Academy Sports + Outdoors eyes Chesterfield for second local store

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Academy Sports + Outdoors eyes Chesterfield for second local store

RICHMOND, Va. -- A big-box chain of sporting goods stores appears to have its eye on a new outpost in the region after entering the market here in 2022.Academy Sports + Outdoors is looking to take over the 63,000-square-foot anchor space at the Pocono Crossing shopping center in Midlothian, according to a building permit filed with Chesterfield County.That storefront at 10400 Midlothian Turnpike formerly was occupied by a Burlington store, which…