I don't believe it, wow; I just went there a couple of weeks ago. That Wells Road location will be one of eight nationwide Targets that will be slated to close. I can't stand it when a large store closes, leaving behind these vast empty voids. :(
www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Target-closing-store-in-Orange-Park/aDyPICgAuky7J_13E_29_g.cspx
I guess that means another Starbucks closing too - if not already (wasn't there one inside?). World Market was in that center & closed not too long ago as well.
^^^Yup, it has a Starbucks in there. I wonder do those recent financial information breaches, and these closings have any correlation.
Quote from: I-10east on January 10, 2014, 04:54:54 PM
I don't believe it, wow; I just went there a couple of weeks ago. That Wells Road location will be one of eight nationwide Targets that will be slated to close. I can't stand it when a large store closes, leaving behind these vast empty voids. :(
www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Target-closing-store-in-Orange-Park/aDyPICgAuky7J_13E_29_g.cspx
LOL I helped to build the inside of that store and I worked there for like 2 months.....
So the Oakleaf Target has taken business away from this one?
& Roosevelt.....and the Fleming Island location recently added a grocery component. I miss the garden centers though....
Wow, surprising. Don't think I have ever heard of a Target closing. I have not been to the Wells location recently but it used to be very busy.
I am surprised the Roosevelt location is not closing. Was there a few weeks ago while visiting friends in Ortega. It was probably the worst Target I have ever seen. Not well organized. Not very clean. Very Walmartesque.
I guess the Ortega location gets more business than the Wells Rd. Store.
Target only had Garden Centers in its Florida stores and the only one that made money in town and perhaps the state was the one at Jax Beach, until Home Depot opened.
Quote from: pierre on January 11, 2014, 10:20:33 PM
I am surprised the Roosevelt location is not closing. Was there a few weeks ago while visiting friends in Ortega. It was probably the worst Target I have ever seen. Not well organized. Not very clean.
I go there very frequently and never have any of those problems. It seems organized to me; Explain specifically what do you mean by it being unorganized? Department stores within the same company often have differing layouts, which can lead to a lil confusion if you're familiar with a certain store. My only little nit pick with the Roosevelt location is that they often don't have many registers open.
QuoteMy only little nit pick with the Roosevelt location is that they often don't have many registers open.
Which is why I go to Publix for groceries, they will not hesitate to have 20 registers open and all hands on deck to take care of customers in line. Target could care less. Even Wal-Mart has more registers open on a daily basis.
^^^I'm not big on Publix, but you're spot on with that assessment.
Is it related to this?
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php?topic=12272.0 (http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php?topic=12272.0)
^^^No.
Quote from: mtraininjax on January 12, 2014, 09:47:23 AM
QuoteMy only little nit pick with the Roosevelt location is that they often don't have many registers open.
Which is why I go to Publix for groceries, they will not hesitate to have 20 registers open and all hands on deck to take care of customers in line. Target could care less. Even Wal-Mart has more registers open on a daily basis.
Agree. I used to like Target because it was a better shopping experience than Walmart. I hated Walmart never having nearly enough registers open. I went to the Target at Beach/Hodges the week before Christmas and they had maybe 4 registers open on a Saturday and probably 5 people in each line. It was ridiculous. I think the quality of Target has really diminished over the years.
The Wells road Target was the first Target Store in Jacksonville. After that was Regency and Southside. The Wells road site was previously an apartment complex before the Target moved in there. Target was the first store in that plaza. The HD and others came after Target. It was the prototype Target store for the system and had district offices located adjacent to the security and office area.
The Roosevelt Target probably stays afloat with the base being right behind it. I bet on military pay days it is very busy. The Wells Road Target is in a strange spot for a Target. You can just go over Mandarin and find one there, hop over to Oakleaf and find one there or go a bit down 17 and find one there. I am guessing they felt this one overlapped too much with the others. It is strange to hear about Target closing stores though. I had to have my debit card replaced because of the breach, but I still shop there.
Quote from: Overstreet on January 13, 2014, 08:02:37 AM
The Wells road Target was the first Target Store in Jacksonville. After that was Regency and Southside. The Wells road site was previously an apartment complex before the Target moved in there. Target was the first store in that plaza. The HD and others came after Target. It was the prototype Target store for the system and had district offices located adjacent to the security and office area.
Wells Rd was first only by maybe a month. The Southside location opened very soon after it did (I should know, I helped open it back in the day)
Akin to what others are saying, the garden center was pretty successful in other Targets until HD came around. But I know that the Southside location did well enough even with the HD next door. Competition and price matching on those plants helped. I don't know what Wells did differently, but I can surmise it had a lot to do with 2 newer locations opening AND the ease of getting in/out of those locations versus Wells.
Because let's face it: who hasn't seen what that intersection of Wells & Blanding looks like, and decided "nah, I'd rather not"?
This closure really did not surprise me, with the build up of Oakleaf and Fleming Island the only thing this Target really has is it's proximity to the Westside and OP Mall. I live in the Lakeside area and I go to the Oakleaf Target so I don't have to deal with Blanding. I just hope something else goes in there to replace it.
This is one of the few locations in town with an Optical office. I wonder if they will move it into another one. The regular office for the DO there is Riverside.
Quote from: Dapperdan on January 13, 2014, 08:25:05 AM........kleaf and find one there or go a bit down 17 and find one there. I am guessing they felt this one overlapped too much with the others. ..........
Newspaper said is was declining revenues not territories. Of course revenue and overlap can be related. They go after the revenue. I have known them to build on a closed land fill because it was in a place that would generate good revenue.
The old OP Target is gonna become a Garden Ridge. Not to far up the road from me. Great news!
www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/blog/morning-edition/2014/06/confirmed-garden-ridge-sprouting-up-in-orange-park.html
Garden Ridge is fun. Lots of walking, they're huge. The one near me in Arlington closed after many years and now has become a Best Bets (very nice Poker room and limited gambling on sports events). It's a very good neighbor, always busy and packed.
Always good to see empty big box stores being re-used.
Garden Ridge is admidst a transition. The Garden Ridge stores will become the aptly named 'At Home'. I'm not digging the name to tell you the truth. Another name downgrade IMO ala 'Aio Wireless to Cricket Wireless'. Don't get me wrong, regardless of a name, OP will not have an enormous void next to Home Depot.
www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/20140616-garden-ridge-is-evolving-into-at-home.ece
In other OP news, George's Music (next to Best Buy) has some competition. On the other side of Blanding Blvd Guitar Center is gonna on June 19. The address is 6000 Lake Gray Blvd.
http://stores.guitarcenter.com/orange-park
The major problem with that entire shopping strip is just like any other location in clay county, there is horrible planning. It is a complete nightmare to get in and out of any shopping center because for one they do not connect, and two there is no grid of an actual town to get around easily. I myself live in Ortega / Riverside Area and prefer the Roosevelt Store due to close proximity and preferred layout, which is much more easily accessible, in and out of the parking lot in either direction, and located on a major highway and the closest Target to Downtown Jacksonville. More renovation and revitalization is happening in downtown and Riverside as far as hip urban boutiques, shops, bars, restaurants, nightlife and major apartment and condo projects, none of these are offered in Orange Park, or probably ever will be. As for the Orange Park Area.The Blanding / Wells Road area in general is someplace I avoid at all costs because of horrible traffic anytime of the day. For those in Clay County, you should be happy with the Oakleaf and Fleming Island Locations, I always thought it was odd to have 2 Super Targets so close in proximity, ie the Ortega Store and Wells Road Store.