Monday, February 11, 2019

The First Flex-Target of the Twin Tiers

Target hasn't been expanding crazily, but where they have is by means of their flex-format. The flex-format is designed to basically fit in an existing building without really changing the exterior all that much. Some minor exterior changes might happen, but nothing drastic. The stores can range from as small as around 10,000 sq. ft. to around 60,000 sq. ft. and given the space available sometimes even larger. The store's ability to be flexible in the amount of square footage is where the flex-format name gets its name.

 The only flex-Target I know of in the blog's coverage area as of this writing is the State College location. The purpose of this store is to provide the nearby college campus students, workers or other people in the area a place to grab the basic necessitates, prescriptions from CVS or a Starbucks coffee. 

 From what I can tell, it appears this building was built new with Target in mind but I very well could be wrong. Although not pictured, a H&M store also shares the building in a lower level thanks to a change in elevation.


This photo was taken from a second entrance along the street that bends and this area serves as a lobby for whatever was upstairs.









Wait a minute. Where's XYZ?












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Location: 205 E Beaver Ave, State College, PA 16801, USA

11 comments:

  1. Midwest RetailFebruary 12, 2019 at 11:14 AM

    Target is very popular in college towns which is actually why there opening stores near colleges. Also, the land the store sits was originally parking which I guess was sold to make way for Target. This store is 28,000 Square Feet as it's exact square footage so quite small but does well anyway.

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    1. Random RetailFebruary 12, 2019 at 5:30 PM

      Yep, the fact the've been opening up near colleges is proof in itself at how popular they are.

      Small stores are becoming the trend nowadays.

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  2. DenhartlejrFebruary 21, 2019 at 8:24 AM

    Nate,seen in the news media from Sharon PA that Big Lots is moving from it's current location in the Hermitage Town Plaza ,and is going to be occupying 36000 sq ft of the closed Hermitage PA Kmart..one can only hope more like this happens to closed Kmart and Sears locations

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    1. Random RetailFebruary 21, 2019 at 10:02 AM

      I see that now. It makes sense and its a trend Big Lots has been doing lately. They've been trying to update their stores to a modern look and the best way of doing that is relocating and having larger stores.

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  3. DenhartlejrFebruary 21, 2019 at 10:12 AM

    I've also read that Rural King,who supposedly bought the closed Kmart in Franklin PA,paid all outstanding water and sewage bills to the local municipality to make them current..any good sign from this that RK might open up a location there soon?

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    1. Random RetailFebruary 22, 2019 at 6:01 PM

      That would seem to be the case to me, but its hard to say for sure.

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  4. DenhartlejrFebruary 21, 2019 at 10:49 AM

    Also,I was at the Butler,Pa Ollie's location this past weekend,and talked to the store manager about the possibility of Ollie's locating a store in the closed Clarion PA Kmart..he said to me they prefer putting locations at least an hour from each other so a location in Clarion would probably be out because the Kmart there is less than an hour from the Cranberry Mall(near Franklin PA)

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  5. DenhartlejrFebruary 21, 2019 at 10:50 AM

    Ollie's has a store in that mall..

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    1. Random RetailFebruary 22, 2019 at 6:02 PM

      Yeah that makes sense. I've been seeing that in their new store openings.

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  6. DenhartlejrFebruary 23, 2019 at 1:25 AM

    Nate,found out this week that Rural King is possibly starting to get the closed KMART in Franklin,Pa ready to move into,possibly opening up in August or September...

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