Seattle — Specialty outdoor retailer REI Co-op has announced its lineup of 2025 store openings, with a sneak peek into 2026. Stores will open in six communities next spring and summer, including the California cities of Carlsbad, Chico and Elk Grove as well as in Amherst, N.Y; Durango, Colo.; and Lynnwood, Wash. REI also intends to open in Prosper, Texas, in 2026, which will join a previously announced St. George, Utah, store. Additional stores for 2026 will be announced as leases are finalized.
“Cities that will have new stores represent communities that serve as a gateway to some of the country’s most incredible natural places and where our members currently live or destinations where they love to play outside,” says Mary-Farrell Tarbox, REI vice president of stores.
Each new REI store will offer apparel and gear for camping, hiking, cycling, run and fitness, climbing and more. In addition, every store will feature a full-service bike shop staffed by certified mechanics to tune and repair mountain, road, hybrid or e-bikes. Stores in Amherst, Durango and Lynnwood will also operate seasonal ski and snowboard shops with technicians to service downhill skis, cross-country skis, backcountry skis, snowboards or splitboards. REI St. George will offer Nordic ski hand tuning and snowboard mounting.
Spring 2025 openings:
• The Amherst, N.Y., store will span 25,300 square feet store at The Boulevard, located at 1701 Niagara Falls Blvd., Suite 500. With six REI stores already in New York, Amherst will serve the greater Buffalo area. Earlier this year, REI opened in Albany and Ithaca.
• REI’s Carlsbad, Calif., store will be a relocation of its Encinitas store, which opened in 2004. The Carlsbad store will be a larger space at 28,000 square-feet in La Costa Town Square at 3415 Via Montebello. REI presently has 11 stores in Southern California. All interested REI Encinitas employees will move to the Carlsbad location.
• In Chico, Calif., a 25,002-square-foot store at Chico Crossroads will be located at 2101 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy. REI currently has 10 stores in Northern California.
• The Lynnwood, Wash., store will be a relocation of the co-op’s Alderwood store, which opened in 2004, to a larger site about a mile away. The store will be 39,480 square feet and located at Alderwood Parkway Plaza Shopping Center at 19500 Alderwood Mall Pkwy, Suite 110. The co-op has 11 locations in the state. All interested employees at the current store will move to the Lynnwood location.
Summer 2025 openings:
• In Durango, Colo., a newly constructed 22,000-square-foot store will be south of the downtown corridor at 40 Turner Dr. REI currently operates 10 stores in Colorado, including a new Loveland location that opened in August.
• In Elk Grove, Calif., a 22,127-square-foot space will open at Laguna Gateway Shopping Center just off Highway 99 at Laguna and West Stockton boulevards. The Elk Grove store will be the co-op’s second opening in Northern California next year. REI has three stores in the immediate region, including Folsom, Roseville and Sacramento.
Building on the momentum of 2025 growth, REI also announced two 2026 leases. Additional new stores will be announced as leases are finalized. Locations opening in 2026 include:
• In Prosper, Texas, a new 23,848-square-foot store will open at The Gates of Prosper at East University Drive/Highway 380 and Preston Road. REI’s Prosper store will join four locations already in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and 11 stores in state. REI College Station opens next month.
• In St. George, Utah, a 22,800-square-foot store will open in 2026 at St. George Place on 855 South Bluff St. The lease was first announced in early 2024 and rescheduled to spring 2026 to accommodate construction timelines and other openings. REI presently has three Utah stores.
By the end of 2024, the co-op will have opened 10 stores and expanded its San Diego location that has served the public since 1994. Grand opening celebrations have held been in Albany, N.Y.; Beavercreek, Ohio; Beaverton, Ore.; Glendale, Ariz.; Ithaca, N.Y.; Loveland, Colo.; and Rancho Mirage, Calif. Three more stores are slated for November, including College Station, Texas; Louisville, Ky.; and Tulsa, Okla. In addition to the six stores scheduled for 2025, the co-op will make capital investments in its current fleet to improve the employee workplace and customer shopping experience.
REI is a specialty outdoor retailer headquartered near Seattle. For more information, visit www.REI.com.
SOURCE: REI Co-op