HomeGoods appears to be replacing Bed Bath & Beyond at River City Marketplace in North Jacksonville.
Site plans by landlord RPT Realty show HomeGoods in the 25,000-square-foot space.
The RPT Investor Update for the fourth quarter of 2022 says it has eight Bed Bath & Beyond locations in its shopping centers and is in advanced negotiations on replacement leases on four of them, but did not say which ones or with which tenants.
The presentation also lists HomeGoods as one of 15 “signed not commenced tenants” in its centers.
RPTRealty.com shows HomeGoods as a 25,000-square-foot anchor.
The RPT Realty contact for the property has not responded to a request for comment.
Bed Bath & Beyond stores closed in River City Marketplace in North Jacksonville and at 6001-24 Argyle Forest Blvd. in West Jacksonville. Those were part of the company’s 87 stores nationwide it announced Jan. 30 it would close.
Bed Bath & Beyond announced April 23 it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is preparing for a potential liquidation. It has four stores in the area - three Bed Bath & Beyond locations and one buybuy Baby.
River City Marketplace comprises 580,661 square feet of space at 13221 City Center Blvd.
There are five HomeGoods stores in Northeast Florida at 11824 Atlantic Blvd., 9041 Southside Blvd., 9625 Crosshill Blvd., 2150 S. Third St. in Jacksonville Beach and 463919 Florida 200 in Yulee.
HomeGoods is part of The TJX Companies Inc., which comprises T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, HomeSense, Winners and Sierra.
TJX.com shows 16 stores open in Northeast Florida, comprising six Marshalls, five T.J. Maxx and the five HomeGoods locations.
Marshalls leases a store at the Parkway Shops at 14964 Duval Road, near River City Marketplace and owned by the same landlord.
HomeSense, one of The TJX Companies Inc. off-price retail banners, is expected to open in spring 2023 in the former Stein Mart space in Riverplace Shopping Center in Mandarin.
New York City-based RPT Realty is a fully integrated and self-administered REIT that is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
As of Dec. 31, 2022, the company’s property portfolio consisted of 44 wholly owned shopping centers, 13 shopping centers owned through its grocery-anchored joint venture, 48 retail properties owned through its net lease joint venture and one net lease retail property that was held for sale by the company, which together represent 15 million square feet of gross leasable area.
Its share of the portfolio was 93.8% leased.