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SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2011
LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
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New retailing pointing toward Southwest Lubbock
BY WALT NETT
aVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Retail development continued to “follow the rooftops”
of Lubbock, moving southwest
with some new national tenants opening at Canyon West
Shopping Center in the last
year or so, and a major player
slated to open in 2012.
The sprawling mixed-use
development greeted the arrivals of a new Office Depot
store and a New Balance shoe
store, while in April, Wal-Mart
broke ground for a new Sam’s
Club warehouse store.
The Sam’s Club will be about
136,000 square feet, about onethird larger than the Sam’s
Club near West Loop 289. It’s
being built on a 19-acre parcel between the Office Depot
store and Main Event Entertainment.
In addition to the Sam’s
Club, the other really big
move this year was the opening of Cardinal’s Super Store,
6524 Slide Road.
suitable for many different
activities.
Meanwhile, at South Plains
Mall, national skate and sport
shoe seller Vans — which already had merchandise on the
shelves at several local department stores — opened its
doors this year.
The mall’s major news of
the last year was the announcement that Premiere
Cinemas is converting the former Mervyn’s space into a 16screen theater including an
IMAX auditorium as a “destination-style” entertainment
venue.
The project, a joint venture
with Noret Theaters of Lubbock, will have two full bars,
a Starbuck’s coffee station, a
gelato stand, and an 80-foot
concession stand.
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At the same time, over the
Cardinal’s Sport Center recently moved into a remodeled former grocery story at 6524 Slide Road.
last year, the mall has created
a food court with four new resOwner Tony Cardinal has his former downtown and 50th store’s uniforms and embroi- taurants.
remodeled a former grocery Street stores, and puts them dery division.
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