It sounds like this is really happening....
HERMÈS OPENING SOON... Work on the exterior facade of the soon-to-be home of French luxury house Hermès of Paris is underway at Stanford Shopping Center, where the boutique is scheduled to open in early 2018. The company is adding a new parapet to the front of the 6,052-square-foot shop, according to city permit records. The shop's opening has been highly anticipated since the company announced in October 2016 that it would be opening a new store at Stanford adjacent to Cartier. The boutique will be the first Hermès has opened in the United States in more than five years. The family-run retailer has manufactured luxury goods for six generations -- including the $300,000-plus Hermes Birkin mattee Himalayan crocodile handbag that has been billed as "the most valuable handbag in the world." The boutique will offer a collection of men's, women's, home and equestrian collections. -- L.T.
https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2017/11/22/shop-talk-herms-to-open-restaurant-news