Two New Stores Are Open at The Village at Allen
If you have not walked through The Village at Allen recently, this is a reasonable excuse to change that. Two retailers — Homesense and Game Nerdz — have opened their doors at the center this summer, giving residents a pair of distinct, browsable destinations without leaving Allen.
Homesense: A Home Décor Find Worth the Walk-Through
Homesense, the off-price home furnishings chain, is now operating at The Village at Allen. The format is built around discovery — inventory rotates frequently, covering furniture, lighting, textiles, art, and kitchen goods at reduced prices compared to full-price specialty retailers. The stores tend to reward shoppers who visit more than once, since the selection changes week to week rather than following a fixed catalog. For residents furnishing a new space or simply hunting for something specific without paying full retail, the Allen location removes a drive to another suburb from the equation.
Game Nerdz: Tabletop Has a Home in Allen
Game Nerdz fills a gap in Allen’s retail footprint that dedicated tabletop fans have likely felt. The store specializes in board games, card games, and all things in that category — the kind of inventory that online browsing can handle but hands-on selection genuinely improves. Being able to read a box, ask a question, or pick up an expansion pack on the same afternoon you decide you need it matters to players. The Village at Allen location makes that practical for residents in Allen and the surrounding corridor of Collin County.
Why Both Arrivals Matter for the Center
The Village at Allen has been one of the more active retail addresses in Allen for years, combining dining, entertainment, and shopping in a walkable outdoor format. Adding Homesense and Game Nerdz continues a pattern of filling the center with tenants that serve specific, repeat-visit needs rather than one-time transactions. A home décor store and a tabletop specialty shop attract different shoppers on different schedules, which adds foot traffic consistency that benefits the whole lineup.
For families doing back-to-school planning in August, the timing is also practical. Game Nerdz carries the kind of product — strategy games, card games, cooperative titles — that tends to see heavy use during the school year. Picking something up now, before schedules tighten, is worth considering.
What Else Is Happening at The Village This Month
The Homesense and Game Nerdz openings land alongside another Village activation worth noting. The Market at The Village at Allen runs every Saturday morning at The Grove, an open-air weekly market featuring local farmers, artisan food producers, and small-business vendors from across North Texas. Vendors rotate, so the selection on August 8 will differ from what you find on August 15 or August 22. Arriving in the morning gives you the widest selection before popular items move.
Combining a Saturday market visit with a stop at either of the two new retailers makes for a practical morning out — especially as temperatures in late summer still favor earlier hours over midday.
Getting There
Both Homesense and Game Nerdz are open now at The Village at Allen. Hours and specific suite locations are available through The Village at Allen’s website. Given the rotating nature of inventory at both stores, a first visit this month gives you a baseline for what each carries — useful context for knowing when something you want has turned up on a return trip.
