[KHTS] – Hobby Lobby announced its plans for Santa Clarita expansion have been pushed back to 2017, a corporate official said Wednesday.
The Oklahoma-based craft store chain involved in a controversial Supreme Court decision on health care and birth control signed a lease on a Santa Clarita Valley property last year.
Originally planned to open early this year, the date has been pushed back — but a corporate official Wednesday said he was unclear of the reason.
“We are coming to Santa Clarita, but it looks like it’s going to be summer of 2017,” said Vince Parker, correspondence manager for the store.
“I couldn’t even tell you the reason,” he said, citing he was unclear if it was a permit issue or part of a temporary change in plans.
The store is keeping its lease on the location for the time being, and when the store does come to Santa Clarita, it’ll be at the planned location at Bouquet Canyon Plaza, near Newhall Ranch Road and Bouquet Canyon Road.
The site is not currently listed in the store’s planned openings.
“Hobby Lobby has signed a lease for the former 52,000 square foot Orchard Supply Hardware space at the Bouquet Canyon Shopping Center,” according to a news release from Cypress Retail Group, which posted the information on its site.
The Hobby Lobby location is part of a 200,000-square-foot shopping center that includes Best Buy, Trader Joe’s, Petco, Office Max and Sola Salon as tenants.
Hobby Lobby is scheduled to open their doors in early 2015. The lease was announced in July.
In the decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the Supreme Court ruled June 30 that federal law gives for-profit businesses owned by a small group a right to refuse, for religious reasons, to provide birth control methods and services for their employees, according to a SCOTUSblog post by Lyle Denniston.
The 5-4 vote gained national attention last year for the craft store’s policies, which ran counter to Obamacare regulations as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The court found: “As applied to closely held corporations, the regulations promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services requiring employers to provide their female employees with no-cost access to contraception violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” according to the blog post.
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212 Comments
Patty Ivankovic
They are already building out inside???
Ashley Farnsworth London
Frank Connie Munoz
Rachel Bousquet
Looks like some other store is going in there in the interim……I was wondering why it wasn’t Hobby Lobby
Walked by there the other day and the signs state there is a Bible museum or something like that going in…
Hi Becky. Thats what its supposed too be is a bible museum. A friend of my its doing the building inside. So i dont know where they got this hobby place from?
Looks like it’s pretty close to opening too!!
Yaa. So idk where they got that from. SCVTV and the signal have been putting out alot of false information lately
The Bible Museum is a traveling bible museum. Will only be there temporarily.
Well that makes sense then Jodie! They have a lot of stuff for a temporary building, lol!!
Perhaps Hobby Lobby sublet the space to the Bible museum.
The owners of Hobby Lobby owns the Bible Museum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Collection
Bummer
Becca Rollins-Garcia
Kari Schneider McDaniel
Mindy Kelli
Laura Bye Deanna Miller….
Greenhouse Cafe :(
The best new business on this corner is in the Bouquet Center between Vons and CVS. Royal Tandoor is an authentic Indian restaurant. The prices are very reasonable and the food is AMAZING! We no longer have to go to Pasadena for good Indian food. They have a lunch buffet from 11-3pm seven days a week for only $8.95. Please check it out!
Have you never been to Karma?
Wondering the same thing. Karma is amazing!!
Sounds like an add for royal tandoori.
So the site will remain empty for two years? What an eyesore.
Its not gonna be empty… A museum is about to open in there…
Roseanne Conner it’s a bible museum going in there now. So disappointed!!
Maria Castillo
What ?!?!? That suxxxxxx !!
Lindsay Worden booo
Danielle Downs Quemuel
When it gets pushed back that far, it likely means never coming at all.
I heard they were putting a bible miseum in until ot becomes a Hobby Lobby……they are working on the inside…you can see the construction when you drive by.
:(
Why does it still say greenhouse cafe? They’ve been gone forever.
What the hell is a bible museum? Becca Rollins-Garcia
i was wondering the same thing
Like any other museam, it probably educates those who visit on the history of Bibles. Different versions, printing methods, relics, etc.
Wanda , Beverly
So don’t bring your pet. Problem solved.
Hobby People is a different store anyway. It’s in Canyon Country.
???? Different store.
Rosa Montes de Oca
Elizabeth Nivon McAnnally, Tracy Viergutz sad news!
