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Tuesday Morning is almost here
By Charles Richards
The Paris News
Published November 4, 2007
Tuesday Morning, a discount gift and home accessory chain, has completed renovation of the old Dollar General store in the Mirabeau Square Shopping Center and opens soon.
"We've finished the work, and they're ready to begin moving in merchandise," said Leroy Snow, whose real estate company manages the shopping center, located on the southwest corner of Loop 286 and Lamar Avenue.
Tuesday Morning's $80,000 building permit to renovate its space in the southwest corner of Mirabeau Square was one of 45 permits for a total of $454,995 issued by the City of Paris in October. The biggest permit was for a $268,000 roofing contract on the Paris Junior College campus.
In addition to Tuesday Morning, Snow said another well-known chain store signed a lease Wednesday to move into the location formerly occupied by Beall's Department Store.
Snow declined to identify the store, saying the company isn't ready for an announcement yet. That should come soon, he said. Negotiations have been in the works for weeks, he said.
Snow did say the company wants even more space than Beall's used, so an additional 10,000 square feet will be added to the rear of the building to increase store space to 40,000 square feet.
Snow said the company also plans to add a facade onto the front, similar to what Beall's did when it moved into the old Super 1 Foods location at the north end of the shopping center.
"I anticipate the store opening to be sometime next spring," Snow said.
Also, a national men's clothier store will be moving into an unoccupied 10,000 square feet at the far north of the shopping center, which was part of Super 1 Foods but taken by Beall's, he said.
A front entry will be created, and the space will be remodeled for the new occupant, whom Snow also declined to identify.
"I'm getting inundated by emails from other stores who want space in our shopping center," Snow said, and a new addition is being considered south of the Burger King location.
The proposed new addition would extend south to where a small snowcone stand now sits near Mirabeau Square's easterly access to the loop.
Founded in 1974 and based in Dallas, Tuesday Morning operates 810 stores in 47 states. It is known for its deep discounts on gifts and accessories seen in more upscale department stores.
Tuesday Morning offers first quality, famous maker closeout gifts on an event basis at 50 percent to 80 percent off regular retail prices. The company said that strategy has made it the largest and most successful closeout gift chain in the United States for 30 years running.
Tuesday Morning calls itself "the world's best treasure hunt." It is a rarity among retailers in that its sales are structured around about 10 four- to five-week "events" a year.
The chain derives its name from the day on which its events traditionally get their official start, although the stores may reopen prior to the stated start date.
The stores are open about 300 days out of the year and close between events to restock, most noticeably for the first few weeks of January and July, typically slow months for retail.
Among other building permits in October, UPS took out a $35,000 permit for renovation preparing for a new store in the Chisum Square Shopping Center.
Anytime Fitness took out a $5,000 permit to renovate half of the old Hibbetts Sporting Goods space in the Lamar Crossing Shopping, and Central Presbyterian took out a $10,000 permit for work on its facility at 309 Church St.
A complete list of the building permits for October follow:
Commercial Repair: Norma Staples, 4523-4529 SE Loop 286, $7,000; Tuesday Morning, 3552 Lamar Ave., $80,000; UPS, 3695 Lamar Ave., $35,000; Colonial Apartments, 3215 Clarksville, $1,319; Central Presbyterian, 309 Church St., $10,000; Anytime Fitness, 4023 Lamar, $5,000; PJC, 2400 Clarksville Ave., $268,625; Bob Holland, 111 Lamar Ave., $10,000.
Residential Repair: Jay Spencer, 860 33rd SE St. , $4,815.15; John Bost, 325 35th SE St., $3,500; Living Word Pentecostal, 902 S. Main St., $5,000; James Wright, 120 34th NW St., $4,000; Debra Kennedy, 853 20th SE St., $1,854; Billy Fields, 154 8th NE St., $3,000; Joyce Freeman, 711 1st St., $1,000; Rickey Ferguson, 445 16th SW St., $3,000; Dessie Hardison, 1240 W. Shiloh St., $3,000; Jerry Keisler, 2221 Collegiate Dr., $1,892.04; Sue Maulden, 920 29th SE St., $2,990; Jennison Properties, 236 2nd NE St., $2,000.
Demolition: Joy Hicks, 80 29th SW St.; Tuesday Morning, 3552 Lamar Ave.; Calvary Church, 3100 Clarksville St.; J.D. Polk, 2722 Bonham St.; Jack Tibbs, 1107 6th SE St.; Kathy Gray, 1718 Fitzhugh St.; Marva Jean Jackson, 734 E. Tudor St.; Paris Living, 648 1st SW St.; Brenda Preston, 1122 10th NE St.
Moving House: Ronald Skidmore, 1428 Clarksville St.
Sign: Enterprise Rent-A-Car, 3225 NE Loop 286; Brian's Oil & Lube, 1704 Bonham St.; Church of the Holy Cross, 322 S. Church St.; Cy Martin, 3605 NE Loop 286; Butch McNeal, 435 17th SE St.; Texas State Optical, 4033 Lamar St.; MLK Church, 1950 MLK; David Robinson, 725 7th NW St.; Edward Jones Investments, 3270 Lamar Ave.; Harold Cody, 2030 Clarksville St.; Shane Saffel, 1775 Clarksville St.; Tuesday Morning, 3552 Lamar Ave.; Office Equipment, 1010 Lamar Ave.; Bo Exum, 801 Clement St.; Sonic Drivein, 2425 Lamar Ave.
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