FORT WORTH — CD Ski & Sports will open a store in West 7th by the end of September that will focus on selling name-brand clothing but not the ski and snowboarding equipment found at its other locations.
The 4,900-square-foot store, called Climate by CD Ski & Sports, will be at the northeast corner of Crockett and Norwood streets. It is slated to open the third week of September, said Jared Shope, co-owner of the Fort Worth-based retailer.
It will be CD Ski’s fifth location. Shope started in 1994 with a store on Hulen Street, which was expanded to 10,000 square feet last year to accommodate a growing number of name-brand ski and beach fashions. Three years ago, the retailer also moved and expanded its Grapevine location to accommodate clothing lines.
CD Ski & Sports specializes in apparel and equipment for skiing, snowboarding, wakeboarding and other action sports. The store has seen more customers buying their clothing, and not because they were going to the mountains or the beach.
“Our business is very destination,” Shope said. “A lot of what we’re selling stays here in Fort Worth.”
Climate by CD Ski & Sports joins a growing list of primarily women’s apparel retailers in West 7th, the 13-acre mixed-use development at University Drive and West Seventh Street. It will be the only store to carry men’s and children’s clothing, said Shope, a Texas Christian University alumni.
Shope said he began looking at West 7th about 18 months ago but needed to concentrate on expanding the Hulen store before opening another.
The store will have 10 full- and part-time employees and will be open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Major brands will include The North Face, Patagonia, Marmot, Mountain Hardwear, Arc’teryx, UGG Footwear, Ray-Ban, Oakley, Rainbow, Keen, Burton, RVCA, Billabong, Reef, Spyder, Nordica, Giro, Columbia, Roxy and Quiksilver. It will also sell accessories such as cameras from GoPro and Contour, and headphones from Skullcandy and Marley.
“If we are going to carry it at the West 7th location, it will be a premium brand, a niche product or a leading fashion piece,” Shope said.
CD Ski & Sports also has stores in McKinney and Amarillo. Frank Bullock and Carey Shagets with SRS Real Estate Partners and Rodger Chieffalo with Chieffalo Realty represented the landlord, Cypress Equities.