The new Marshalls store rising at Westchester Commons. The off-price department store chain is planning at least two new locations in Chesterfield County. (Jack Jacobs photo)
A new retailer has set its sights on Westchester Commons.
Department store chain Marshalls is planning to open at 109 Perimeter Drive in the western Chesterfield shopping center, according to permits filed with the county.
The Marshalls will occupy a 25,000-square-foot anchor space that is under construction next to the Joann crafts store at Westchester Commons.
EDC is the general contractor on the project, and Freeman Morgan Architects was tapped to design the building. Timmons is the project’s civil engineer.
The Westchester Commons store is rising on what had been a vacant pad site at the 650,000-square-foot shopping center.
Connie Jordan Nielsen and Nicki Jassy of Thalhimer handled lease negotiations on the tenant side. Their Thalhimer colleagues Alex Wotring, David Crawford and Kevin South represented the landlord in the deal.
Major tenants at Westchester Commons include Target, which owns its store at the center, as well as Gold’s Gym and a Regal movie theater. Other tenants include NAPA Kitchen and Wine, Rusty Taco and Latitude Seafood Co.
Westchester Commons is also getting a new influx of residential tenants. StyleCraft Homes is underway on a residential infill project on the grounds of the development, where it is approved to build nearly 200 townhomes on multiple pad sites.
Marshalls, meanwhile, has another Chesterfield store in the works at 5730 Hopkins Road in the Meadowbrook Plaza shopping center, according to county records.
County records don’t specify the size of that store, which will join Walmart and Gold’s Gym at Meadowbrook Plaza.
The Hopkins Road store will be close to an existing Marshalls at Meadowdale Plaza. A Marshalls spokeswoman didn’t respond to a question about the fate of that store, which is one of five Marshalls locations open in the Richmond area, according to the company’s website.
The spokeswoman did acknowledge that the two new locations were in the works but didn’t provide a timeline on when they will be operational.
Marshalls is owned by TJX Cos., which introduced its Sierra and Homesense brands to the area with Short Pump stores that opened last year. The company also owns TJ Maxx as well as HomeGoods, which recently opened a store at Willow Place shopping center in Henrico County.
Marshalls isn’t the only off-price retailer plotting an expansion in Chesterfield. Burlington is working on opening a 40,000-square-foot store at Towne Crossing shopping center at Midlothian Turnpike and Courthouse Road.
The new Marshalls store rising at Westchester Commons. The off-price department store chain is planning at least two new locations in Chesterfield County. (Jack Jacobs photo)
A new retailer has set its sights on Westchester Commons.
Department store chain Marshalls is planning to open at 109 Perimeter Drive in the western Chesterfield shopping center, according to permits filed with the county.
The Marshalls will occupy a 25,000-square-foot anchor space that is under construction next to the Joann crafts store at Westchester Commons.
EDC is the general contractor on the project, and Freeman Morgan Architects was tapped to design the building. Timmons is the project’s civil engineer.
The Westchester Commons store is rising on what had been a vacant pad site at the 650,000-square-foot shopping center.
Connie Jordan Nielsen and Nicki Jassy of Thalhimer handled lease negotiations on the tenant side. Their Thalhimer colleagues Alex Wotring, David Crawford and Kevin South represented the landlord in the deal.
Major tenants at Westchester Commons include Target, which owns its store at the center, as well as Gold’s Gym and a Regal movie theater. Other tenants include NAPA Kitchen and Wine, Rusty Taco and Latitude Seafood Co.
Westchester Commons is also getting a new influx of residential tenants. StyleCraft Homes is underway on a residential infill project on the grounds of the development, where it is approved to build nearly 200 townhomes on multiple pad sites.
Marshalls, meanwhile, has another Chesterfield store in the works at 5730 Hopkins Road in the Meadowbrook Plaza shopping center, according to county records.
County records don’t specify the size of that store, which will join Walmart and Gold’s Gym at Meadowbrook Plaza.
