Rebel Sport expanding store, opening in Caneland Central Shopping Centre

A sports retail giant is opening up a mega store in the CBD as a nation leading shoe store makes its way to the city centre.

The sport retailer is set to close its Northpoint store and take up tenancy in Canelands. Picture: Stephanie Dalton

A major sport retailer is opening a mega store in Mackay.

Rebel Sport announced it will expand almost fourfold with a new 1,900 sqm Rebel Customer Experience store coming to Canelands in November this year.

A Rebel spokesman said Mackay was the “an ideal location for one of rebel’s rCX concept stores with state-of-the-art technology and interactive zones”.

“We’re looking forward to the opening of the rCX Mackay store later this year but want to assure the community our Northpoint store will continue to operate as normal in providing a great rebel retail experience for our customers.”

Canelands shopping centre. Photography Mark Merton Photography.

Rebel Sport’s range will be much larger than its current Northpoint store with more products including running footwear, fitness equipment, sports equipment, performance and lifestyle apparel.

Works are currently underway by Caneland’s owners, Sentinel Property Group, which will take up the remaining space once Target downsizes.

A Caneland spokesman said no current stores will be replaced.

Sentinel senior leasing executive Tim McDonnell said in securing a new lease at Caneland, Target had reduced its tenancy to 5,150 sqm of space, with Rebel Sport taking up approximately 1,960 sqm for the new store.

Corasol’s footwear brand opened their 11th national store in Mackay at Caneland Central Shopping Centre on April 25.

It comes after women’s footwear brand Corasol opened their new boutique in Canelands on April 25.

The launch of the Caneland outlet is Corasol’s 11th store in Australia taking up a tenancy on the ground level in the main fashion mall.

“We are delighted to announce the opening of Corasol and welcome this beautiful new shoe boutique to Caneland Central,” Mr Farquhar said.

“Corasol brings a sophisticated new option to the centre and fills an important niche in our fashion offerings.

“It has been some time since this part of our fashion mall has had a stylish refresh, Corasol really stands out with its brightly lit shopfront and interior setting the standard.”

Being the only regional-scale shopping centre in the Mackay Region, Caneland Central attracts 5.56 million annual foot traffic per year, equating to the population of Mackay visiting four times per month, with an average spend of $72 per visit.