New retail options available, coming to East El Paso
that sat vacant for years after its main tenants moved a mile down the road to the fountains at farah is bustling once again. the viscount village shopping center on the corner of viscount and gateway west has three new shops — one opened last week — another’s opening in a matter of days: shoppers waste no time making their way into the newest stores on the east side. one of them — hobby lobby arts & crafts — its grand opening was last week. 2.22 – 2:29 “i live nea here and going to the west side for hobby lobby — too far. zaragoza too. right here, just right.” ross dress for less has been open for several weeks. 5.41 i think it’s good because the stores were all empty. 8.31-8.48 “according to a representative with the retail connection, the company that owns the three large spaces in viscount village — best buy and barnes and noble were still paying rent on the spaces they vacated when they moved to the fountains — but once the leases were up, they weren’t staying vacant for long.” 2.55 there was just a huge demand. there could have been 10 different deals there. we picked the ones we wanted. 3.03 the newest retailer is tuesday morning — which has had a location on el paso’s westside since the 1970s. a sign posted on the door — saying it will open on friday. 4.29 tuesday morning has revamped their entire inventory system so their inventory is upscale and nice at a discounted price. 4.38 and shoppers are ready. 1.31 i’ll bring my wife. she’ll do the buying and i’ll do the spending. this is the third hobby lobby in el paso. and the eighth ross location. when i asked her about why fill the space with another ross store — retail connections representative jennifer reynolds told me — they are answering the demand.