Spirit Halloween Pops Up in 25 Vacant Retail Sites in Houston

Spirit Halloween has revealed 25 Houston-area locations for its pop-up stores this fall, continuing its annual strategy of short-term leases in recently vacated retail spaces.

The holiday store chain, based in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, plans to open about half the locations in August, with the remainder marked “coming soon” on the company’s website, according to a report from the Houston Business Journal. The company’s short-term leases provide temporary relief for landlords looking to fill empty storefronts and stimulate foot traffic at their properties.

The seasonal retailer is moving into former sites of major chains that have shuttered. The list of former tenants features many of the highest-profile bankrupt brands in retail for recent years, including Party City, Conn’s, Big Lots, Joann Fabrics, BuyBuy Baby, Tuesday Morning and Forever 21.

Spirit Halloween locations typically vary in size between 5,000 and 50,000 square feet, according to its website.

The company utilizes this temporary approach to secure high visibility and prime locations ahead of its fall selling season, according to the Business Journal. In terms of scope, last year the chain opened a record 1,525 locations, while the total for this year is still undetermined.

The outlet compiled a list of the spots in Houston where Spirit Halloween will open in August, together with the previous tenants:

Atascocita: Former Tuesday Morning, 8072 FM 1960 Road East;
Baybrook: Former Conn's, 1020 W. NASA Road, #266;
Conroe: Former Party City, 1306 W. Davis Street;
Humble: Former Buy Buy Baby, 20416 Highway 59 North;
Humble: Former Tuesday Morning, 9741 FM 1960 Bypass Road West, B;
Katy: Former Madrag, 5000 Katy Mills Circle, Suite 563A;
Pearland: Former Big Lots, 2028 N. Main Street;
Shenandoah: Former BuyBuy Baby, 19075 Interstate 45;
Spring: Former Cupcake Quilts, 1469 Spring Cypress Road;
Spring: Former Tuesday Morning, 4690 Louetta Road;
Tomball: Former Party City, 28591 Tomball Parkway;
West Houston: Former Party City, 9525 Westheimer Street; and
West University Place: Former Party City, 3225 Southwest Freeway.

In addition, these locations are “coming soon”:

Almeda: Former Conn's, 10025 Almeda-Genoa Road;
Heights: Former Big Lots, 1303-1421 W. 11th Street;
Humble: Former Forever 21, 20131 U.S. 59, #2290;
IAH area: Former Party City, 5946 E. Sam Houston Parkway North;
Memorial City: Former Joann Fabrics, 9960 Old Katy Road;
Northwest Houston: Former Old Navy, 13744 Northwest Freeway;
Oak Ridge North: Former Spec's Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods, 27490 Interstate 45 North;
Pasadena: Former Party City, 4585 E. Sam Houston Parkway South;
San Jacinto: Former Big Lots, 5807 E. Sam Houston Parkway North;
Southwest Houston: Former Staples, 14440 Hillcroft Avenue;
Stafford: Former BuyBuy Baby, 12710 Fountain Lake Circle; and
Texas City: Former Office Depot, 9550 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway.