Beales department store, which closed in Southport last year due to the effects of the pandemic, is to reopen with a "very new look".
The Lord Street store is set to open in August after the chain was bought by New Start 2020, and will be filled mostly with retail concessions.
The store will employ around 40 members of staff following an investment of £800,000 by the firm run by Tony Brown - who was chief executive of the former Beales.
Last year, he opened Beales in Poole, followed by Peterborough earlier this year, with Southport due to be the third.
Beales in March last year as the Covid pandemic hit the 海角视频 and the firm went into administration - the same month that Debenhams also closed in the town.
Mr Brown said: “This is a new concept for Beales, one which we have launched in our stores in Poole and Peterborough where it has proved to be really successful.
“I honestly believe that customers want to see a local department store opening in Southport again.
“The old department store model is broken, because it was too costly to maintain.
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“We now have a new model which is predominantly concession driven.
“We had a queue of brands wanting to come to Southport, which is really positive."
One of the concessions joining the store will be Australian fashion brand Forever New. Beales will also feature Southport's biggest footwear outlet, a watch repair business, cafe and a new chiropody shop.
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Mr Brown added: “In both stores we have opened we have reached out to local brands, and we are doing the same with Southport.
“If there is someone out there with a really good idea, maybe someone working from home making gifts or gift foods and they want somewhere to start up, then we can support them to do that."
Southport Business Improvement District (Southport BID) CEO Rachel Fitzgerald said she is encouraging people to support Beales when it opens this August.
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She said: “There are many people who have confidence in Southport, both landlords and business owners.
“The reopening of Beales demonstrates the investment they are prepared to put into our town.
“It is our responsibility, local people, to continuously invest in our town so we all can enjoy the benefits of a thriving Southport.
“The success and prosperity of our town lies in our hands.”