Kohl's Entering Suburban Markets with 15 Stores Totaling 1.3 Mil SF and 2,250 Employees

ATLANTA-March 9 is the big day for Kohl’s Corp. in Atlanta. The 38-year-old Menomonee Falls, WI-based department store chain is entering the metro market for the first time with 15 new stores around the metro area, all in suburban locations.

The Wisconsin firm is leasing a total 1.3 million sf and will be employing 2,250 employees or about 150 at each 86,500-sf store. The company employs 58,000 nationwide.

Six of the new outlets are in north metro; two in the east; four in the northwest; and three in south end counties. Kohl’s opened 60 stores in 2000 and plans to open about the same number this year. About 34 of the openings will come in the first quarter, according to the company’s third- quarter earnings report.