Hobby Lobby to Open 5 California Stores
Hobby Lobby with 489 stores in 40 states will be opening 5 stores in California. It appears that at least 4 of the stores will be opening this year. Hobby Lobby specializes in arts and crafts, picture framing, party supplies, cards, holiday supplies, and home accessories. Leases for the company are best suited for […]
JCPenney & Nordstrom Rack Coming to Willow Grove Park Mall
JCPenney and Nordstrom Rack will be taking portions of the former Strawbridge’s at the Willow Grove Park Mall (Willow Grove, PA). The vacant Strawbridge’s has sat empty since 2006. JCPenney will total 114,000 square feet on two floors. Prior to the economy downturn, I personally noticed JCPenney on a number of proposed shopping center site […]
Dick’s Goes to Staten Island
From silive.com, Dick’s opened it’s first Staten Island and New York City store on Friday. The store is about 36,000 square feet and will shed the Hunting and Biking Departments because it is smaller than the normal prototype. Dick’s hopes to add those departments in the future. silive.com Article
Target Doing Grocery
As we all know in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, Target is expanding its grocery format at many of its stores. In St. Louis, Target is also making the move to convert stores. Adding the expanded grocery (“PFresh”) is not to be confused with the SuperTarget format, which is substantially bigger. However, I know […]
Kansas & Cabela’s
Cabela’s is coming to Kansas in the Spring of 2012. Site work has begun on their new 80,000 SF location in Wichita. According to the Wichita Eagle (See article below), the new store is expected to attract between 800,000 and 1,000,000 million visitors each year. The company is utilizing smaller prototypes to get closer […]
Shoe Carnival Into Montana
Shoe Carnival is entering Montana with its first store. One is already open in Wyoming and there are more to come in the north and west. The company is up to 314 stores in 30 states. The Montana store is responsible for 25 new jobs. Shoe Carnival is currently operating in western and central Pennsylvania. […]
IKEA to Open First Colorado Store
IKEA will open its first Colorado store on July 27. The store is in Centennial and is 415,000 SF. It is the 38th in the United States and the 324th in the world. Denver Business Journal Article
Signs of Walmart Express
There will soon be six drug store sized Walmart Express stores in the country. Genty, AR Prairie Grove, AR Albemarle, NC Midway, NC Ridgefield, NC Chicago, IL The Walmart Express concept allows the discount giant to enter markets where they can’t otherwise open a larger store. Thus far, Express stores appear to be carrying merchandise […]
Cabela’s Opening Second Canadian Store
As reported in the Edmonton Journal, Cabela’s will open in Edmonton on August 4. This area already boasts a strong customer following for the company. The only other Canadian store is in Winnipeg, but spokesman John Castillo said Cabela’s (CAB:NYSE) plans to expand across Canada, starting in Edmonton and Saskatoon next spring. With its […]
Borders is Done….
Borders will likely face a sale to liquidators after the last interested party declined to bid on the failed retailer. Liquidators led by Hilco Merchant Resources and Gordon Brothers Retail Partners LLC were made the opening bidders for the auction. The deadline for bids passed on 7/17 without any offers. 12 stores are in […]