Bluhawk: The place (Youth) Sports activities and Way of life Come Collectively

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The division retailer is gone. The movie show struggled. So what’s right this moment’s anchor tenant? For PB Development, the reply is youth sports activities — and their Bluhawk venture in Overland Park, Kansas, is making the case. 

In this Retail Insight interview from ICSC Las Vegas, reporter Nellie Day sits down with Bart Lowen, vp of growth for PB Development, to debate youth sports activities — a $50 billion business that, as Lowen places it, is as sure as loss of life and taxes. The 600,000-square-foot Bluhawk mixed-use growth is anchored by a 400,000-square-foot multi-sport advanced, with retail, eating, hospitality and leisure woven round it — all inside 90 toes of the ability’s entrance door. The consequence: dwell occasions operating 3 times longer than a standard purchasing heart anchor and a built-in repeat customer base.

Watch the video to listen to Lowen clarify what separates profitable sports-anchored mixed-use tasks from those that fall quick — and why he’s satisfied Bluhawk is a mannequin able to journey to different markets.

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