Officials at Florida-based Burkes Outlet plan to open a store in Hobbs, but details remain vague. After the company posted on a construction bids website its intent to spend $1-3 million on construction in Hobbs, the News-Sun reached out for comment. Lisa Herrmann, director of communications and community affairs for Bealls Inc., the parent company for Burkes Outlet, checked with …

At least four major national and international retail stores are coming to Hobbs within a year according to a Pegasus Group broker. Construction activity in the area of the former K-Mart store near Grimes and Bender streets should start in about two weeks, said Steve Lyon, an Albuquerque-based Pegasus Group commercial real estate broker. Leasing the first four primary spaces …