Metropark Courts Ohio Retailer

Collins Haynes is apparently negotiating with a large retail group from Ohio for some space in his 50-acre Metropark complex off Horsebarn Road in Rogers.

Supposedly, Haynes already has 86,000-SF pre-leased in that development. The first pitter-patter of office chatter should be heard around March when the first space is ready for move-in.

Haynes is also planning a southward expansion with an additional 16-or-so acres.

Slab work has already started for the new 40,000 SF building at The Peaks, which Haynes is building for Minneapolis-based retail vendor General Mills Inc.

Haynes — along with partners Gary Combs, John Ed Chambers, John David Lindsey, Neil Johnson and Gerald Johnston — are the developers of the mixed-use, 158-acre Peaks complex, which will include commercial, retail, and mutli-family and single-family residential and condo units.