KINGMAN – Kingman area residents are looking forward to new shopping opportunity as a Marshalls department store will move into the retail space JC Penney exited more than two years ago. Marshalls will set up shop next to Safeway at 3127 Stockton Hill Road.

“We’ve been negotiating with Marshalls, it feels like at least a year. They’ve had interest in it for a while. We finally came to terms with them and got an agreement signed in the fall,” said Brett Borg, who manages the shopping center for a Mesa firm. “Their corporation signed a ten-year deal with four-five-year options, so they could technically be there for 30 years.”

Borg said a ​“coming soon” sign banner will be installed on site in coming weeks to announce the arrival of Marshalls. He said Oct. 1 is the target date for initial operation once interior remodeling is completed within the 20,000 sq. ft. facility.

Borg said Marshall’s will offer a broad range of retail inventory.

“They’ll have clothing, merchandise, bedding and linens,” Borg said. “Basically it’s going to be something that Kingman doesn’t really have right now, which is really good. It’s high-quality stuff at a discount price,” he said. “We’re excited to have them. They’re excited to to be there … I think they’re going to be very successful there.”

Dave Hawkins