The Hixson area is seeing keen interest from retailers as that part of Chattanooga draws attention amid plans for an array of new housing by builders.
“We love the resurgence in the market,” Brandi Norwood, vice president of leasing for the firm AlbaneseCormier, said in an interview at Oak Park Town Center on Highway 153.
Norwood, whose firm bought Oak Park last year, said the center is seeing some shifts and additions that at present fills up the 182,000 square feet it owns.
She said retailer Bealls is closing at month’s end after its lease expired at the shopping center at 5740 Highway 153 that includes a Walmart, which AlbaneseCormier doesn’t own.
Boot Barn will backfill the 20,000 square feet left by Bealls, Norwood said, with plans to open this spring.