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According to KETV, the Toys R Us at 76th and Dodge is closing.
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I was surprised last weekend to see the people on the Dodge holding "Closing Sale" signs for Toys "R" Us. maybe with Charleston's in place they can make that area look a little less trashy. that is just a dirty looking strip mall.
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If/when Crossroads gets redeveloped I expect that entire strip mall except for the new Charleston's to go away fo something better.
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At the very end of the Grow Omaha Radio program, Jeff and Trenton mention that Best Buy could possibly be taking over the Toys R Us spot to make room for Crossroads Mall Renovations.
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Toys R' US probably sold the store to an asset liquidation firm. People holding shaker board signs and whatnot is standard operating procedure when a liquidation firm is running the show.lisanstan wrote:I was surprised last weekend to see the people on the Dodge holding "Closing Sale" signs for Toys "R" Us. maybe with Charleston's in place they can make that area look a little less trashy. that is just a dirty looking strip mall.
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I was wondering what they'd do with the Best Buy when the Crossroads stuff starts. I guess this is an option. I was hoping they'd take over the old Bag N Save building and expand to make some Super Best Buy store, but it never happened. I did see they were moving the store on 48th and R in Lincoln to 70th and O to move to a 'smaller' store. Not sure why they would do that since that 48th and R store is probably the Best one I've been to because of the size of it.Brad wrote:At the very end of the Grow Omaha Radio program, Jeff and Trenton mention that Best Buy could possibly be taking over the Toys R Us spot to make room for Crossroads Mall Renovations.
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You won't see Best Buy doing any more of their large format stores like the one on 70th in Lincoln. They are phasing those out. They were built that way in the 90's to accommodate large media sections for CD's and DVD's. With iTunes, movie streaming and such, that space just isn't needed anymore. With Amazon and on-line sites attacking them, Best Buy just can't compete on price and maintain such large stores and pay rent on that amount of square footage. Too bad, I enjoyed shopping in them back in the day.
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I am amazed that Radio Shack is still around.Greg S wrote:You won't see Best Buy doing any more of their large format stores like the one on 70th in Lincoln. They are phasing those out. They were built that way in the 90's to accommodate large media sections for CD's and DVD's. With iTunes, movie streaming and such, that space just isn't needed anymore. With Amazon and on-line sites attacking them, Best Buy just can't compete on price and maintain such large stores and pay rent on that amount of square footage. Too bad, I enjoyed shopping in them back in the day.
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Since Radio Shack has their own brand (Tandy) I have to wonder if that keeps them afloat, but does Best Buy? Sears has their own, which probably is their only saving brand.
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I believe that Best Buy has Rocketfish, Dynek and Insignia.Coyote wrote:Since Radio Shack has their own brand (Tandy) I have to wonder if that keeps them afloat, but does Best Buy? Sears has their own, which probably is their only saving brand.
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Well what I just heard was that the crossroads developer wants all the land that has Applebee's best buy toys r us etc is on. I guess sears is a issue because of their 100 year lease they are demanding the developer build them a new building.
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It was announced a while ago that Sears would move in to a Temporary location during constructionMTO wrote:Well what I just heard was that the crossroads developer wants all the land that has Applebee's best buy toys r us etc is on. I guess sears is a issue because of their 100 year lease they are demanding the developer build them a new building.
Its been know they want the rest of that land, that's why they denied that Hobby Lobby that was going to build next to best buy.
Not sure what Applebee's would do. Its the biggest store in Omaha and back in the day, one of the busiest too. However the building is 20 years old now and they do build different style stores. Most locations are also a lot smaller now too. Wonder if they price is right, they wouldn't build a new location within the new development?
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Best Buy is moving here.
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A little more visibility from Dodge Street might help them get more business.iamjacobm wrote:Best Buy is moving here.
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I would imagine the space is smaller too.
Now we need to find a use for the old Bag & Save.
Now we need to find a use for the old Bag & Save.
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The place looked horrible inside and out, and the lot is kind of weird. I think they'd be better just tearing the place down and making a new little strip mall in there.iamjacobm wrote:I would imagine the space is smaller too.
Now we need to find a use for the old Bag & Save.
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Re: Toys R Us is closing - Best Buy Moving in???
I thought that the Best Buy/Bag N Save building was going to be part of the Crossroads redevelopment and that it would be demolished?RNcyanide wrote:The place looked horrible inside and out, and the lot is kind of weird. I think they'd be better just tearing the place down and making a new little strip mall in there.iamjacobm wrote:I would imagine the space is smaller too.
Now we need to find a use for the old Bag & Save.
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Sorry I meant the Bag and Save that closed that was I further west behind the Burger King.
