{"id":434761,"date":"2026-09-13T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434761\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:54:13","slug":"hot-topics-ditches-indoor-malls-once-more-with-new-austin-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434761\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Topics ditches indoor malls once more with new Austin store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A popular grunge retailer, once the\u00a0homebase for all things emo and goth,\u00a0is eyeing a new Central Texas storefront outside of its typical mall roots. Hot Topic has\u00a0set plans for a new $180,000 store within a growing shopping\u00a0complex off Interstate 35 in Austin, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdlr.texas.gov\/TABS\/Search\/Project\/TABS2027000340\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The alternative fashion and pop culture brand is remodeling a space at 9600 S. I-35 Frontage Road, Suite 96G-400 within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/food\/article\/pluckers-austin-southpark-meadows-20031195.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Southpark Meadows<\/a>, the furthest shopping center south of Austin. Last year, the retail hub welcomed two new businesses including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/food\/article\/pluckers-austin-southpark-meadows-20031195.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">a Pluckers restaurant<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/business\/article\/barnes-and-noble-austin-opening-date-21128594.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Barnes &amp; Noble store<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This new Hot Topic will mark the chain&#8217;s second location in the city, and second store outside of a mall in Central Texas. Hot Topic currently operates seven Central Texas stores in Austin, Round Rock, San Antonio, San Marcos, Cedar Park,\u00a0Round Rock and Killeen.<\/p>\n<p>Its San Marcos storefront in the Tanger Outlets is Hot Topic&#8217;s only store outside\u00a0of a mall in the region, but that will soon\u00a0change.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Construction on Austin&#8217;s second Hot Topic is expected to begin in November and is slated to wrap by January 22, 2027, according to the TDLR. However, all TDLR estimated construction start and completion dates are subject to change at any time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The scope of work for the project includes a renovation\/alteration for a tenant to fill an existing 5,023-square-foot space, per the filing. Hot Topic is a nationwide clothing store known for selling rock band T-shirts and music-inspired merchandise for teens and young adults.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The retail chain\u00a0operates more than 600 stores across the United States and Canada.\u00a0MySA reached out to Hot Topic for more information on its projected Austin opening.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A popular grunge retailer, once the\u00a0homebase for all things emo and goth,\u00a0is eyeing a new Central Texas storefront&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[821,820,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-434761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysabusiness","tag-mysastaff","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}