A new discount retailer is set to fill the empty storefront left behind at Riverside's Airway Shopping Center, with Ollie's Bargain Outlet opening its doors Thursday, September 10, where Big Lots once stood. The grand opening kicks off with a ribbon cutting at 8:45 a.m., and the new location promises brand-name closeouts at steep discounts for local shoppers.
According to WHIO TV, the new Riverside store will offer brand-name closeouts, snacks, books, household essentials, toys, home décor and more, with prices up to 70% off what shoppers would pay at what a store spokesperson called “fancy stores.” The spokesperson said the new location gives local shoppers the opportunity to stretch their budgets further. The store sits on Woodman Drive in the Airway Shopping Center, a strip mall that also includes Dollar Tree, Planet Fitness, and AutoZone, as noted by Commercial Search.
The Former Big Lots Location
The Airway storefront is a former Big Lots location. Ollie's will bring its closeout-focused format to the space, giving Riverside shoppers another discount retail option.
Ollie's is taking over the former Big Lots space at Airway Shopping Center, bringing its retail format to an existing storefront.
A New Discount Option for Riverside
The Airway Shopping Center location gives the new store access to local shoppers. The opening adds to Ollie's presence in the region.
Ollie's is opening this Riverside location as part of its store network. For local shoppers, the new store provides another place to find closeout merchandise and discounted goods.
According to an Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. SEC filing, the retailer had remodeled 76 stores to date, including 20 in fiscal 2024, and reported a sales uplift at newly remodeled locations.
The Riverside Opening
The Riverside opening adds another location for Ollie's Bargain Outlet and expands the discount retailer's presence in the area.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet sells brand-name closeouts at discounted prices. For Riverside residents, Thursday's opening marks the return of a discount option in a shopping center that had been without one since Big Lots' closure.
