Changes coming to major San Luis Obispo retail centers

Some big changes are coming to two of San Luis Obispo's major retail areas: downtown and the Madonna Plaza shopping center.

Sports Authority, the Denver-based sporting goods company that fills nearly a block on Chorro Street, between Higuera and Marsh, is leaving downtown, according to Sports Authority Operations Manager Sara Jones.

Jones confirmed the store on Chorro is preparing to move into the spot where Borders Books and Music had been in Madonna Plaza, and will also take over spaces formerly occupied by the All That Glitters jewelry store and The Bed Store.

Those retail spaces are undergoing major construction to change them from three separate stores into one 35,000 square-foot retail space.

Jones said the move should be complete sometime in mid-May.

As for what might go into the downtown space now occupied by Sports Authority, it remains to be seen.

We are working on finding a replacement tenant, according to Therese Cron, tenant coordinator for Copeland Properties.

The lease agreement between Sports Authority and Copeland is not up until the end of the year, Cron added.

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