Target's L.A. moves

City Council approved a new store in Hollywood (some locals say there's not enough parking planned), and the retailer is also looking to add stores in Westwood Village and at a proposed Casden project on Pico and Sepulveda (though Curbed LA reports that that's a ways off). All this activity is a little surprising given that earlier this year the retailer said it was putting the brakes on expansion (May same-store sales grew a tepid 1.3 percent). From the WSJ:

The discount-store chain on Thursday said it will open fewer than 10 new stores in 2010, down from about 60 last year and an average of a 100 a year for the past several years. It has struggled in the last two years as consumers shied away from buying all but necessities.