Dick’s House of Sport is planned for the Cherry Hill Mall, to be developed in the space which will become available after the One Cherry Hill office tower is demolished.
NOTE: This article was updates 5 days after initial publication to include the site plan for the new development. See below.
If you’re unfamiliar with Dick’s House of Sport, it is their supersized retail store brand which features massive stores of 100,000 square feet or more, offering a larger array of sporting goods merchandise… but the real WOW factor comes with the inclusion of sports oriented entertainment aspects such as indoor rock climbing walls and outdoor field turfs.
This project will be reviewed by the Cherry Hill Zoning Board on December 5th, 2024.
At 120,000 square feet the planned Cherry Hill location may be the largest House of Sports location in the brand!
As mentioned, its location will be in the area where the One Cherry Hill nine story office tower building is currently located. As I reported earlier this week that building is being demolished.
UPDATE: After publication of this article originally, Cherry Hill released the plans. An interesting twist is the area where One Cherry Hill is located will be the outdoor turf, and the House of Sports store will be shifted over closer to the end of the mall, somewhat behind the food court. It appears that a hallway there could be used as an access point to Dick’s House of Sport
The all new construction building will be attached directly to the mall, and developed with a 60,000 square foot footprint but include two floors (total of 120,000sf)
Additionally the Cherry Hill Dick’s House of Sport will include an outdoor 10,300 square foot synthetic turf athletic field. Looking at photos and videos of other locations, the synthetic turf field is typically surrounded by a multi-lane running track.
I’m not exaggerating when I say this is a big store… at 120,000sf it’s basically the same size as the Wegmans in Cherry Hill (but again, the planned House of Sport will be spread over two floors)
Another way to look at it is… the existing Cherry Hill Dick’s Sporting Goods store at the Garden State Park retail Plaza is 50,000 square feet total…so just one floor of this planned Cherry Hill Mall House of Sport location is larger than a standard Dick’s store!
My industry contacts had already told me that the plans were for a Dick’s House of Sport location, but I wanted additional confirmation (investor call is next week)… but the connecting pieces came together for me this morning.
This application is moving through the Zoning Board because it appears they are changing some of the property lot definitions, and even though there was an existing nine story building, there are height restrictions on new construction… which towns basically do to make sure they get an opportunity to review tower projects.
This is a breaking news story and I’ll have more on this as more details are made available.
Dick’s House Of Sport
To further understand the Dick’s House of Sport, online they describe these innovative features.
- The Wall: Indoor Rock Climbing Wall
- The Cage: Multi-Sport HitTrax cage supporting baseball, softball, lacrosse, field hockey, soccer, hockey and more
- Golf Pro Shop: which includes indoor golf simulators along with the latest gear in tech.
- House of Cleats: a monstrous shoe store section featuring footwear for every sport, every surface, every possible type of track.
- The Field: The outdoor synthetic athletic field, featuring an outer perimeter track
Links and Location
Dick’s House of Sport – Proposed
Cherry Hill Mall
2000 Rt 38
Cherry Hill NJ