Shoe City plans to open five stores in the Baltimore area.

The athletic footwear and apparel chain signed leases in Eastpoint
Mall, Erdman Shopping Center and Edgewater Village Shopping Center,
H&R Retail, the real estate brokerage firm, said. Locations will
also open in in Landover and Hampton, VA. The spots range in size from
5,000 square feet to 6,700 square feet.

Shoe City has 33 locations in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.