REI will be relocating its Redmond Town Center store back to Bellevue in the fall of 2016, the speciality outdoor retailer announced today on its website.

The Seattle-based company and consumer cooperative is moving its Redmond location “to better inspire, educate and outfit over 126,000 active REI members in the Bellevue area,” according to the press release.

REI Bellevue will occupy the second level of the Bellevue Central Shopping Center at the northeast corner of 116th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 4th Street and will feature more than 40,000 square feet of space, including bike and snow shops.

“The new store in Bellevue will be better equipped to serve co-op members and customers for their outdoor adventures,” said Doug Schmidt, REI divisional vice president of retail. “The larger space will allow us to offer a broader selection of products and programs, and the location will provide more convenient access for outdoor lovers on the Eastside to explore the parks and forests throughout the region.”

The company previously announced in June that they would be relocating 280 employees from their headquarters in Kent, and were reassessing their longterm options.

Around 220 IT members will move to a satellite campus in Eastgate this fall, and another 60 IT employees will join them in 2016. The new Bellevue offices will be located at the Commons at 90.

Founded in Seattle in 1938, REI originally opened a store in Bellevue in 1984 and moved it to Redmond in 1998.