TJ Maxx Coming to mall

By Eric Fetters
Herald Writer
Last updated: January 4th, 2007
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EVERETT - TJ Maxx plans to open a store in Everett Mall Village later this year, filling the final space in the new shopping center just west of the main mall.

A discount retailer of clothing and home decor items, TJ Maxx will occupy just more than 26,000 square feet south of PetSmart.

The Village, which opened in fall 2005, also has Best Buy, Sleep Country USA, Quiznos and Bed Bath & Beyond stores.

Construction on the new store is under way, and it should be open in the fall, said Sonya Cosentini, a TJ Maxx spokeswoman.

Founded in 1976, TJ Maxx is the nation's largest "off-price" chain, selling women's, men's and children's brand name clothing at prices lower than most department and specialty stores. With 800 stores nationwide, the only other TJ Maxx in the county is located on Highway 99 in Edmonds.

"I think it's actually a perfect fit to round out the Village," said Julie Tennyson, Everett Mall's marketing director, as there is no other clothing retailer in that strip of stores.

TJ Maxx is not the only major tenant moving into Everett Mall this year. With last week's closure of Mervyn's on the south end of the shopping center, construction to transform that space is scheduled to begin soon.

When the work is done, LA Fitness plans to open a health club in the expanded first-floor space that housed Mervyn's.

The other half of the space and the entire second-floor level there will be leased by Steve & Barry's University Sportswear. That fast-growing chain offers jeans, T-shirts, other sportswear and casual clothes as well as shoes, with most items are priced at less than $15.

Everett Mall's owner, Steadfast Cos., has spent millions since summer 2004 to build The Village, attract more major retailers such as Old Navy and Borders and renovated portions of the shopping center. The owner also has proposed a development of 74 single-family houses on land at the shopping center's southern edge.

Reporter Eric Fetters: 425-339-3453 or fetters@heraldnet.com.

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