Downtown Milwaukee could soon be home to a Kohl’s department store.
The Menomonee Falls-based company is rumored to be considering a small-format store in the HUB640 building, which previously housed a two-story Boston Store and its parent company Bon-Ton’s corporate headquarters. The eight-story Boston Store Building was acquired by Chicago-based North Wells Capital in 2017 and fully redeveloped following the department store chain’s 2018 bankruptcy and subsequent liquidation.
Earlier this week, a media advisory was distributed for a Friday press conference to announce a “new major retailer at HUB640.” Sean Ryan was the first to publicly report that Kohl’s was the tenant.
In investor presentations earlier this year, the company disclosed plans to open more than 100 smaller-format stores of approximately 35,000 square feet. Most of its full-size stores are approximately 80,000 square feet and are often co-located with shopping malls.
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