The former Blockbuster store is being turned into new Verizon store on Dayton Blvd.One of the nation’s largest Verizon Wireless retailers plans to open a regional hub in Red Bank.
Cellular Sales of Knoxville Inc. is spending about $333,000 to revamp a former Blockbuster store on Dayton Boulevard, said Rob Stinnett, the company’s regional director.
“It’s an area of town that has been under-serviced,” he said. “It didn’t have a distribution point to fit the needs of customers.”
The site will hold a 4,500-square-foot showroom, Stinnett said. It also will have 1,500 square feet for office space as the company makes the location its headquarters for Chattanooga and the region, he said.
“It will be the hub for the Chattanooga area,” Stinnett said. The opening is set for Nov. 1, he said.