State College sporting goods store intends to move to new, larger space. See early plans
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- Dick’s Sporting Goods could move to a new, larger store in State College.
- Developers proposed constructing a new building in the Colonnade shopping plaza.
- It’s not yet clear how early plans for the move would impact the existing Dick’s store.
A State College sporting goods retailer plans to build a larger store in Patton Township, according to the township planning commission’s next meeting agenda.
Allied Properties, Inc., owner of the Colonnade shopping plaza, submitted a sketch plan for a roughly 60,000-square-foot building that would serve as the new home of Dick’s Sporting Goods’ State College store. The retail space, which would more than double the size of Dick’s existing 30,000-square-foot store at 325 Colonnade Blvd., is proposed for construction between the plaza’s existing Target and Kohl’s stores.
For now, it is not clear how the proposed building would impact the current Dick’s store in State College. Company representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the rationale for the larger store or any potential impacts on the existing store’s operations.
The potential move across the shopping plaza for Dick’s would serve as a major shake-up for the Colonnade shopping plaza, which opened in 2000. The sporting goods retailer stands as one of the plaza’s original tenants.
Should construction proceed, Allied Properties, Inc. intends to construct three additional spaces next to the new Dick’s store. These retail spaces — two at 4,729 square feet and another at 6,087 square feet — are slated for unidentified tenants, according to the sketch plan.
Development on the vacant lot would complete the remaining build-out anticipated under the original master site plan for the Colonnade shopping plaza, the Patton Township planning commission’s meeting agenda says.
The submission of sketch plans, including this plan for the proposed Dick’s location, is voluntary and generally used to generate feedback before project officials submit formal land development plans.
Patton Township’s planning commission will discuss the sketch plan at its next meeting at 4:30 p.m. Monday at the township municipal building. The meeting is available on Zoom and through C-NET’s YouTube channel. C-NET will also archive the recording on its website for later viewing.
According to the meeting agenda, the developers behind the future Dick’s location have requested to present the sketch plan to the Patton Township Board of Supervisors on Jan. 28.
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