Seattle-based outdoors retailer doesn’t fear the Florida heat, emphasizes state’s love of outdoor life.
No one camped overnight.
But when the doors opened Friday morning in Downtown Palm Beach Gardens on Florida’s sixth REI Co-op, 200 people stood in line, ready to hunt down hiking, camping and boating gear.
Continue reading “200 line up as REI opens in Gardens”Palm Beach Gardens and Tallahassee will be sixth and seventh Florida stores for Seattle-based co-op.
Downtown Palm Beach Gardens landed a destination anchor store Tuesday in REI Co-op, an outdoors outfitter known for its sporting goods, excursions and profit-sharing.
REI would open in spring 2022, filling 25,000 square feet vacated by Urban Outfitters and TooJay’s Deli. It would be the Seattle-based co-op’s seventh Florida store and second in South Florida.
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