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Southern Idaho Is Growing with Retail Shopping Opportunities

Magic Valley Mall

Magic Valley Mall is one of many places to shop in Southern Idaho.

If you’re coming to Southern Idaho‚ don’t forget your debit card.

The region offers a smorgasbord in terms of shopping – everything from big-box retailers to antique shops and specialty boutiques.

“Twin Falls seems to be the retail hub for the Magic Valley‚ with malls and brand-name retail stores‚” says Elizabeth Thomas‚ executive director of the Jerome Chamber of Commerce. “Then the outlying areas like Jerome have a lot of specialty stores. Our downtown corridor is mostly specialty and antique shops‚ and we have gently-used secondhand stores and a floral shop with home décor.”

Jerome is also home to several Hispanic-owned stores with imported products.

“They do very well and offer every­thing from clothing to food items‚” Thomas says. “We’re a small community‚ but bustling none-the-less.”

Twin Falls recently welcomed a new Lowe’s home improvement store on Blue Lakes Boulevard‚ and a new Wal-Mart Supercenter will open in 2008 at Poleline Road and Washington Street North. The 203‚000-square-foot store will offer a full-service grocery‚ drive-through pharmacy‚ garden center and Tire and Lube Express.

Twin Falls is already home to the popular Magic Valley Mall‚ which is anchored by JC Penney‚ Macy’s‚ Sears‚ ShopKo and Barnes & Noble.

The outlying Mini-Cassia area is also experiencing retail development.

“The former K-Mart building was recently purchased and sectioned into storefronts. It’s still being developed‚” says Matt Flygare‚ executive director of the Mini-Cassia Chamber of Commerce in Heyburn. “They put in an Aaron’s‚ Dollar Tree‚ Yakety Yack‚ Payless Shoes‚ Little Caesars and a Play and Trade video and gaming store.”

Retail developments are emerging along Oakley Avenue in Burley as well.

“A lot of nice historic buildings have been restored. Now there’s Chadwick’s Grille‚ Recollections and The Loft‚” Flygare says. “It’s been a real success story.”

Story by Jessica Mozo
Photo by Brian McCord

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