Pearl River, NY (July 2001): Katz & Associates, one of the nation's most rapidly growing national retail real estate firms, recently announced the grand opening of Galyan's in Frisco, Texas, a Dallas suburb. The new store is 84,000 square feet.

Katz is the exclusive real estate agency for Galyan's Trading Company. The sporting goods/active lifestyle stores carry a broad variety of equipment, clothing and sports accessories. Galyan's is best known for its interactive retail environment, including a two-story climbing wall, allowing shoppers to try out equipment prior to purchasing.

Galyan's is scheduled to open five stores in new markets in fiscal 2001 and seven super lifestyle stores in new and existing markets in 2002. Stores will be in the 80,000 to 100,000 square foot range. In Frisco, Galyan's co-anchors Stone Briar Mall, along with Nordstrom, Foley's, Sears, JC Penney, and Macy's.

In the bear market of 2001, Galyan's has shown tremendous growth in the retail industry, having recently completed an initial public offering (IPO). The company is on the NASDAQ at GLYN. In today's newsworthy economic times, Galyan's business continues to grow.

At the grand opening Daniel B. Katz, President and CEO of Katz & Associates, joined Dan Mitchell, Senior Vice President, Midwest Region, Katz & Associates as well as Galyan's President Joel Silverman and Executive Vice President David Zoba.