Hobby Lobby is building a new store in McAlester.
Hobby Lobby is building a new store in McAlester.
Construction is underway on the 55,000 square-foot building, located at South George Nigh Expressway and South 14th Street.
The McAlester store is projected to open in early April, bringing about 35–50 jobs to the community paying $18.50 per hour for full-time and $13 per hour for part-time.
“Once you visit Hobby Lobby, you will see that we are very unique, offering the widest variety of merchandise in the craft and home decor market under one roof,” Kelly Black, Assistant Vice President of Advertising, said. “We’re tremendously excited about becoming a part of the McAlester community.”
The privately held retail chain of craft and home decor stores, with over 900 stores nationwide, currently has 26 locations in Oklahoma. Each store offers more than 70,000 crafting and home decor products including floral, fabric, needle art, custom framing, baskets, home accents, wearable art, arts and crafts, jewelry making, scrapbooking and paper crafting supplies.
Store hours are Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Hobby Lobby stores are closed on Sunday.
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a major Oklahoma City-based corporation, began as Greco, a miniature picture frame company in 1970.
When David Green moved his business from the family garage to a 300 square-foot retail space in 1972, Hobby Lobby was born. It is now the nation’s largest privately owned arts and crafts retailer.
For more information about Hobby Lobby, weekly specials, store locations and online shopping, visit hobbylobby.com, download the mobile app or follow on Facebook at facebook. com/hobbylobby.
