Pacific East Mall sold to New York Investor group

Perhaps some good news–
I was in the neighborhood this afternoon and stopped by the Mall. There was some action inside Ran Kanom and two people, neither of which was the chef I usually see. When I asked if Ran Kanom was going to re-open the guy inside said they were trying to be open by next week. They wanted to offer more variety–mostly in the dry goods/ingredient side. I hope it is the same chef.