Chris Brewer :/
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Here’s the link to the museum that will be going in there until Hobby Lobby opens: http://explorepassages.com
Amy Amy Ammari Bibby
:(
Oh man!
Stephanie Childs Brayman NOOOOOO!!!! :( Now this may truly be confirmation that you are to move to Georgia and have your Hobby Lobby NOW!
That’s disappointing
Bummer! Off to Burbank I go to spend my $$$$
Michelle Barnett-Milligan
Freddy Illian
It seems that Santa Clarita makes it very difficult for stores or restaurants to open out here ..we have so many empty shops …like others said off to Burbank or Oxnard to spend my money !
We do not want Hobby Lobby and that regressive mythology anywhere near Trader Joe’s! Talk about a clash of cultures.
Too bad grow up and get a life. Capitalism is capitalism !
Oh please! Get over it.
I’ll make sure to stop by Trader Joe’s after I finish with Hobby Lobby…
How very tolerant of you Emily
Definition of BIGOTED. unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints. And you are a local realtor Emily?
Insert foot… place in mouth
Speak for yourself!
Can’t wait to ship at hobby lobby and trader joes within the same errand!!!!!
Then don’t work for Hobby Lobby they are standing up for what they believe in!People have their free will to work or shop there just like you have your free will to put your liberal BS on here.
These comments are hilarious. Just sayin’
Is tolerance only a one way street?
Since when does equal rights mean that you should protect the rights of those who discriminate? They are creating an atmosphere where only certain persons can work there. Yes I will exercise my capitalist right and not shop or work there. However I suppose as a Jew who does not share their beliefs…I would not really be welcome anyway. Emily, I’m with you on this one.
Why because they already offer 16 types of birth control you are a moron
“We”? Please speak for yourself.
Nechama Shana Kulszan, there was no discrimination that went on. Save it!!!!
Exactly Josh Wyma!
I’ll shop for my hobbies, and then go buy groceries to make dinner… Lol it’s 2015, get over yourself.
Haha ya cause only liberals shop at trader joes. Deal with it.
Generation Y needs to get over itself.
Generation Y needs to get over itself.
A clash of cultures is called DIVERSITY. You’re against that??
I ❤️ #hobbylobby !
Boo!!!
I do not want that regressive organization anywhere near Trader Joe’s. Talk about a clash of cultures!
Was by there today. Full of boxes inside. Bible museum moving in.
Dang I am so ready
The building will not remain empty. The Bible Museum is being built inside. My understanding is that that Museum is operated and funded by Hobby Lobby. Once the. Museum has completed its tour, Hobby Lobby will open has a store on the lease they already have. That is my understanding of the building. I also think that traffic will be even more dreadful through there than now.
Emily may be happier if ISIS takes up headquarters there?
Emily may be happier if ISIS takes up headquarters there?
Cathryn Annmarie Walsh i guess back to Burbank we go!
Sunni Schaffer-Perkins don’t keep your hopes up
So BUMMED!
Melanie Kapp
Emily hits the nail on the head! Hobby Lobby is a hateful company that discriminates against people who do not agree with their beliefs.
What makes them hateful?
Your statement makes me believe you are a hateful person discriminant to their beliefs..
Emily doesn’t have her facts straight. If you don’t agree with them that’s fine but don’t state things that aren’t true. Every employers HR department works with the insurance companies deciding on how much the employee will pay verses the insurance company and what actually the insurance will cover. This is a big negotiating factor that ultimately determines the employees share of cost. In the end Hobby Lobby is, can and has covered ALL but 4 types of birth control. They are a private company and have that right. Don’t like it, don’t work there. If you read your insurance policy for whoever you work for I guarantee you have all sorts of exclusions as well. These guys are just getting hammered because people keep reporting half truths or erroneous facts like the one here above from Emily.
Bummer Jenn Burruel Hill
Boo
Rhianna DeCosier
Soo bummed out! Was Soo looking forward to them being out here!
Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores wins! ahahaha see eveyone at the new store April 10th ;) Here I know I can work comfortably with gay coworkers (without BS from coprorate ideologies) and be judged by how I do my job and not what I look like!
I’m so in trouble… Gym then Joann haha.
