Everybody is still kind of wondering what s going to happen, said Mike Roberts, who along with his w

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH Stores at Barefoot Landing are buzzing about the complex s new ownership under Burroughs & Chapin Co. Inc., but the Myrtle Beach-based company hasn t yet revealed its plans for the shopping, dining and entertainment hub.
The property transfer had not been recorded with the Horry County Register of Deeds online service as of Friday afternoon, but a meeting between Barefoot merchants and the new owners is scheduled for 9 a.m. April 12.
As you may have heard, Barefoot Landing is under new ownership by the Burroughs & Chapin Co., according to a memo sent to Barefoot merchants this week. We invite you to meet and speak with some of the new faces you ll be seeing around the shopping center.
B&C, which owns Broadway at the Beach and other properties along the Grand Strand, made an offer to buy Barefoot late last year and has been working through specifics since then. Neither B&C nor Barefoot Landing management would comment on the deal.
Everybody is still kind of wondering what s going to happen, said Mike Roberts, who along with his wife has owned the Hats Galore shop for about six years. Nobody knows yet. We haven t heard what their actual plans are.
I hope it will be better, said Arie Dahabani, who has owned Tassa Cabana gift shop for 12 years. Get us more advertising, more people, cause the place to be more attractive. People have been coming here for so many years...they may want to see something new.
Barefoot Landing, which opened in 1988, is home to House of Blues, Alabama Theatre, Dick s Last Resort, group cruise travel Greg Norman s Australian Grille, Alligator Adventure and other stores, restaurants and attractions surrounding a 27-acre lake. It opened group cruise travel years before B s Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, which debuted in 1995 and is a similar outdoor shopping and entertainment hub as Barefoot group cruise travel Landing.
David Jackson group cruise travel from Greensboro, N.C., who visited Barefoot on Friday group cruise travel with his family, said he has spent more time at Broadway during his visits to the beach rather than Barefoot because Broadway has more attractions such as MagiQuest that appeal to his two teen-aged daughters.
We just wanted to see something different, Rau said after snapping photos of her daughters in front of the complex s garden pond. The family didn t have suggestions for making the complex better. As a tourist, I thought it was fine, Rau said.
Some Barefoot merchants group cruise travel say the complex has been going downhill, from its marketing to maintenance. That s why Christopher Gavin, manager of Just Horse n Around that opened at Barefoot in 2007, is ready for change, though he s taking a wait-and-see approach until he knows specifics of B s plans. Just Horse n Around also has a store at B s Broadway.