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VIDEO | Can you identify this buildout in Washington County, WI?

August 2, 2022 – Washington Co., WI – You have 17 seconds from where the music starts to try to identify this location. It was April 26, 2022 when WashingtonCountyInsider.com broke the story about this business leasing space. Interesting how quickly the contractors turned this around. One contractor armed with a power drill said, “It’s amazing what ‘stuff’ can get done when you don’t ‘mess’ around.” … or something to that effect in contractor speak.

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Now, two months later a buildout is underway and a sign announcing ‘Dunham’s Sports Coming Soon’ has been hung on the exterior of the building.

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Boston Store is in the West Bend Corporate Center, located west of Highway 45 and to the south of Paradise Drive. Scroll down to see what new store is opening this summer

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New buildout underway as Boston Store morphs to Dunham’s
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New buildout at former Boston Store location on Paradise Drive in West Bend, WI

According to Dunham’s website the shop is looking to fill six positions in US-WI-West Bend who wants to work in a “Fun, fast paced work environment, with variety in the day-to-day routine.” Click HERE for the job postings.

Dunham’s Sports is a national sporting goods chain. According to the corporate website it has stores in over 20 states. There are multiple Dunham’s in the Washington County area including a shop on N. Spring Street in Beaver Dam in neighboring Dodge County. That store opened in 2010.

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There are also stores in Brookfield, West Allis, Franklin, Sheboygan and on a history note, if you traveled to Fond du Lac, you’ll remember Dunham’s had a huge spot in the old Forest Mall.

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It was May 5, 2022 when WashingtonCountyInsider.com broke the story about Old Navy opening in the Corporate Center. A new project was posted at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, May 3, 2022 regarding an existing 13,000-square-foot store front. Construction is expected to start July 25 and be complete by October 1, 2022.

Old Navy

This week WashingtonCountyInsider.com was also first to announce the closure of Office Max. Store Closing signs were posted at 1301 W. Paradise Drive.
Office Max has been a staple (pun intended) in the community since the store was a standalone building in 1998 and now Ross Dress for Less will be joining the trifecta of new stores in the West Bend Corporate Center.
Office Max 1998

 

Boston Store

That corporate center and the neighboring standalone strip that used to be home to Pier 1 Imports is owned by City Pointe LLC of Brookfield which purchased the parcel in July 2021 for $3.6 million. The strip parcel on the south end of the property is currently home to Office Max, We Rock the Spectrum Kids Gym, Chen’s Buffet, Hassleless Mattress, GameStop, and further down there’s a Walmart.

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Click HERE to see the other big box franchise opening in the strip.  It was a story broken on WashingtonCountyInsider.com in May 2022.

This is a working story, and more information will be posted when details become available.

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