nNerd alert -- urban planning observation. The fact that Kierland faces inward forces the center turns its back on Scottsdale Rd just like a conventional mall - defeating its own effort to be urban. \n\nAnyhow. It's pretty much a mix of chain stores (like Z Gallerie, J Crew, Barnes and Noble, and PF Changs) that you can find elsewhere in Scottsdale. Yawn."^^ . "3"^^ . "1"^^ . "2007-06-08T00:00:00"^^ . "0"^^ .