The planned Cycle Gear Arlington store would bring motorcycle helmets, riding apparel and accessories to a familiar home-décor storefront at Arlington Highlands. The retailer is preparing a 4,835-square-foot location in the former Kirkland’s Home space at 137 Merchants Row, Suite 155.
Based on Cycle Gear’s current official directory, the project appears positioned to become its first Arlington store. It would extend an existing Dallas-Fort Worth presence that includes Bedford and Fort Worth.
For people who know the shopping center, the change is easy to place: a suite long associated with furnishings and decorative accessories is preparing for motorcycle retail. It also joins a broader round of tenant changes at Arlington Highlands.
Cycle Gear Arlington takes over a longtime Kirkland’s space
Historical state construction records tie Kirkland’s to this exact suite through a 2008 buildout. The home-décor chain subsequently operated its Arlington Highlands store at 137 Merchants Row, Suite 155, for years.
That history reaches back roughly 18 years before the new Cycle Gear filing. It establishes a longstanding retail use at the address, although it does not provide an exact closure date for Kirkland’s.
The incoming retailer identifies the same suite in its construction registration. The project involves remodeling an existing inline storefront, with the exterior set to remain.
That makes the interior the focus of the transition. Cycle Gear plans fitting rooms, merchandise fixtures and a wall separating sales and stock areas as it adapts the space to a different kind of customer.
Helmets, riding apparel and practical gear
Cycle Gear is a specialty motorcycle retailer whose stores carry helmets, jackets, boots, gloves, protective equipment, parts and accessories. Its merchandise serves riders shopping for equipment to wear as well as products for their motorcycles.
The helmet wall is one of the concept’s most recognizable features. Existing stores display numerous styles together, giving shoppers a chance to compare products and seek help with fit before buying.
Cycle Gear’s Bedford store page lists helmet fitting, Bluetooth headset installation and tire mounting and balancing among its services. Those offerings illustrate how the business combines merchandise sales with support for riders.
The Cycle Gear Arlington filing does not confirm a complete service menu for the new store. Local service availability, inventory and store hours will need to come from the company as the opening approaches.
Another tenant change at Arlington Highlands
Arlington Highlands already combines retail, restaurants and entertainment within an established shopping destination. Cycle Gear’s move would add a specialized retail category while reusing space inside that existing mix.
Elsewhere at the center, EōS Fitness has signed for approximately 30,000 square feet in the former Conn’s HomePlus space. The reported lease provides another example of the center adapting former retail space for a new use.
The two projects involve separate spaces and different customers: fitness in the former Conn’s anchor and motorcycle equipment in the former Kirkland’s storefront. Together, they show how portions of Arlington Highlands’ tenant lineup are changing within its established buildings.
The current leasing plan still marks Suite 155 as at lease without naming Cycle Gear. The newer construction registration supplies that tenant identification; the plan remains useful for locating the suite within the broader center.
Cycle Gear Arlington adds to an existing DFW network
A review of Cycle Gear’s official store directory found no operating Arlington location. Nearby listed stores include Bedford on Airport Freeway and Fort Worth on Alta Mere Drive.
That supports describing the Highlands project as an apparent first Arlington store, rather than the retailer’s arrival in North Texas. The company already serves the region; this project would add an Arlington address to that network.
For local riders, the practical change would be a Cycle Gear storefront within the city. For other Highlands shoppers, it represents a new specialty tenant in a space they may remember from Kirkland’s years at the center.
What the remodel and schedule cover
State registration TABS2027002071 describes a tenant-funded interior remodel with an estimated construction cost of $350,000. Along with fitting rooms and fixtures, the scope includes two accessible restrooms, new lighting and the sales/stock wall.
The filing identifies CPT Arlington Highlands 1 LP as owner and Jeff Kiniery as the tenant contact. It lists work from Dec. 1, 2026, through March 1, 2027.
Those dates are a projected construction schedule, not an announced opening date. TCM has not confirmed when the Cycle Gear Arlington store will begin serving customers.
The property transition is clearer than the opening timetable. A storefront tied to Kirkland’s since at least 2008 is preparing for helmets, riding equipment and accessories, giving a familiar Highlands address a distinctly different retail purpose.