Horror museum/retail shop to open in Montclair

A year-round horror museum retail shop will soon open near Montclair Place.

Art’s Sideshow has leased 3,150 square feet in a neighborhood retail center at Moreno and Vernon avenues slightly east of Montclair Place, according to Progressive Real Estate Partners in Rancho Cucamonga.

The location, the company’s first “brick and mortar” operation, is expected to open this fall.  Until now, Art’s Sideshow has been a “pop-up” attraction at various events.

Terms of the lease, which Progressive Real Estate negotiated, were not disclosed.

Besides visiting the Museum of Horror, which will feature life-size characters and interactive displays, patrons will be able to buy masks, scary posters and other fright-oriented items there.

The 27,500 square-foot retail centers at 5484 Moreno St. was renovated recently. Nearly 470,000 people live within a five-mile radius of that site, according to Progressive Real Estate.