I will never set foot in the place. Just what we don’t need in Santa Clarita, a narrow minded business trying to force its religious beliefs on everyone. Let’s hope they never open.
How are they forcing their beliefs on people?
Yes please give me some facts to back up you statement.
“Hobby Lobby’s Steve Green launches a new project: a public school Bible curriculum” In Oklahoma, Steve Green, owner of Hobby Lobby has convinced a school board to adopt a Bible course developed by Mr. Green. As of now, it’s only the one school, but he has dreams that this curriculum will be offered at thousands of schools and eventually become mandatory.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/hobby-lobbys-steve-green-launches-a-new-project-a-public-school-bible-curriculum/2014/04/15/e26a1176-c4d1-11e3-9ee7-02c1e10a03f0_story.html
Exactly John. Forcing their beliefs? How?
Hmm lets see, Hobby Lobby has forced their beliefs on me……oh yea, NEVER! Praying for hobby lobby AND for John. He obviously needs it.
Jenise Mushaney
No! I love Hobby Lobby and was anxiously awaiting for it to open!
Sara, I was anxiously waiting too! My husband brought home a pamphlet for the Passages Exhibit that will be there from April until Feb. 2017. The exhibit looks impressive and many of the items are from the owner of Hobby Lobby’s personal collection and will include some of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Should be great to see, but I’m disappointed I have to wait for Hobby Lobby. The website is explorepassages.com.
I looked again and the exhibit is there until Feb. 2016, not 2017.
Can’t wait for Hobby Lobby!!!
Well Susan Barnes-De Cenzo, it is and if you come to the zoo we can spend our whole evening at the one 6 minutes from my house. :)
I can’t believe it.I was looking forward to shopping there. Oh well guess I will have to wait!
We are getting one this summer
I am a Realtor and an attorney. I stand by everything I post and have plenty of clients. If you are a regressive evangelical, I will not represent you.
How disappointing lol
No problem. I wouldn’t want you to.
Well luckily for me I don’t need a pedantic, narrow-minded attorney or realtor. And I am neither regressive nor evangelical.
So you’re ok with discriminating against someone because of their beliefs?
Exactly what @Christopher Munchof and Hillary Janikula said.
Question, if you are so against Christians, why’ve you got an album in your pictures titled “CHRISTmas ’09” ? Merry Christmas & I’ll pray for you anyway.
That’s ok she can’t practice law right now in CA.
That’s ok she can’t practice law right now in CA.
Pathetic really
I guess I don’t understand. Jobs are a good thing especially for young folks. Why would anyone object to the idea of keeping revenue in our town?
Lisa Easley can you share more on passages :))
We don’t need them anyways .
Need to keep our BEVERLY’S
IN BUSINESS! !!
Denise, this privately held company wants to deny benefits that those young folk would receive at any other employer in town. Hobby Lobby wants to play gynecologist. Hobby Lobby does not have a problem with 70 year old men receiving Viagra for free with the Hobby Lobby health care plan but prevents women of all ages from receiving birth control for free with the Hobby Lobby health care plan.
Then don’t work for Hobby Lobby they are standing up for what they believe in!People have their free will to work or shop there just like you have your free will to put your liberal BS on here.
Emily Ball – Hobby Lobby’s health care plan: A) does not cover Viagra; B) it does cover free 16 out of 20 FDA-approved contraceptive methods, from “the pill” to “the patch”; C) it does not cover the four methods the FDA says has the potential to prevent implantation of a fertilized egg after contraception.
Why don’t you do some research. Hobby lobby does have birth control options for their employees. They just don’t have to provide the type of birth control that ends the life of a fertilized egg. What is wrong with that. Plus anyone who wants that type of birth control would not get a job there.
Thanks Emily!!! I agree! Not employer choice, personal choice. My boss doesn’t tell me that eating my double cheeseburger is going to kill me and therefore I’m prohibited from getting their insurance.
Every employers HR department works with the insurance companies deciding on how much the employee will pay verses the insurance company and what actually the insurance will cover. This is a big negotiating factor that ultimately determines the employees share of cost. In the end Hobby Lobby is, can and has covered ALL but 4 types of birth control. They are a private company and have that right. Don’t like it, don’t work there. If you read your insurance policy for whoever you work for I guarantee you have all sorts of exclusions as well. These guys are just getting hammered because people keep reporting half truths or erroneous facts like the one here above from Emily.
