TORRANCE >> The flagship Nordstrom store at Del Amo Fashion Center and a fashion wing with up to 100 stores between Macy’s and the new upscale anchor are expected to open in mid-October, officials with shopping center owner Simon Property Group said.

Work on the more than $200 million renovation is on schedule as Simon prepares to turn over some mall spaces and exterior restaurant pads along Hawthorne Boulevard to tenants.

“You have to get all the superstructure and the parking deck done because you need three to five months for the tenants to build out their stores,” said Chuck Davis, senior vice president of West Coast development for Indianapolis-based Simon. “Retailers like to open a couple of months before Christmas because it helps them get momentum before the holidays for shopping.”

• VIDEO: Nordstrom going up at Del Amo Fashion Center

Simon tore down about 180,000 square foot of retail and office space and is replacing it with about 420,000 square feet. That includes the almost 140,000-square-foot Nordstrom and the two-story fashion wing that’s replacing a single-story building.

Among the new stores in the fashion wing will be Spanish retailer Zara, footwear company Steve Madden, cosmetics retailer Kiehl’s Since 1851, women‘s clothing outlet Cache and Lette Macarons.

Simon is still executing leases with some retailers, while others prefer to wait until they are ready with their own announcement, said Lindsay Hermance, the mall’s director of marketing and business development.

About 20 stores are relocating within the mall, including several clothing retailers that will build bigger spaces, Davis said.

For instance, H&M will combine two mall stores into one two-story, 25,000-square-foot flagship, Davis said. Victoria’s Secret, another current tenant, will move into a space that’s double the size of its typical retail outlets.

Simon also has yet to announce a new anchor tenant to replace Macy’s, which announced last June it was consolidating its three stores at the mall into two.

The mall owner also announced that three of the five pads that will form a restaurant row north of Carson Street already have been spoken for.

Great Maple, a San Diego restaurant with a location at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, will make its first foray into Los Angeles County with a 6,000-square-foot Del Amo location next to Nordstrom. The north entrance to the Seattle-based retailer is across Fashion Way from the Marriott Hotel.

The farm-to-table concept with a rustic wood interior serves “responsible” seafood and seasonal produce.

“We think what Simon is doing at Del Amo is first-rate and fits perfectly with our customer,” said Great Maple founder and owner Mark David.

Beverly Hills-based Mexican restaurant Frida, which also has a Westwood location, will open a 6,000-square-foot space near Nordstrom.

The third restaurant is a relocated Lucille’s Smokehouse Barbecue, which will move from its current on the northwest end of the mall to an 8,900-square-foot spot inside between Macy’s and Nordstrom, Davis said.

Like several eateries in the outdoor lifestyle wing, Lucille’s will boast an outdoor patio.

Great Maple and Frida are expected to open in the same time frame as Nordstrom with Lucille’s following shortly thereafter, Davis said.

Once Lucille’s moves, its current structure will be demolished to make way for the other two restaurant pads that have yet to be leased.

“We’re trying to get the right mix,” Davis said. “We want to make sure this is something that’s unique and outstanding and has the community we’re trying to attract here.”

The October store openings represent the beginning of phase 2 of the 2.4-million-square-foot mall’s transformation, a 21-month project that began in January 2013.

The first phase saw the completion of a sleek new food court crossing Carson Street that’s double the size of the previous version with such new eateries as Chipotle and Blaze Pizza.

Former Mayor Frank Scotto, who was in office when the project began, said he was pleased with the progress so far.

“I was hoping by this time we might hear about other major retailers (coming to the mall) … but they have to get Nordstrom open first before we hear about anything else,” he said. “It may take another year or two until we see the full outcome of what they’re planning to do there.”