The Hopkins Road store will be close to an existing Marshalls at Meadowdale Plaza. A Marshalls spokeswoman didn’t respond to a question about the fate of that store, which is one of five Marshalls locations open in the Richmond area, according to the company’s website.
The spokeswoman did acknowledge that the two new locations were in the works but didn’t provide a timeline on when they will be operational.
Marshalls is owned by TJX Cos., which introduced its Sierra and Homesense brands to the area with Short Pump stores that opened last year. The company also owns TJ Maxx as well as HomeGoods, which recently opened a store at Willow Place shopping center in Henrico County.
Marshalls isn’t the only off-price retailer plotting an expansion in Chesterfield. Burlington is working on opening a 40,000-square-foot store at Towne Crossing shopping center at Midlothian Turnpike and Courthouse Road.
It’s refreshing to see that some brick and mortar retailers are still expanding in the face of a growing e-tail market. Sometimes it’s helpful to see the products in person rather than pictures on an IPad.
I’ve always thought it was better to go in store for certain things than online.
They are not expanding; Burlington will most undoubtedly be leaving the underperforming Pocono Crossing leaving it without any anchors and majority vacant. Big V Properties notes about 25k vacant in the 180k center. Burlington’s moving will make the center almost 70% vacant. Marshalls for sure is not going to keep open the Meadowdale Plaza and the old SteinMart Festival store is most likely moving to Westchester Commons (or will close when lease is up).
Seems odd to construct a brand new building on that site when that shopping center has nearly 70,000 sq. feet of unused/empty retail space.
It is good to see more tenants, but with all the residential infill in Westchester, across at Bon Secours, and up-and-around Old Hundred I am surprised this area only has the grocery section at Target serving as a food market. A dedicated grocery of some sort is long overdue.
There is a mega-Kroger, Aldi and Publix just 2 miles east on Midlo, plus a Food Lion and Wegmans 2 miles further down. Also there’s and a mega-Walmart 5 miles to the west in Powhatan. So there are plenty of existing options assuming a couple miles isn’t too much to ask.
Mega-Kroger? Sure Johnny Depp. More like mega geriatric magnet. I suppose the point is that if the intent is to turn Westchester Commons into a walkable live-in community, complete with faux Main Street, a grocery store seems more needed than an overstock retailer.
George, I think you are confusing the suburbs with the city. I’m not sure the intent of Westchester Commons was ever for it to be a “walkable live-in” community, especially with more of the residential growth happening across the turnpike (not exactly walkable with a cart full of groceries). I also don’t believe that the residential population within the Commons is projected to be high enough to support a full size grocery store, especially with the aforementioned competition so close by. My guess is that the numbers don’t support that to be a prudent investment, at least at this time.… Read more »
Actually yeah its intent was to be a walkable “lifestyle” community similar to West Broad Village (and maybe like Short Pump) at least originally and how it was pitched when Watkins family announced the closure of the nursery and the plans for the center were being made but certainly did not turn out that way.
You’re corect Alan, it never was intended to be a community. Funny how things (dying strip-malls) constantly change. We can start with the outmoded binary thinking: city and suburb. High density housing in the burbs is here and there is much more of it in the pipeline. One way to ameliorate the strain on roads, and the griping about traffic (especially here), is to reduce the dependence on them and need to use them. The developers want to sell or rent in these areas and one way to make them more desirable is by adding places that make life more… Read more »
There are many,many grocery options within a 2 mile radius. Expand out to five miles and you have at least seven options.
Totally defeating the self-contained and walkability of living in a retail repository. I’m sure the thousands of residents who will be residing there when all said and done would appreciate a grocery more than a spinster’s craft and fabrics depot.
Isn’t there a Burlington already on Midlothian about a mile east of the mall? Seems odd to have two so close to each other
For the record Marshall’s isn’t a department store. It’s known as a discount store.
They won’t operate two stores that close to each other so we can expect the relocation to take place when their new store at Meadowdale is completed.
Not only Meadowdale, I think the SteinMart/Midlothian Festival Marketplace store will be moving to Westchester and that old store will close up when its lease ends. Burlington will leave Pocono Crossing too.