Kinnucan's Specialty Outfitters closed its Atlantic Station store Thursday night after about three and half years in business. The Auburn, Alabama-based retailer entered the Atlanta market with their store at Atlantic Station in May 2014. The store opened in place of City Sports, a Boston based sporting goods retailer that originally occupied the space.
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The new H&M at Atlantic Station |
A second Kinnucan's soon followed in late 2014 at Avalon in Alpharetta. At the time, both Atlantic Station and Avalon were owned and managed by North American Properties. The Avalon store will remain open as will other Georgia stores in Peachtree Corners, Columbus, Newnan and Athens. Kinnucan's closure at Atlantic Station was reportedly a mutual decision between the retailer and real estate firm Hines, which currently owns Atlantic Station. Sources say the retailer never really "clicked" with the intown market and is far more pleased the performance of their OTP locations.
The closure of Kinnucan's will allow for Hines to relocate a portion of H&M to the space as H&M will soon undergo an extensive expansion and remodel. H&M, which first opened at Atlantic Station in 2008, will swell from about 26,000 square feet to 40,000 square feet, making it what the retailer will reportedly consider its southeast flagship.
A second portion of H&M will relocate to the former Z Gallerie space during the renovation. According to a source at Atlantic Station, H&M will likely relocate to their respective temporary spaces in about eight weeks.
The H&M expansion will allow the Swedish clothing retailer to offer an extended variety of its men's, home and collaboration collections. An Atlantic Station source told ToNeTo Atlanta that the new H&M is expected to open this coming November.
The same Atlantic Station source indicated that there are leases pending on Kinnucan's and former Z Gallerie spaces for permanent replacements as well as for the "jewel boxes" planned as replacements for the former Strip restaurant. Announcements on these and other Atlantic Station developments are expected in the next 60 to 90 days, according to the source.
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