Dick’s Sporting Goods Opens Soon at Orchard Town Center
Date Posted: January 28, 2025
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From St. Louis Business Journal: The Dick’s Sporting Goods anchoring a $70 million retail development in the Metro East will open soon, to be followed later this year by a national coffee shop chain representing its first Illinois location, the developer said.
The 50,000-square-foot Dick’s store under construction at Orchard Town Center in Glen Carbon, on the border of Edwardsville, is scheduled to open this spring, said Tim Lowe, senior vice president of development for the Overland-based developer behind the project, The Staenberg Group.
The opening of the largest retail development yet at Orchard Town Center will mark a major milestone in the 52-acre project, Lowe said. The project, located at the site of a former orchard at Troy Road and Governor’s Parkway, first started construction in 2021. The site has three to four retail spaces in a 12,000-square-foot retail plaza constructed next to Dick’s that are intended to be leased and occupied once Dick’s opens and brings its customers to the site, Lowe said.
A representative of Dick’s said the sporting-goods chain wasn’t sharing any more details on the timing of its opening date. The new store format used for the Glen Carbon location “completely revolutionizes the most typical 50,000 square foot store and will incorporate a variety of new features and product assortment,” the spokesperson said.
The new store format, which Dick’s refers to as its “50K” line of stores, debuted with 16 stores that were scheduled to open in 2024, 12 relocations or remodels and four new stores.