Park Plaza Mall

[adman0468]

Zoe's Kitchen is opening a location in Park Plaza Mall apparently.  Plumbing permit issued for a location at 6000 West Markham. 

 

I was in the mall recently and realized that there are several vacancies right now. Of course, Coldwater Creek is still empty, but there are probably four or more other vacant storefronts. It's not terrible, but I hope they don't lose more once the outlet mall opens.

[ArkansasTraveler]

Coldwater Creek's space is empty no more.  Aladdin Rugs & Home Décor has opened up a new location there, according to Park Plaza's Twitter account.

[adman0468]

Auntie Anne's Pretzels has closed. I noticed another five empty spots throughout the mall. Hope that's all the post-christmas hemorrhaging they have.

[SangreRaVen]

Went to Park Plaza over the weekend and noticed a few more empty stores, also noticed though a new one. Looks like a VANS store is set to open on the upper level down near Best Buy Mobile and Build A Bear. Will be interesting seeing how Journey's and Zumies handle having a major shoe brand store right near them (especially Zumies).

 

-R

[Architect]

56 minutes ago, SangreRaVen said:

Went to Park Plaza over the weekend and noticed a few more empty stores, also noticed though a new one. Looks like a VANS store is set to open on the upper level down near Best Buy Mobile and Build A Bear. Will be interesting seeing how Journey's and Zumies handle having a major shoe brand store right near them (especially Zumies).

 

-R

I was there this weekend and noticed a few empty stores as well, but couldn't remember what had been there.  That being said, it was pretty busy!

[SangreRaVen]

Yeah it still seems pretty busy, overall I do not think Gateway Town Center will hurt it very much, its far enough away that Park Plaza will still pull in its core shoppers for its location. I was even happy to see the pizza place where the old Sbarro was, my personal view, every mall needs a pizza place

 

-R

[Architect]

We were in Park Plaza this evening (seemed fairly busy), and I noticed that the Aeropostale store had closed...I asked another mall employee about it, and she said the story was that corporate closed it because the manager and some employees were scamming money off the top!  Who knows.  This follows the store closing at Chenal Promenade, but the McCain Mall store is still open.

[Arkanzin]

Aeropostale corporate is in bankruptcy.  They announced the closing of a bunch of stores earlier this year.  Here's the list.  Park Plaza, Hot Springs, and Rogers were all on the lost of stores to close.  

Aeropostale Store Closing List

[Architect]

On July 10, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Arkanzin said:

Aeropostale corporate is in bankruptcy.  They announced the closing of a bunch of stores earlier this year.  Here's the list.  Park Plaza, Hot Springs, and Rogers were all on the lost of stores to close.  

Aeropostale Store Closing List

Ah, got it.  Maybe by "manager" she meant the CEO.  Ha!

[SangreRaVen]

Park Plaza has several new stores coming soon so at least they are doing pretty good about not letting spaces sit empty too long, they need to get a few more food options though

 

 

-R

[Arkanzin]

I'm hearing that H&M will be opening a store in Park Plaza.  I was also told that the store will be two floors.  Where in Park Plaza would there be a store location with two floors? 

 

[ecity3138]

3 hours ago, Arkanzin said:

I'm hearing that H&M will be opening a store in Park Plaza.  I was also told that the store will be two floors.  Where in Park Plaza would there be a store location with two floors? 

 

Where did you hear this at?

[SangreRaVen]

that would prove very difficult as there is no room in that mall for that kind of store with two levels. I did notice this past weekend that the new candle store on floor 2 by the escalators had opened as had the relocated Bath and Body Works. 

-R

[ecity3138]

I heard rumors that there will be a major announcement early next year for Park Plaza. I wonder what will it be?

[SangreRaVen]

maybe they will replace the parking garage that they keep trying to glue back together

 

-R

[skirby]

1 hour ago, SangreRaVen said:

maybe they will replace the parking garage that they keep trying to glue back together

 

-R

There was a $5 million dollar permit issued a few months ago for the parking deck.

[SangreRaVen]

that thing needs serious work for sure

 

-R

[adman0468]

On 9/12/2016 at 5:14 PM, Arkanzin said:

I'm hearing that H&M will be opening a store in Park Plaza.  I was also told that the store will be two floors.  Where in Park Plaza would there be a store location with two floors? 

 

Maybe it will be in two separate pieces. I've been in other cities where H&M men was separate from the rest of the H&M. There are several empty places in the mall where they could pull that off (especially if Limited goes away). 

[ArkansasTraveler]

22 hours ago, adman0468 said:

Maybe it will be in two separate pieces. I've been in other cities where H&M men was separate from the rest of the H&M. There are several empty places in the mall where they could pull that off (especially if Limited goes away). 

If that's how it goes, maybe women's apparel could land in the current Limited space, with men's apparel across the hall at the old Ann Taylor space.

[Architect]

10 minutes ago, ArkansasTraveler said:

If that's how it goes, maybe women's apparel could land in the current Limited space, with men's apparel across the hall at the old Ann Taylor space.

Still shocked/dismayed about the Ann Taylor departure...not that I would ever buy women's clothing.

[ndark]

Just left the mall. A&F and Hollister are closed. Plastic is up over the windows. Not sure if they are permanently closed or just remodeling. There is a sign on the doors showing a website where you can find other locations. 

 

Edit: Hollister actually has a hand written sign saying it was their last day. 

Edited January 23, 2017 by ndark

[adman0468]

33 minutes ago, ndark said:

Just left the mall. A&F and Hollister are closed. Plastic is up over the windows. Not sure if they are permanently closed or just remodeling. There is a sign on the doors showing a website where you can find other locations. 

 

Edit: Hollister actually has a hand written sign saying it was their last day. 

I guess the rumors about H&M are true. That would give them a sizable location with Hollister and the tenants on the hallway entrance all gone.

 

[Allen Alexander]

4 hours ago, ndark said:

Just left the mall. A&F and Hollister are closed. Plastic is up over the windows. Not sure if they are permanently closed or just remodeling. There is a sign on the doors showing a website where you can find other locations. 

 

Edit: Hollister actually has a hand written sign saying it was their last day. 

isn't that the only hollister in the whole metro? i don't think there's one at mccain. hopefully they'll relocate in the mall or move to a new place in LR. it was always crowded when I've ever been at the mall

[adman0468]

36 minutes ago, Allen Alexander said:

isn't that the only hollister in the whole metro? i don't think there's one at mccain. hopefully they'll relocate in the mall or move to a new place in LR. it was always crowded when I've ever been at the mall

There's the newly freed up space where The Limited was.  And a smaller space where Bath & Body Works used to be, but if you were moving, wouldn't you remodel the old space first?

[theman]

10 hours ago, Allen Alexander said:

isn't that the only hollister in the whole metro? i don't think there's one at mccain. hopefully they'll relocate in the mall or move to a new place in LR. it was always crowded when I've ever been at the mall

According to the Democrat-Gazette neither store will relocate inside Park Plaza. Also it stated that a spokesman from the mall said that new retail announcements will be made in a few weeks.

The only other Hollister in the state is at Pinnacle Hills Promenade.

Edited January 24, 2017 by theman