Riverdale to be home of Utah’s first At Home location
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RIVERDALE — At Home, The Home Décor Superstore, has announced its first Utah location, coming soon to Riverdale.
The Texas-based company plans to occupy 115,000 square feet at 1135 W. Riverdale Road, site of the former Macy’s and most recently, Castle of Chaos. A small tenant space will still be available in the building’s south end.
Castle of Chaos owners are moving both of their Riverdale and Taylorsville locations to 4300 S. Commerce Street in Murray.Castle of Chaos plans to be operational in a new 17,000 square foot building by this Halloween season.
The new At Home location is scheduled to open in late July or early August, bringing 25 full- and part-time jobs to the community, said Stacey Sullivan, public relations manager with At Home. The store will likely follow company guidelines of being open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Although At Home just recently posted the Riverdale location as a site “coming soon” on its website, Riverdale city leaders said they have been working on this deal for quite some time and are excited to announce it.
“This is exciting news,” Riverdale Norm Searle said in a Facebook post. “This has been in work for some time. We have been waiting to be able to go public. This should be a real plus for our community.”
“We are excited to see a big anchor tenant come in to drive growth,” said Mike Eggett, Riverdale community development administrator. “This will be quite a spark to ignite new growth and comfort and bring attention to existing companies.”
Currently Columbus Pacific Properties based in Santa Monica, Calif., owns the north side of the Family Center where At Home plans to locate. The new anchor may even bring new development interest to the Family Center’s south side, where land remains undeveloped near Target and Sam’s Club, Eggett said.
“We are hopeful with At Home being there, it will create more growth and fire for the new owners on the south,” he said.
Sullivan said Riverdale is one of 20 new stores At Home plans to open in several markets across the country this year. Negotiations for the long-term lease at the Riverdale location are still ongoing, Eggett said. Eggett said he has heard At Home is looking for new locations in two other large urban areas in Utah, but Riverdale will be the state’s first.
At Home was founded as Garden Ridge Pottery in 1979 in Garden Ridge, Texas, and is now headquartered in Plano, Texas. Under the At Home brand transformation that began in 2014, the company now has 80 locations in 21 states.
According to its website, At Home is a big box specialty retailer of home décor products including furniture, gardening accessories, home textiles, housewares, patio décor, rugs, seasonal items, and tabletop and wall décor.
The company will be a good anchor tenant for the Family Center, Eggett said.
“The new land owners are trying to add some new energy in the center, and build around what At Home brings to the center to develop it to more potential,” Eggett said.