A new Bath & Body Works store will open in this trendy Columbia-area shopping center

A fragrant new addition will soon be headed to Forest Acres.

National retailer Bath & Body Works will open a store at the trendy Trenholm Plaza shopping center at 4800 Forest Drive, according to signage posted at the site. Construction was underway when a reporter briefly stopped by earlier this week, and signs indicate that Bath & Body Works will open sometime in early in 2023. White Barn, a brand associated with Bath & Body Works, also will be a part of the project, per the signage.

Bath & Body Works will be between Trenholm Plaza’s new Sephora beauty products store, which opened in October, and the coming HomeGoods shop, which opens Nov. 10. Trenholm Plaza has continued to be a draw for national tenants, such as Fresh Market, Publix and a number of others.

There already are several Bath & Body Works stores in the Midlands, including locations at the Columbiana Centre mall off Harbison Boulevard, at Columbia Place Mall off Two Notch Road and at the Village at Sandhill in northeast Columbia.

There have been a number of retail happenings in Forest Acres recently.

Children’s clothier Duck Duck Goose, which has a shop on Devine Street, announced it would open a second location at 4525-C Forest Drive. A Crumbl Cookies store is coming to the Cardinal Crossing development. Poogan’s Southern Kitchen also recently opened a restaurant in Cardinal Crossing.

And Richland County Council recently approved a tax incentive agreement that could make way for a $101 million mixed-use overhaul of the long-struggling Richland Mall property at 3400 Forest Drive.