The company has recorded that since January 2020, nearly 1.4 million square feet of new retail, dining and other uses have opened across its portfolio.
New store openings across the CBL portfolio include the first OFFLINE by American Eagle located at CoolSprings Galleria in Nashville, Live! Casino Pittsburgh at Westmoreland Mall and Southerns Live Music and Entertainment at Post Oak Mall in College Station. There’s also a been a number of opening for Dick’s Sporting Goods/Golf Galaxy at Coastal Grand in Myrtle Beach, Dick’s Sporting Goods at Hamilton Place in Chattanooga and the new Dick’s Sporting Goods clearance concept at the Annex in Monroeville.
The end of the year will see Whole Foods open a new location at Gunbarrel Point in Chattanooga, and just in time for the holidays, more than two dozen CBL properties will welcome new Hot Topic and Box Lunch Kiosks. The new year will see the opening of TruFit Athletic Club in Brownsville, Hobby Lobby will open in the Spring in Madison while Hollywood Casino is set to open later in 2021 at York Galleria in York.
“CBL’s team has delivered amazing and highly creative uses across the CBL portfolio this year, including a first‑class mix of national brands as well as regional and local operators,” said Stephen Lebovitz, chief executive officer, CBL Properties. “Despite the challenges our industry has faced in 2020, expanding brands and new businesses recognize the value of CBL’s market-dominant properties as they open new locations.”
