
Grocery
— The weekly heartbeat.
Curated, high-end, world-kitchen grocery — the Trader Joe's class. Not everything; the right things. Gives: the most valuable habit in retail — the weekly shop. Nobody skips groceries; nobody skips the floor on the way.
Consumer Tech & Electronics — The magnet.
The Apple / Samsung / Google / Microsoft class — device brands and the wider electronics field. Gives: destination pull and headline prestige; a tech anchor is the one name visitors quote when describing the place. Demo beats description — and this is the demo floor.
Home Appliances
— The considered purchase.
White goods — the Bosch / Whirlpool / GE class. Gives: high-ticket, research-heavy shoppers who come deliberately, stay long, and decide in person. The category that justifies the drive.
Furniture & Home
— The half-day visit.
The IKEA class: furniture, home textile, kitchen — the full home layer under one anchor. Gives: the longest dwell time in retail; a furniture visit is a plan, not an errand. The fair lots trade in the traffic it pulls.
Outdoor Living
— The season-maker.
Outdoor furniture, garden living. Gives: seasonal surge traffic — spring and summer belong to this anchor, and its showroom naturally spills into the Yard.
Outdoor Sport
— The lifestyle engine.
The REI / Decathlon class — gear, equipment, active life. Gives: a young, loyal, community-forming crowd; test runs start at the Yard, and the Club upstairs completes the loop.

