Sporting Goods Retailers Expanding Nationwide

For more information, contact Terry Brady, Brady’s Sportsman’s Surplus, PO Box 4166 Trempers Shopping Center, Missoula, MT 59806; 406-721-5501, Fax 728-1112. 

Omega Sports, Inc. trades as Omega Sports at 11 locations in NC. The sporting goods stores occupy spaces of 6,000 sq.ft. to 7,500 sq.ft. in power and strip centers. Plans call for three openings in the coming 18 months. Expansion will take place in the existing market. The company prefers to co-tenant with Target, Old Navy and Gap. Leases running five years with two five-year options are typical.

For more information, contact Tom Rock, Omega Sports Inc., 4118 Spring Garden Street, Greensboro, NC 27407; 336-854-0797, Fax 299-1043.

Oshman’s Sporting Goods, Inc. trades as Oshman’s Super Sports USA and Oshman’s at 56 locations nationwide. The sporting goods stores occupy spaces of 50,000 sq.ft. in power centers and malls. Plans call for six to eight Super Sports USA openings in the coming 18 months. Expansion will take place nationwide.

For more information, contact Steve Rath, Oshman’s Sporting Goods, Inc., 2302 Maxwell Lane, Houston, TX 77023; 713-928-3171, Fax 967-8286.

Ebrtos, Inc. trades as Soccer Master at 10 locations in AZ, IL, KS and MO. The stores, selling soccer-related equipment, apparel and footwear, occupy spaces of 2,400 sq.ft. to 2,800 sq.ft. in upscale strip centers. Plans call for two openings in the coming 18 months. Expansion will take place in Phoenix, AZ, KY, NM, TN and OK. Demographic requirements include a population of 250,000 residing within five miles earning $45,000 as the average income. The company prefers to be located with a large anchor. Leases running five years are typical, and a vanilla shell with a tenant improvement allowance are required.

For more information, contact Emil Brcic, Erbtos, Inc., 1111 G. Horan Drive, Suite G, Fenton, MO, 63026; 636-343-0343, Fax 343-1995.

Performance, Inc. trades as Performance Bicycle Shop at 39 locations in CA, CO, IL, MD, NC, OR, PA, VA and WA. The stores, selling bicycles and related apparel and equipment, occupy spaces of 4,200 sq.ft. to 4,500 sq.ft. in freestanding facilities, strip and specialty centers. Plans call for five openings in the coming 18 months. Expansion will take place in AZ, CA, CO, MD, NM, OR, UT, VA and WA. The company likes one acre of land for its sites, and leases running five years are typical.

For more information, contact Ken Tunnell, Performance Inc., 1 Performance Way, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; 919-933-9113, Fax942-5431.

Henry Modell & Co., Inc. trades as Modells Sporting Goods at 86 locations in Washington, D.C., MD, NJ, NY, PA and VA. The sporting goods and apparel stores occupy spaces of 15,000 sq.ft. to 20,000 sq.ft. in downtown storefronts, power and strip centers. Plans call for ten to fifteen openings in the coming 18 months. Expansion will occur in the existing markets.