Small businesses to occupy former Bath Beth & Beyond building [Video]

TYLER, Texas — Hundreds of small businesses will make up a unique marketplace set to open up in a 35,900-square-foot retail space in Tyler.

Painted Tree Boutiques announced it has executed a lease with Tyler Broadway/Centennial LP to take up a space at 8970 S. Broadway Ave. in the south part of the city. The location was formerly occupied by big box store Bed Bath & Beyond, which closed last year after the incorporated company filed for bankruptcy.

Painted Tree is a one-stop shop for gifts, decor, fashion and more — “an Etsy marketplace and Pinterest catalog come to life,” its website states. The company calls its concept a “big way to shop small,” as hundreds of local small businesses will occupy the stores 300-plus spaces. Each space …