The changing landscape at Kentucky Oaks Mall

The diverse list of choices at Kentucky Oaks Mall continues to grow.  The popular HomeGoods brand will soon be arriving, offering its outstanding collection of everything to make a home more beautiful.  HomeGoods specializes in brand name furniture, linens, cooking products, art, seasonal decorations and other home accessories offered at discounted prices.  The new 44,000 square foot store will be located in a space formerly occupied by Elder-Beerman.  When it opens its doors in October, it will be the only HomeGoods in western Kentucky.

HomeGoods was founded in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1992.  It has now grown to a chain of more than 700 stores.

The opening of HomeGoods will come on the heels of the openings of other new merchants at Kentucky Oaks Mall this year, including Burlington, Ross Dress for Less, H&M and Shoe Dept. Encore.  Discussions are also underway with other merchants and restauranteurs interested in opening for business at the mall.

Along with the addition of new offerings, work is currently underway to enhance the overall experience for mall visitors.  The CFSB Children’s Play Area is in the process of being relocated to the JCPenney Concourse.  A Grand Reopening Celebration will take place on March 23, coinciding with the arrival of the Easter Bunny at the mall.  More details about this event will be available soon.  In the meantime, work crews will soon be installing new lighting, carpeting, décor and other improvements throughout the mall.  This project will be completed in the early fall.

Kentucky Oaks Mall is located on Interstate 24, Exits 3 and 4, in Paducah, Kentucky.  The mall complex comprises over one million square feet of shopping, dining and entertainment, and has been serving the people Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and Eastern Missouri since 1983.  Customers find trusted names like Dillard’s, JCPenney, DICK’S Sporting Goods and nearly one hundred other specialty shops and eateries.  For more information about mall merchants and events, go to www.kentuckyoaksmall.com.  Kentucky Oaks Mall is owned and managed in association with Cafaro-affiliated companies, based in Niles, Ohio.  One of the nation’s largest privately held shopping center developers, the Cafaro organization has developed in its history more than 30 million square feet of commercial real estate in 14 states.  For more information, visit www.cafarocompany.com.

 

HomeGoods to be newest mall tenant

By DAVID ZOELLER dzoeller@paducahsun.com | Feb 6, 2019 Updated 8 hrs ago

HomeGoods, a Massachusetts-based home decor retailer, is the newest announced tenant at Kentucky Oaks Mall.

“As the name would suggest, HomeGoods is a home decor store that has lots of great stuff for indoors and outdoors,” said Joe Bell, director of corporate communications for Cafaro Company, which owns and manages much of the mall complex.

“HomeGoods is very popular. It brings high-quality housewares, furniture, decor, linens, that sort of thing,” he said. “It’s very well respected, so we’re happy to bring them to the property.”

The newest addition to the mall will occupy approximately 44,000 square feet of what was previously Elder-Beerman, according to Bell. HomeGoods is in the process of doing construction and is expected to be open in the fall, most likely in October, he said.

“There’s still about 14,000 square feet left over (from Elder-Beerman) that we are currently in negotiations with another potential tenant. We hope to have something wrapped up pretty soon.”

In the meantime, “We’re really happy about the Burlington store,” Bell said, of the retailer that opened last September in a portion of the space previously occupied by Sears. The portion of the mall which once housed Sears is owned and managed by Seritage Growth Properties.

“And, Ross Dress for Less will be opening a little later this year right next to Burlington,” he said.

According to Bell, Paducah remains a viable marketplace for a lot of businesses due to its location and interstate access, among other things.

“We’re very upbeat about how the rest of the year is going to go, and we’re interested to see how the leasing progresses. We’re anxious to be able to offer some new things that maybe haven’t been in the marketplace before