Two new national retailers are expected to open soon in the Shawnee Station shopping center off Shawnee Mission Parkway.
Denise Ferro, a managing agent with Shawnee Station’s primary leaser Rubenstein Real Estate Co., told the Post a handful of new businesses are “hustling to get open” later this summer. That includes beauty care retailer Bath & Body Works and discount chain Five Below.
The retail shopping strip sits in a prominent location between Maurer and Lackman roads on Shawnee Mission Parkway, just east of I-435.
Bath & Body Works coming to old children’s clothes storefront
- Signs are up announcing a 2023 opening for the combined Bath & Body Works and White Barn location.
- The popular retail chain will open in the former Carter’s and OshKosh B’gosh next to Beauty Brands.
- The company is known for selling scented lotions, perfumes, body washes, hand soaps, candles and other pampering-at-home goodies.
- Find information about hiring for the new store here.
Five Below is taking over a long-vacant spot
- The low-cost retailer geared toward younger patrons will open at 15300 Shawnee Mission Pkwy. sometime later this summer or early in the fall, Ferro said.
- Previously, the storefront was home to a Pier 1 Imports home good store.
- This space has been empty for sometime and has occasionally been used as a seasonal Spirit of Halloween store.
There have been other recent Shawnee Station shakeups
- Following the national chain’s bankruptcy earlier this year, the Bed, Bath & Beyond here — a long-time tenant of Shawnee Station — closed its doors.
- In the spring, Ross Dress for Less, a discount retailer, opened in the former Office Max space next door to Target
- Rack Room Shoes is also expected to open in the old Famous Footwear space sometime in early July. Right now, facade upgrades and other renovations are underway.
- Chase Bank also has plans to open a new stand-alone branch at 15440 Shawnee Mission Parkway, between the IHOP and T-Mobile buildings.
- Additionally, renovations are ongoing at the Rally House location at 15420 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, which opened last year.
More Shawnee Station shopping news: Shoe store coming to long-vacant Shawnee Station storefront
