Disney Springs has been in a visible state of transition for the better part of 2026, and anyone who visits the shopping and dining district regularly has noticed. The roster of retail tenants that defined the Town Center section of the property for years is shifting in ways that feel more significant than the typical gradual churn of any large retail environment. Some of the original tenants that opened when Town Center debuted have quietly closed. Others have followed. The closures have happened close enough together that the conversation around Disney Springs retail has shifted from individual store news into something broader, a genuine question about where the shopping district is heading and what its tenant lineup is going to look like on the other side of this transition period.The answer, at least in one case, is starting to take shape.Shore, one of the original Town Center tenants at Disney Springs, permanently closed on May 1 after holding a clearance sale. Johnston and Murphy, a footwear and apparel retailer that had been part of the Disney Springs lineup, followed with its own closure on May 7. Earlier in the year, Francesca’s closed its Disney Springs location as part of the chain’s broader shutdown. A permit surfaced recently suggesting that Vuori may be the incoming tenant for the former Shore space, though nothing about that has been officially confirmed. The picture that emerges from all of those moves together is a shopping district that is actively reshuffling its retail lineup rather than simply losing tenants without replacement.Credit: Inside the Magic Into that context comes a new tease that signals at least one incoming brand is ready to make its Disney Springs arrival official, at least in the form of a coming soon announcement.What Cole Haan Just AnnouncedCole Haan posted a teaser video on Instagram announcing that the brand is heading to Disney Springs. The video is short and deliberate, like retail coming-soon announcements, showing an unseen traveler packing a suitcase with clothing before sealing a rollaboard and placing a pair of tan Cole Haan sneakers on top. A caption on the video reads “Save Room for More,” then cuts to a small card on a luggage tag that reads “Coming Soon Cole Haan at Disney Springs Town Center.”The announcement comes directly from Cole Haan rather than Disney, which is a meaningful detail. A brand posting its own coming soon announcement with a specific location name attached is a more committed signal than a permit or a rumor, and the luggage-themed creative direction of the video fits naturally with the Disney Springs context of a destination that draws tourists alongside locals. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cole Haan (@colehaan)Cole Haan is an American footwear and accessories brand founded in 1928. The company makes men’s and women’s shoes across a wide range of categories, including dress shoes, loafers, sneakers, sandals, and boots, alongside bags, outerwear, and other accessories. The brand describes its products as combining classic American style with comfort-focused design and modern materials, positioning itself around what it calls future familiar, a blend of aesthetic and functionality that has kept the brand relevant across multiple generations of customers. It is a recognizable name with a broad product range that covers both the kind of dress shoe a business traveler might need and the kind of sneaker a theme park visitor might appreciate for a long day of walking.An exact opening date for the Disney Springs location has not been announced. The specific storefront has not been identified. Whether the location will be a full-scale Cole Haan retail store or a smaller format with a more limited product range has also not been confirmed.What This Means for Disney SpringsThe Cole Haan announcement lands at a moment when the narrative around Disney Springs retail has been tilting in one direction. Closures generate more visible coverage than openings because a closed storefront is immediately apparent to anyone walking through the district, while a coming soon sign is easy to walk past without registering its significance. The concentration of closures in a relatively short window earlier this year and in the first weeks of May created an impression of a shopping district losing ground, even as the underlying reality involves both departures and arrivals happening simultaneously.Credit: Erica Lauren, Inside the MagicCole Haan filling a footwear and accessories slot in Town Center makes intuitive sense, given what just left. Johnston and Murphy occupied a footwear and apparel space in the same section of the property, and Shore served a similar lifestyle retail function. A brand with Cole Haan’s recognition and product range entering the district around the same time those spaces are coming available is the kind of tenant rotation that shopping districts depend on to maintain relevance and foot traffic.The Six Ravens announcement from Gideon’s Bakehouse, the incoming Vuori permit, and now the Cole Haan tease all point to a Disney Springs that is actively rebuilding its tenant mix rather than simply contracting. None of those three is a confirmed open date with ribbon-cutting ceremonies scheduled. But they represent a pipeline of incoming activity that runs counter to a narrative built entirely around what has recently closed.Disney Springs has been one of the more quietly significant parts of the Walt Disney World property for years, a destination that draws guests who are not visiting the parks and holds locals who want a Disney-adjacent experience without the ticket price. Keeping that audience requires a retail and dining lineup that feels current and worth visiting, which means the tenant churn happening right now matters more than individual store openings and closings suggest on their own.Cole Haan is coming. When exactly and in what form remains to be confirmed. But the luggage tag says Disney Springs Town Center and the brand posted it publicly, which is as close to official as a retail announcement gets before the doors actually open.The post While Disney Springs Loses Tenants a Major Footwear Brand Announced It Is Moving In appeared first on Inside the Magic.