ELECTRONICS RETAILER TO OPEN AT BARRYWOODS
Only about eight months after closing a large retail location at Tiffany Springs, electronics and technology retailer Best Buy is heading back to Platte County.
Best Buy will be opening a store in Barrywoods Crossing at 8321 NW Roanridge Road, Kansas City in Platte County. Best Buy is leasing 16,477 square feet in a space formerly occupied by Party City.
Renovation work is underway at the location. A building permit taped to the front window indicates the construction/renovation is a total project cost of $760,000. The permit was issued by the City of Kansas City on Sept. 4.
Barrywoods Crossing, near the intersection of I-29 and Barry Road, is anchored by the Barrywoods AMC Theatres complex.
It’s unclear exactly when Best Buy will be opening at Barrywoods, but a “now hiring” sign is posted in the parking lot near the building. The sign includes a QR code leading to jobs.bestbuy.com.
Best Buy’s quick return to the county is somewhat surprising, though it is important to note the newly-planned store is only about one-fifth the size of its previous location in Platte County.
The roughly 16,000 square feet at the Barrywoods location means it will be a significantly smaller Best Buy than the one the company closed at the Tiffany Springs Market Center earlier this year. That Tiffany Springs space is listed as having more than 100,000 square feet.
Best Buy had been an anchor tenant at Tiffany Springs Market Center, opening in 2008 near I-29 and Hwy. 152. Best Buy closed its Tiffany Springs spot in early March of this year.
Academy Sports, a sporting goods retailer, is opening in the space vacated by Best Buy at Tiffany Springs, 9130 NW Skyview Avenue.
Earlier this year, Party City vacated the space where Best Buy is going in. Party City filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January of 2023 to wipe away nearly $1 billion in debt through its restructuring. Party City still has four stores in the Kansas City area.
Meanwhile, Barrywoods Crossing has been able to attract new tenants, such as a Made in Kansas City shop, Nekter Juice Bar, and Rally House, which opened in a 23,119 square foot space previously occupied by OfficeMax.
As previously reported by The Landmark, also new at Barrywoods Crossing is Painted Tree Boutiques, which has opened in the roughly 35,000 square foot space that previously housed Bed Bath & Beyond.
Painted Tree Boutiques is a collection of small shops whose proprietors rent space in the store to sell items that include home décor, crafts, furniture, clothing and shoes.
