Midtowne Little Rock

[Architect]

26 minutes ago, jnholmes said:

Both Williams Sonoma and Pottery Barn are going out of business in Midtown. They will close in January 2022. There are signs on the doors announcing the closure. It's so  sad to see these two leave the metro!

Oh no!!!   Doing a bit of research, I found an article that they planned to close up to 25% of their stores, so it sounds like a corporate-wide reduction of their footprint (or is there any chance they could be moving to the Promenade?).

[jnholmes]

17 minutes ago, Architect said:

Oh no!!!   Doing a bit of research, I found an article that they planned to close up to 25% of their stores, so it sounds like a corporate-wide reduction of their footprint (or is there any chance they could be moving to the Promenade?).

If they are planning to relocate, the employees do not know about it. I hope they decide to open up elsewhere. 

[Architect]

31 minutes ago, jnholmes said:

If they are planning to relocate, the employees do not know about it. I hope they decide to open up elsewhere. 

What's really disappointing is that given their Pottery Barn & Williams-Sonoma presence, I had been hoping that they'd ultimately open one of their West Elm stores, which is more modern in style.  Sigh.  Who knows...maybe they'll reconsider that soon for the Promenade.  I'd argue that this is another victim of Little Rocks diffuse retail center development.  Midtowne is a tiny destination by almost any measure (even though it's close to Park Plaza, etc.).  IF we had one very large, central concentration of national retailers, they'd all benefit from it, in lieu of the small, competing, piece-meal nature of development we've been given.

[jnholmes]

11 minutes ago, Architect said:

What's really disappointing is that given their Pottery Barn & Williams-Sonoma presence, I had been hoping that they'd ultimately open one of their West Elm stores, which is more modern in style.  Sigh.  Who knows...maybe they'll reconsider that soon for the Promenade.  I'd argue that this is another victim of Little Rocks diffuse retail center development.  Midtowne is a tiny destination by almost any measure (even though it's close to Park Plaza, etc.).  IF we had one very large, central concentration of national retailers, they'd all benefit from it, in lieu of the small, competing, piece-meal nature of development we've been given.

Agreed.

[Arkanzin]

On 12/27/2021 at 3:35 PM, jnholmes said:

Both Williams Sonoma and Pottery Barn are going out of business in Midtown. They will close in January 2022. There are signs on the doors announcing the closure. It's so  sad to see these two leave the metro!

Wow!  That's going to leave a lot of vacant space in that center!