TEXAS BOUND: Bloomie’s, the scaled-down, specialty format of Bloomingdale’s, will enter Texas in 2027 with a unit in the Fields West mixed-use retail project under development in Frisco.
It’s expected that additional Bloomie’s units will open in Texas, where Bloomingdale’s does not operate any department stores.
Fields West is a development by The Karahan Companies, which is a group of real estate development, property management and investment operations. Karahan is a major real estate player in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
In August 2021, the first Bloomie’s debuted in the 2 million-square-foot Mosaic District shopping center in Fairfax, Va. The concept is a test of Bloomingdale’s ability to innovate and a template for expansion. Bloomingdale’s executives consider Bloomie’s “a fill-in strategy,” meaning it’s a vehicle for strengthening Bloomingdale’s coverage in markets where it already has full-line stores, providing consumers with an alternative, more convenient destination to shop, depending on where they live.
There are currently four Bloomie’s locations. Last February, the parent Macy’s Inc. indicated that about 15 Bloomie’s stores would open over the next three years.
