If you thought we were Grand before, just wait till you see our new sign!
Before we head on back to the Horn Lake Arby's this Saturday to see how its remodel altered the existing cool 90s design, I first have to hold up my end of the bargain and show you the update I promised you’d see elsewhere in the DeSoto Crossing shopping center! So from March 2017 in that linked view, we’re fast-forwarding to September for this one, where you can see Payless Shoesource has closed and gone (as I mentioned last time), and neighbor Grand Buffet has (surprisingly!) received a new sign! Totally wasn’t expecting that one, as Grand Buffet had had the same plain, understated signage (as far as I know) for the entire time they’ve been in this shopping center… and I’m fairly certain they’ve been here since the beginning, too. So considering that, this is actually a kinda cool development really, and “understated” sure doesn’t apply to this new look any longer: there’s definitely no way anyone will miss Grand Buffet now, haha!
Speaking of missing things, though: my mom and I were here this day (as ever, lol!) to go on our Target run, and once inside she asked me if I had seen the work going on inside the former Payless. Nope, I replied, I totally missed that! I was so concentrated on getting this shot (and framing it exactly like my last one for maximum comparison XD ) that I didn’t even pay attention. But sure enough, you can see paper covering the windows in the shot above, and I believe the door is open as well (I can’t really tell, but that’s what my mom said. I want to say she even saw workers inside, too). Not only did I not notice whatever was going on on the day I took this photo, but I also completely forgot to investigate this last weekend when I was here once again. So I’ll certainly have to try to make a concerted effort to check things out next time! But in any case, there’s no signage on the building (which would of course draw my attention!), so things must not be *that* far along just yet, if indeed there is a new retailer moving in at all. I’ll do my best to keep an eye on it either way, however…
…And as far as keeping an eye on things goes (yay, yet another segue!), I managed to discover a few major DeSoto County retail news items in the past week or so! (Read: mainly yesterday afternoon, while I should have been studying instead XD ) No, not any info on this Payless thing, sadly. Nor did I find anything on who will be taking over the old Southaven Books-a-Million, although I did discover there is a “retail lease pending” there! I could go ahead and tell you the other two pieces of news here, too… but I also want to keep them a surprise ;) So I guess I’ll compromise and just tell you one-half of it: The Fresh Market is officially no longer coming to Olive Branch Crossing, and instead that never-opened shell has been gobbled up by – wait for it – Planet Fitness :/ Not that I have anything against PF per se, but they’re taking over a spot in a trendy new area, whereas normally they seem to assume abandoned spaces in, shall we say, more “established” areas: and while I admit Planet Fitness does technically fulfill my hope that OB would get another new retailer out of the deal if Fresh Market pulled out (which was pretty much expected), they weren’t really what I had in mind, haha!
The other bit of news I’ll share with you soon enough; in fact, it is very much related to what will be my next feature photoset, which will begin in two weeks. But in the meantime, stick around for those Arby’s pics this weekend… and until then, go and enjoy some of this music! :)
Payless ShoeSource (now closed) // 7256 Interstate Boulevard, Suite 1, Horn Lake, MS 38637
Grand Buffet // 7256 Interstate Boulevard, Suite 5, Horn Lake, MS 38637
(c) 2017 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
If you thought we were Grand before, just wait till you see our new sign!
Before we head on back to the Horn Lake Arby's this Saturday to see how its remodel altered the existing cool 90s design, I first have to hold up my end of the bargain and show you the update I promised you’d see elsewhere in the DeSoto Crossing shopping center! So from March 2017 in that linked view, we’re fast-forwarding to September for this one, where you can see Payless Shoesource has closed and gone (as I mentioned last time), and neighbor Grand Buffet has (surprisingly!) received a new sign! Totally wasn’t expecting that one, as Grand Buffet had had the same plain, understated signage (as far as I know) for the entire time they’ve been in this shopping center… and I’m fairly certain they’ve been here since the beginning, too. So considering that, this is actually a kinda cool development really, and “understated” sure doesn’t apply to this new look any longer: there’s definitely no way anyone will miss Grand Buffet now, haha!
Speaking of missing things, though: my mom and I were here this day (as ever, lol!) to go on our Target run, and once inside she asked me if I had seen the work going on inside the former Payless. Nope, I replied, I totally missed that! I was so concentrated on getting this shot (and framing it exactly like my last one for maximum comparison XD ) that I didn’t even pay attention. But sure enough, you can see paper covering the windows in the shot above, and I believe the door is open as well (I can’t really tell, but that’s what my mom said. I want to say she even saw workers inside, too). Not only did I not notice whatever was going on on the day I took this photo, but I also completely forgot to investigate this last weekend when I was here once again. So I’ll certainly have to try to make a concerted effort to check things out next time! But in any case, there’s no signage on the building (which would of course draw my attention!), so things must not be *that* far along just yet, if indeed there is a new retailer moving in at all. I’ll do my best to keep an eye on it either way, however…
…And as far as keeping an eye on things goes (yay, yet another segue!), I managed to discover a few major DeSoto County retail news items in the past week or so! (Read: mainly yesterday afternoon, while I should have been studying instead XD ) No, not any info on this Payless thing, sadly. Nor did I find anything on who will be taking over the old Southaven Books-a-Million, although I did discover there is a “retail lease pending” there! I could go ahead and tell you the other two pieces of news here, too… but I also want to keep them a surprise ;) So I guess I’ll compromise and just tell you one-half of it: The Fresh Market is officially no longer coming to Olive Branch Crossing, and instead that never-opened shell has been gobbled up by – wait for it – Planet Fitness :/ Not that I have anything against PF per se, but they’re taking over a spot in a trendy new area, whereas normally they seem to assume abandoned spaces in, shall we say, more “established” areas: and while I admit Planet Fitness does technically fulfill my hope that OB would get another new retailer out of the deal if Fresh Market pulled out (which was pretty much expected), they weren’t really what I had in mind, haha!
The other bit of news I’ll share with you soon enough; in fact, it is very much related to what will be my next feature photoset, which will begin in two weeks. But in the meantime, stick around for those Arby’s pics this weekend… and until then, go and enjoy some of this music! :)
Payless ShoeSource (now closed) // 7256 Interstate Boulevard, Suite 1, Horn Lake, MS 38637
Grand Buffet // 7256 Interstate Boulevard, Suite 5, Horn Lake, MS 38637
(c) 2017 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)