A Western wear store is on its way to a midtown Wilmington shopping center.

National retailer Boot Barn (NYSE: BOOT) signed a lease at Hanover Center, 3501 Oleander Drive, for a little over 14,000 square feet.

The store will be located next to Homesense, a furniture and home decor store that opened at Hanover Center in 2023.

“We will be starting upfit and facade work within a few weeks and expect to deliver to Boot Barn by year end for a 1st Q 2026 opening,” wrote Randy Kelley of Harbour Real Estate Partners.

Kelley’s firm owns Hanover Center in a joint venture with national real estate company Perform Properties (formerly ShopCore). In addition to a facade renovation, the owners subdivided the former 37,000-square-foot SteinMart store, with Homesense occupying 24,000 square feet and Boot Barn set to take the remaining space.

Boot Barn started with one store in 1978 and has grown to more than 465 stores in 49 states and an e-commerce channel, according to the company’s website. Boot Barn offers cowboy boots, work boots, western wear, workwear, western-inspired fashion and outdoor gear, the website states.