Academy Sports + Outdoors Enters Virginia with their First Location as the Anchor at The Corner at Short Pump

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer is excited to announce Academy Sports + Outdoors has leased the former Toys “R” Us anchor space at The Corner at Short Pump, located in the heart of Short Pump at West Broad Street and Lauderdale Drive in Henrico County, Virginia.

Academy Sports + Outdoors, headquartered out of Katy, TX, is one of the nation’s largest sporting goods and outdoor stores. With 259 stores and counting, they offer a broad assortment of quality hunting, fishing, camping equipment, and gear, sports and leisure products, footwear, apparel, and much more. Over the last several decades, the company has grown substantially from its small beginnings. Sales reached one billion dollars in 2003, two billion dollars in 2007, three billion dollars in 2012, and four billion dollars in 2014. In fiscal 2021, sales exceeded $6.77 billion.

The Corner at Short Pump is a 200,000+ square foot regional shopping center co-anchored by Kroger Marketplace and Bassett furniture. Additional tenants include Olive Garden, Banfield Pet Hospital, Orange Theory Fitness, Sleep Number, and Gelati Celesti. The center currently has 1,320 – 6,524 square feet of shop space available and a pad site that can accommodate up to 6,000 square feet.

Connie Jordan Nielsen represented the tenant, and Nicki Jassy and Alicia Brown of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord.

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Thalhimer was founded in 1913 and currently has offices in Richmond, Newport News, Virginia Beach, Fredericksburg, Roanoke, Charlottesville, and Lynchburg, VA. The company has nearly 100 broker professionals and employs over 425 associates. Thalhimer represents, on behalf of its clients, a property portfolio of over 55 million leasable square feet, and management of over 30 million square feet of commercial property, and over 10,000 multifamily units. In 2021, Thalhimer completed over 2,300 transactions with a transactional volume more than $2.2 billion.  Thalhimer is the region’s leading provider of comprehensive commercial real estate services. The firm offers comprehensive commercial real estate services including corporate services, investment sales, tenant representation, project management, asset management, and the sale and leasing of office, industrial and retail properties.
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