Now Open: Ross Dress for Less, Michaels, Sierra, Bealls-HomeCentric, Five Below, Famous Footwear, Chipotle, Chick-Fil-A, Sports Clips, Bath & Body Works, Panda Express, and Maurices. Opening in 2025: Texas Roadhouse, Fairfield Inn, and Ulta. Opening in 2026: Hampton Inn.
Now Open: the 140,000 SF indoor fieldhouse (family entertainment center, 8 basketball/16 volleyball courts/other sports, plus events, such as expo’s, conferences, birthday parties, and more) of Emerald Acres Sports Connection, a 150 AC, $100 million indoor and outdoor (7 multi-purpose fields, 3 championship fields, 20 diamond sports fields, and 12 full-size soccer fields) sports complex development that is projected to draw 580,000 visitors annually.
Mattoon, Illinois’s central location between Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and numerous micropolitan statistical areas is the basis of the projected draw of the sports complex.
The Shops at Emerald Acres Sports Connection is the retail, restaurant, and hotel component of the Emerald Acres development that will benefit from the draw of the sports complex and serve the Mattoon-Charleston Micropolitan Statistical Area, which has a trade area of up to 30 miles in all directions, and 200 miles due to the super multi-state draw of Emerald Acres Sports Connection.
AVAILABLE: Anchor and small shop space and outlots for restaurants, hotels, and other retail uses
Randy Goodman
Goodman Real Estate Services Group
