Cedar Hills Crossing Adding 18,000-SF Golf-Related Retailer

BEAVERTON, OR-The interactive golf store Golf Galaxy has signed on for 18,000 sf at the former Beaverton Mall, now known as Cedar Hills Crossing. Its owner, Vancouver, WA-based owner C.E. John Co., is in the midst of a $35-million renovation and expansion of the 775,000-sf mall.

Minneapolis-based Golf Galaxy is scheduled to open this fall and will be located adjacent to Old Navy and one of two new entrances to the mall. The store’s interactive features will include golf simulators, indoor driving bays, a simulated bent-grass putting green, and a PGA instruction area that includes computerized video swing analysis. The lease rate on the deal was not disclosed, but lease rates at the mall generally range from the mid teens per sf to the mid $20s, depending on the size of the lease and the length of the commitment.

Earlier this year, GlobeSt.com reported that Century Theaters had agreed to develop a 16-screen movie theater on mall property. Mark Perniconi tells GlobeSt.com that construction of the theater is set to begin in August. The theater is being built on a piece of 16 acres adjacent the mall that C.E. John acquired from Tektronix about three years ago. Perniconi says Century inked a letter of intent just before Christmas and has since entered into a long-term ground lease.