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Not that I'm aware of.TitosBuritoBarn wrote:I thought that the Best Buy/Bag N Save building was going to be part of the Crossroads redevelopment and that it would be demolished?RNcyanide wrote:The place looked horrible inside and out, and the lot is kind of weird. I think they'd be better just tearing the place down and making a new little strip mall in there.iamjacobm wrote:I would imagine the space is smaller too.
Now we need to find a use for the old Bag & Save.
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I'm trying to remember what that Bag/Best Buy building originated as. I do remember that it closed down, and then they build two additions on the ends, and split it down the middle. The Bag and Save side used to be the Brandeis furniture store, back before Younkers bought out Brandeis (and Mrs. B plundered the furniture market in town).
If someone is going to demolish the Sears store and build new, the Best Buy/Bag building would be an obvious candidate for tearing down and building new.
If someone is going to demolish the Sears store and build new, the Best Buy/Bag building would be an obvious candidate for tearing down and building new.
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I think Best Buy was "Children's Palace." I remember going there as a kid. Does anyone remember when Best Buy moved in?HskrFanMike wrote:I'm trying to remember what that Bag/Best Buy building originated as. I do remember that it closed down, and then they build two additions on the ends, and split it down the middle. The Bag and Save side used to be the Brandeis furniture store, back before Younkers bought out Brandeis (and Mrs. B plundered the furniture market in town).
If someone is going to demolish the Sears store and build new, the Best Buy/Bag building would be an obvious candidate for tearing down and building new.
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The current best buy building and the empty store next to it are slated to be part of the new crossroads. The strip mall where best buy is going will not be part of it.
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Hobby Lobby wanted to build on the Bag N' Save lot, but Crossroads' owner blocked it.
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Nice to see there's still a pulse on this project.jessep28 wrote:Hobby Lobby wanted to build on the Bag N' Save lot, but Crossroads' owner blocked it.
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This was back in 2013 and Crossroads Redevelopment version 1.0.RNcyanide wrote:Nice to see there's still a pulse on this project.jessep28 wrote:Hobby Lobby wanted to build on the Bag N' Save lot, but Crossroads' owner blocked it.
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The building was originally Gulf Mart - kinda like a KMart/Target, then it became Handy Dan's. Gulf Mart and Handy Dan's were owned by the same company. The building that houses Pendleton on Fort Crook Road in Bellevue was also a Gulf Mart/Handy Dan's.BPHusker wrote:I think Best Buy was "Children's Palace." I remember going there as a kid. Does anyone remember when Best Buy moved in?HskrFanMike wrote:I'm trying to remember what that Bag/Best Buy building originated as. I do remember that it closed down, and then they build two additions on the ends, and split it down the middle. The Bag and Save side used to be the Brandeis furniture store, back before Younkers bought out Brandeis (and Mrs. B plundered the furniture market in town).
If someone is going to demolish the Sears store and build new, the Best Buy/Bag building would be an obvious candidate for tearing down and building new.
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Handy Dan's....that's a brand name I haven't heard in years. I remember that plaza then being a Children's Palace / World of Food combo, before becoming Best Buy / Bag and Save.
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I remember that Gulf Mart place. We also bought furniture as a kid from the Brandeis Furniture store there.
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Remembering Handy Dan's brought back bittersweet memories of tagging along with my dad on Saturday mornings to get whatever for his honey-do list. If I was good, he'd buy me a Mr Pibb out of the pop machine.NEDodger wrote:Handy Dan's....that's a brand name I haven't heard in years. I remember that plaza then being a Children's Palace / World of Food combo, before becoming Best Buy / Bag and Save.
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TheSeventhBrat wrote:Remembering Handy Dan's brought back bittersweet memories of tagging along with my dad on Saturday mornings to get whatever for his honey-do list. If I was good, he'd buy me a Mr Pibb out of the pop machine.NEDodger wrote:Handy Dan's....that's a brand name I haven't heard in years. I remember that plaza then being a Children's Palace / World of Food combo, before becoming Best Buy / Bag and Save.
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Dr Pepper wasn't available.nebugeater wrote:TheSeventhBrat wrote:Remembering Handy Dan's brought back bittersweet memories of tagging along with my dad on Saturday mornings to get whatever for his honey-do list. If I was good, he'd buy me a Mr Pibb out of the pop machine.NEDodger wrote:Handy Dan's....that's a brand name I haven't heard in years. I remember that plaza then being a Children's Palace / World of Food combo, before becoming Best Buy / Bag and Save.
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You are bringing back long forgotten memories.Greg S wrote:I remember that Gulf Mart place. We also bought furniture as a kid from the Brandeis Furniture store there.
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Back in the day, Brandeis has a toy department on 1st floor at Crossroads. When Christmas season arrived, they would expand it big time. I think the area they went in to for the expansion was sealed off the rest of the year. Later they would do it on the 2nd floor in the area above where you would drive under the mall on the north side of the building.
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