The Avenue Murfreesboro

This shopping center is awesome. They have the best stores and some awesome restaurants. I love to come here and shop at Kirkland’s, Barnes and Noble and Bed, Bath and Beyond. My favorite place to eat here is Newk’s. This center has everything I could want.

The Avenue is my little oasis. As a newcomer to Murfreesboro, I thoroughly enjoy this spot. It is a wonderful place to shop, eat, and people watch. Lots of options. The Mall in Murfreesboro sucks but this place offers some great shopping… and a Barnes & Noble. Hell yes. My coffee/​book addiction needs are met.

It’s an outdoor mall, of the style whose popularity is currently soaring in suburbia. Large anchor stores and then strips of typical mall stores, and a smattering of outlets are arranged around various parking lots and boulevards. See The Summit, outside Louisville, KY or Providence in Mt. Juliet, TN for a few examples. It’s an efficient means for automobiles to traverse the mall and see what’s offered before attempting to park nearby and go inside. Traffic is up, which is good for the mall stores, not so great for you and I.
Avoid like the plague at Christmas time.
That said, the place is relatively convenient and still pretty new, so it’s very clean. Some spaces aren’t fully rented, implying perhaps it was a bit ambitious of the developers to go quite so… big, but I’m sure in time it will fill up.

Murfreesboro is like a mystical faraway land for this city slicker but when Unilocal sponsored the Brewsboro Festival located in The Avenue, I made my way out to the land of the ‘burbs.
I was not completely at ease when we rolled up on this massive outdoor shopping center filled with mall rat favorites Victoria’ Secret, Great American Cookie Company, Coldwater Creek, Old Navy, and of course Stride Rite… am I being slightly snarky? Maybe.
Don’t get me wrong the grounds are very well maintained and the layout is fantastic for those seeking a day full of shopping but I just personally don’t get too pumped about malls the way I used to. I limit my visits to the Mall of Green Hills to support local retailers as much as I can. The pesky Nordstorms sure does make it tough though.
With that being said, The Avenue’s appears to be frequently updated with special promotions (25% off a complete purchase is being offered as we speak) and events (Free pizza celebration at Mufreesboro Toy Company tomorrow) which is a refreshing feature to offer their customers!
Will I likely make a special drive out to The Avenue to shop? Not likely.
However, if you live in Murfreesboro or nearby… this is a solid option for an assortment of shopping needs.

The Great Escape!!!
My Favorite Quick Stops or simply passing thru?
* Charming Charley’s (The Go-​To Jewelry Store for everything)
* N Y & Company
* Express
* World Market (Home Interior)
* Kirklands (Home Interior again)
* Fulin’s (Yum)
Then I’m headed home!
Love this shopping center!!!

The Avenue at Murfreesboro is great. It has all the store you could think of right here. The only thing that I don’t like is the Old Navy store. It is so much smaller then the place it was before and it is alway crazy in there, you are like waiting 15 mins the least to check out

Looks nice but not too many stores to choose from again

The Avenue Murfreesboro recently opened, and is an exciting addition to the Murfreesboro area. It could really be called an «outdoor shopping mall» following the trend to build more such shopping areas. In that it offers most of the stores that a mall would offer. The Avenue Murfreesboro is from a chain of such outdoor malls actually called The Avenue. It offers shopping options that are rare in Tennessee, and only available in Memphis or Nashville.
The first that excited me were the stores that are not typically found in Tennessee. The Avenue offers the second Ulta, and third Origins to open in Tennessee, the second Crabtree & Evelyn, and other stores. Many of the stores that were at Stones River Mall are moving over to The Avenue as well such as Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works. There is also first Barnes & Noble «Superstore» to open in the Nashville area.
The Avenue will offer the first Quicksilver Boardriders store according to the store directory. World Market will also be opening there. There is a wide range of stores that will be opening.
The Avenue is beautifully designed, and one feels a true sense of shopping in a town rather than cooped up in a mall. The stores are spaced just enough to provide ample parking right in front, and those who do not enjoy walking through a long mall will enjoy that. I really enjoyed just walking down the sidewalks.
Overall the Avenue Murfreesboro brings more of the shopping options that were not previously available only a few years ago in Tennessee. I am very happy to have a place closer to my home to shop at, and that is easily accessible.