Southwest Roanoke County f.y.e. music and video store closing
f.y.e on Electric Road is closing. Photo by Amanda Codispoti
This post has been corrected to reflect that Carilion’s urgent care center is moving into the space between f.y.e. and JUMP!
Roger Jackson, an agent with Poe and Cronk Real Estate Group, said a retailer is moving into f.y.e.’s space. He would not disclose the name of the new retailer.
The f.y.e music and video store on Electric Road is closing to make room for a new retailer. a Carilion Clinic urgent care center.
Signs inside and outside the store declare 50 to 80 percent discounts on used and new CDs and DVDs. The store’s fixtures are also for sale.
The store manager referred questions about the closing to f.y.e.’s parent company, Trans World Entertainment. My calls there were not returned.
Roger Jackson, an agent for Poe and Cronk Real Estate Group, says that f.y.e.’s lease was ending and they couldn’t agree with the landlord on a new lease. He said a new retailer has plans to move into the space. He wouldn’t name the company.
The closing comes as My colleague, Sarah Bruyn Jones, reports that Carilion plans to turn the store’s space between f.y.e and JUMP! into an urgent care center.
According to a building permit filed in Roanoke County, Carilion will spend about $210,000 on tenant upgrades.
f.y.e.’s Valley View Mall store remains open.
January 18, 2012 - 9:00 AM
I had wondered why when I went there last week they had signs saying they weren’t buying anything at the location. Makes sense now.
neither part of this story is surprising. SW county could use an urgent care, it is strange that there aren’t more UC in Roanoke. It is sad that music stores are dying out, it was an exciting part of growing up going into Record Bar to get the latest record/tape.
They haven’t really taken care of that store for quite a while. It’s looked like a going out of business sale inside for over a year now, at least since Dec ’10 (the first time I had been in there in quite a while).
I’m sorry to see that f.y.e. go. Though the Valley View store is much closer to me, the one on Electric had greater variety and was easier to browse. Probably 1/2 of my DVD collection came from there. On the other hand, prognosticators are saying that DVDs are headed the way of the dinosaurs, so I suppose I should just adapt and evolve.
I predict that FYE as a chain will end up DOA within the next few years, they used to be a source of ‘stickered’ albums that you couldn’t buy at Wal-Mart and a larger selection in some areas than Best Buy, now with online music downloads both of those benefits are gone, plus FYE was typically the highest price for anything so that didn’t help them.
Course one time I saw an FYE employee in uniform in the Best Buy in Roanoke buying CD’s, seems it was cheaper than buying them @ FYE with their employee discount.
It depends on what you’re looking for. If you have time to browse, you can find some good prices (especially on used stuff) but the good deals are mixed in with some jaw-dropping prices.