Nordstrom to open first Alabama store in River Ridge

Upscale retailer Nordstrom will open its first store in Alabama on Highway 280. The location will be a Nordstrom Rack store and feature the company’s variety of high-end merchandise at discount prices.

According to the company’s website, Nordstrom.com, the store is scheduled to open in spring 2013. It will be located in the River Ridge Shopping Center, which is anchored by a SuperTarget, in the former site of Linens ‘n Things.