I would never trust a “lawyer” who doesn’t know all of the facts.
Hobby Lobby is the best!
Natalie, I went to Light and Life!
Sue Andrea
“Bible museum”- kind of an oxymoron. Isnt there a church right nearby for ppl to get their fix of religion?- Oh, wait, the whole SC Valley is already plastered with churches, they do SO need more religious ANYTHING taking up space
What’s the problem with having a number of churches out here? There is obviously a need for them otherwise they would be closing their doors. They are not an eyesore to the neighborhoods…live and let live, Nancy
Why do you feel the need to be so hateful toward people who believe differently than you?
Megan Happ, so bummed!
Janis Van Ostrand Nakutin
Dayna Thayer
Mary Kaye Charnie-Druliner!
Colleen Spangler
Greenhouse Cafe? Might as well call it Sokez. Neither one have been there for years.
Yay!!!
Danielle, I am all for people demanding what is right from their employers!
If anyone would like to speak with me, please email me: emilyball523@att.net. I do not receive replies within this post!
Regressive mythology? Sit down…you’re clueless.
I am sorry it is delayed… I was looking forward to shopping and spending my money supporting my hobbies and the confounded notion that business owners have the right to their beliefs, even if they conflict with mine.
Michael Finger, if your approach to business had any traction, you would be rich.
Another site said Hobby Lobby can’t be there now because Aaron Brothers has in their lease no similar competitor in the shopping center. Their lease is up in two years. The Bible museum is temporary.
Emily…abortion being birth control is clearly something only a slimy ass attorney would say..that is what they will not provide a benefit for is an abortion…it is their business and they can do that if they want…as an attorney, to which i would never hire or recommend a half assed one who believes they pick and chose what rights should be defended, you should know and understand…but that doesn’t surprise me based on my numerous dealings with attorneys who generally have morals that make their clients look like saints….
Somebody who is not going to open until 2017 they sure have a lot of merchandise in there.
Melissa Battiato
Hobby Lobby is a PTA mom’s dream!! Can’t wait!!
Can they open a Cheesecake Factory instead !!!!!?????
Lauren Kelly
Told ya
Omg! I’m so mad now! That’s the one thing I’ll miss when I move from Vegas to Calif!
Was so looking forward to it opening….back to driving to Burbank for a Good craft store. Hopefully it still ends up here….jobs for some & less empty bldgs are good for here.
Ahhh, the kumbaya moments of this past weekend standing against Westboro are now over and here we are again…
Regressive mythology pushers are not a protected class under the Constitution of the United States. I am so happy that Hobby Lobby flinched. Hobby Lobby does not belong anywhere near Valencia.
Melissa Humboldt, well at least We didn’t miss out just yet lol
Every employers HR department works with the insurance companies deciding on how much the employee will pay verses the insurance company and what actually the insurance will cover. This is a big negotiating factor that ultimately determines the employees share of cost. In the end Hobby Lobby is, can and has covered ALL but 4 types of birth control. They are a private company and have that right. Don’t like it, don’t work there. If you read your insurance policy for whoever you work for I guarantee you have all sorts of exclusions as well. These guys are just getting hammered because people keep reporting half truths or erroneous facts.
I’m confused? Someone fill me in please birth control ???
Carrie Yandrich Franz Kathy Jones
Robyn, no matter how many times you repeat yourself, you still do not sound like an American.
Crystal Renee
Oh man, I’m going to go broke. Love Hobby Lobby. So excited it’s coming to Santa Clarita.
Lisa Christensen, I wish you the best! And you are welcome at my house for Christmas, as long as you stop creeping on me. I do not have what you need.
I doubt Lisa would turn to you if she needed anything.
Intolerance- nope.
Hatefulness-nope.
Exclusion of diversity- nope.
Narrow-mindedness-nope.
Nah. I don’t think she needs anything from you.
Look at you, Sarah, engaged with a baby. Charming.
This is an email from August so this isn’t a new development. I heard, not from this man, that Aaron Brothers has a non-compete clause but I’m not sure that is the restriction he mentions.
