Kohl's sets grand opening for downtown Milwaukee store

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The long-awaited Kohl’s store in downtown Milwaukee will have a grand opening Nov. 3, store officials announced Monday afternoon.

The new Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) store will be housed in 35,000 square feet inside the city’s Hub640 building at West Wisconsin and North Vel R. Phillips avenues, once home to its former competitor, Boston Store.

The company has more than 1,100 stores nationwide. Part of its growth strategy in recent years has included opening smaller-format stores built within about 35,000 square feet.

Shoppers will find three entrances at the new downtown location. Those will be off of Wisconsin Avenue, from the 3rd St. Market Hall and from the elevator that leads to the parking structure on Vel Phillips Avenue.

A 2,500-square foot Sephora shop will be featured at the Wisconsin Avenue entrance, store officials said.

The new store will include an assortment of Milwaukee products from brands MilwaukeeHome, featuring drinkware, holiday ornaments, pet goods and accessories, and Home by Homefield, which sells apparel including tees and hoodies, according to Kohl’s.

It will also provide convenience services such as self-pickup, self-checkout, and Amazon returns.

Department store chain Kohl's is based in Menomonee Falls and is led by CEO Tom Kingsbury, who has been filling out his leadership team in recent months as he looks to improve the retailer's sales trends.

The news of an opening date comes a little more than a year after Kohl’s first announced it would establish a store in the city’s downtown, where city officials at one time had hoped the company would move its headquarters. The more than 120-year-old building where Kohl’s will be opening was transformed by North Wells Capital, which acquired the property in 2017.

Financial technology business Fiserv Inc. is joining Kohl's in filling part of the Hub640 building as the firm moves its headquarters downtown.