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The Louis Joliet Mall has announced that two new retailers have come to the mall: Herencia Vaquera and Miniso, adding roughly 16,600 square feet of new tenancy to the center.

Herencia Vaquera is a Western wear boutique offering a wide variety of authentic Western fashion, cowboy boots, jeans, and accessories. Miniso is a global lifestyle retailer known for affordable home goods, beauty products, stationery, toys and licensed character merchandise.

They join Kingdom Deli, which also recently opened in the mall’s food court in July.

Read more about Louis Joliet Mall’s latest leasing activity at Shaw Local.

The Shoppes at Buckland Hills is preparing for a new indoor amusement park in the former anchor space occupied by Bob’s Stores and Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Plans filed with the town show different attractions on each floor. The lower level is slated to include bumper cars, a go-kart track, slides and other recreational facilities, as well as four party rooms. Plans for the upper level show trampolines, obstacle courses and an arcade area, among other attractions.

With the planned amusement park, the Shoppes at Buckland Hills would join malls across Connecticut with large-scale entertainment tenants.

Read more at CT Insider.

The Shoppes at Buckland Hills mall has found an anchor tenant to take over a 2-story vacancy, and conversion work is already underway for the new 80,000-square-foot children’s entertainment complex filling the space.

Plans show that ALI Dream Land would occupy approximately 40,000 square feet on the lower level targeting the younger crowd with elements like party facilities, soft-play areas, climbing apparatus, slides, bumper cars, and a kart track. Apex Adventure Park would take up the other 40,000 square feet on the upper level and will target older children with similar elements plus arcade features.

Read more at Patch.

Sushi fans living in Centre County have a new reason to rejoice: Sushi Yume has officially opened at the Nittany Valley Mall in College Township!

The walk-up eatery, which had its grand opening on June 1, is located at the southwestern end of the mall near the Happy Valley Casino. Sushi Yume’s menu features a variety of Asian foods, including sushi, boba teas, Vietnamese bahn mi and more.

Read more at PennLive.

A new restaurant will bring Asian flavors to the Nittany Mall next week. Sushi Yume will open its doors with week-long specials starting Monday, June 1, the restaurant announced online. It is expected to offer a wide-ranging menu featuring sushi, boba teas, Vietnamese bahn mi and more.

Read more at Centre Daily Times.

The Beaver Valley Mall in Monaca now has a new area for people to play pickleball with indoor pickleball courts. A ribbon cutting and demo day was held on Friday for the establishment named Pittckleball there. Pittckleball’s services include pickleball courts indoors, a spa, table tennis and more, as well as a wide range of packages and beginner classes for both recreation and wellness.

Read more at BeaverCountyRadio.com.

After years of speculation, Rural King has officially confirmed its plans to open a store in Lancaster, bringing the popular farm supply retailer to River Valley Mall.

The company is finalizing agreements with the mall and has already cleared major hurdles, including a series of successful zoning approvals. Rural King will take over the former Elder-Beerman department store, a move consistent with the retailer’s strategy of repurposing vacant anchor spaces in malls nationwide.

Read more at The Scioto Post.

It’s been nearly seven years since Sears at WestGate Mall closed its doors. Now, the space is being retrofitted to house a store that caters to a more rural audience. Read more at The Post and Courier.

A new Target Store is coming to Brown Deer − anchoring a mixed-use development that’s replacing an underused shopping center. Read more at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.