UPDATE: Champaign’s Urban Outfitters closed in early 2019. Our story HERE.
Urban Outfitters, an anchor of the Campustown retail sector at 507 E. Green Street in Champaign, will close at an unannounced date.
The two-story space occupied by Urban Outfitters has been listed for lease by JSM Commercial. According to the listing, the space will be available as of Feb. 1, 2019.
Urban Outfitters has been a fixture on Green Street for 10 years. It offers men’s and women’s clothing, home features, beauty products and a variety of lifestyle products such as cameras and stationary.
It was not immediately clear Monday when the store would close or whether the company planned to move into a different location in C-U. The Urban Outfitters corporate office did not respond to a request for comment.
Champaign-Urbana has been a tough environment recently for retail clothiers. Among the business that have closed locally since 2017: Bergners, LOFT, Banana Republic, Eddie Bauer and The Limited. H&M is scheduled to open Sept. 27 at Market Place Shopping Center.