New Target draws retail focus to South Hill

The recently opened and already busy Target retail store at the Regal Plaza shopping center reflects the demand for new retail development on the South Hill, says prominent Spokane real estate developer Dave Black, who also notes that it took more than a decade for the project to come to fruition.

Black says Target is the catalyst for other retail tenants looking at Regal Plaza and other sites on the South Hill.

Were negotiating five more leases, he says of Regal Plaza. Thats all but one of the remaining spaces.

With the Target store opening last week, Black announced that three new tenantsMod Pizza, Sally Beauty, and Supercutshave signed leases for Regal Plaza space.

The Target store employs about 200 mostly part-time employees, says Daniel Sweeney, the stores manager.

Sweeney says most of the stores employees are hired locally and half of the 10-member management team is from the Spokane-Coeur dAlene area.

The 135,000-square-foot store is a typical size for a newer Target, Sweeney says, adding, This model is working very well.

The store is one of five Target stores that Minneapolis-based Target Corp. has scheduled to open this year in the U.S. and the only store its opening this year in the Pacific Northwest, Sweeney says.

The store includes a grocery department that Target has been rolling out in its stores over the last couple of years.

With the fresh market, our goal is to have Target guests come more often throughout the month, he says. It has what most people want and need for fill-in grocery shopping, including healthier options even in our own brands.

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New Target draws retail focus to South Hill