Now that all of the alcoholic/tweeker regressive mythology pushers have been distracted, let me say again that Hobby Lobby does not belong near Trader Joe’s. Clash of cultures. Glad Hobby Lobby flinched. Nite nite.
hobby lobby can’t go in right a way because the owner of the center has a non competitive agreement with Aaron’s brothers (which is owned by michaels which obviously wouldn’t want a hobby lobby in town) that ends in 2017. They are sub leasing to a traveling Bible Museum in the mean time but hobby lobby holds the lease.
Hobby lobby will go in.
for those of you who think Hobby Lobby is just a store owned by Christians who don’t like certain types of birth control, and what’s the harm in shopping there even though they have a different view then you… here is something else the owner of Hobby Lobby is up to. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/hobby-lobbys-steve-green-launches-a-new-project-a-public-school-bible-curriculum/2014/04/15/e26a1176-c4d1-11e3-9ee7-02c1e10a03f0_story.html
Emily Ball, a “woman” that needs her employer to provide birth control, isn’t really a “woman” at all!!
Emily Ball, a “woman” that needs her employer to provide birth control, isn’t really a “woman” at all!!
Emily ball not qualified to practice law in CA ? That one?
Emily ball not qualified to practice law in CA ? That one?
Guess I’ll still be making the drive to Burbank! Love Hobby Lobby & that they’re coming to make awesometown truly awesome!! Hobby Lobby does not try to force their religious beliefs on anyone. They simply do not back down on their convictions. Pretty “narrow-minded” of them to keep their principles as the core of their family-owned company, right?? Ey yi yi!
Guess I’ll still be making the drive to Burbank! Love Hobby Lobby & that they’re coming to make awesometown truly awesome!! Hobby Lobby does not try to force their religious beliefs on anyone. They simply do not back down on their convictions. Pretty “narrow-minded” of them to keep their principles as the core of their family-owned company, right?? Ey yi yi!
HA! That store would open in Santa Clarita!
HA! That store would open in Santa Clarita!
Hobby Lobby is the Disneyland of craft stores and just what this city needs! Can’t wait! Now if we could only get a decent fabric store!
And by the way Emily, I’d hardly call Hobby Lobby a company that flinches. Rather ironic that instead of a craft store you’re getting a Bible museum for a while, isn’t it?
Trader joes messes that parking lot up.
Trader joes messes that parking lot up.
Diana Lacy-Crain
Diana Lacy-Crain
Well, I woke up to a barrage of crazy from an old woman named Jayne Ann Saporito. Jayne, I have not practiced law in many years. I can begin practicing again at any time. I am retired, just like you are. Not sure what your point is? I know where you live, troll.
Well, golly. That looked like a threat to Jayne.
Well, I woke up to a barrage of crazy from an old woman named Jayne Ann Saporito. Jayne, I have not practiced law in many years. I can begin practicing again at any time. I am retired, just like you are. Not sure what your point is? I know where you live, troll.
@Robyn Hodge, yes you’re correct that employers and insurers decide the terms of the group health policy(ies) offered to employees. However, as I understand it, if the law requires that certain benefits be included at no cost to employees, such as well baby checkups for their children covered under the plan, then the employer does not get to decide whether or not to offer that benefit. And the Affordable Care Act requires certain benefits at no cost to employees — including mammograms, gynecological checkups, and contraception.
@Jennifer Anderson Dunlap, time was when the SCV had two quilt shops. Both are now gone. :-(
Sara King
The worst part of this pic is Greenhouse Cafe is closed.
I love a good Chick-Fil-A sammich after shopping at Hobby Lobby.
I love a good Chick-Fil-A sammich after shopping at Hobby Lobby.
Linda, get over yourself. There will be no Hobby Lobby. This conversation is so yesterday. I look forward to the museum. Sounds like there are going to be some interesting historical artifacts on display. The museum has absolutely nothing to with Hobby Lobby’s discrimination against its female employees. I think I know where you live, too.
Andrea Crews
Paula Marie
Yes!!!!!
Trina Brat
yes!!
These posts are so fun to read… Hahahha
Whackadoodle!
I totally agree, Kathy. The troll named Linda Marie Sheppard Daniels lives in Ocala, Florida. Really? On our local news site? Pathetic.
I totally agree, Kathy. The troll named Linda Marie Sheppard Daniels lives in Ocala, Florida. Really? On our local news site? Pathetic.