2009.07.28
Bolton's slated for Valley View
Vacant retail spaces are growing at shopping centers across the country where many national chains have shuttered stores.
At Valley View Mall in Roanoke, one of these vacant retail spaces soon will be filled with a new store for this market.
Bolton's, a discount women's apparel store selling designer and brand name clothing, is planning to open in the former spot of BMoss on the mall's upper level. BMoss is a women's clothing chain that filed for bankruptcy last year and closed all of its stores.
Most of Bolton's stores are in New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania. But the retailer is making a push to expand its brand into Virginia, according to spokeswoman Susan Leventhal, for A&E Stores.
A&E Stores, based in New Jersey, owns Bolton's and other retail concepts, including Strawberry and Pay Half.
Leventhal told me that Bolton's has been seeking former BMoss locations for new store openings.
The retailer is aiming for an Aug. 27 opening at Valley View, which will be its first Virginia store, she said.
