Ross Dress for Less Is Now Open in Forney: What to Know Before You Go
Ross Dress for Less is now open at The Village at Gateway in Forney, joining Target, H-E-B, and Home Depot in the same 500,000-square-foot first phase on US-80. The store staffed up through hiring events in June and early July 2026 and opened alongside the rest of the summer wave at Gateway.
Here’s what’s actually worth knowing now that the doors are open.
Where It Is
The Village at Gateway sits on US-80 at FM 460 in Forney, TX 75126 — the same center as Target and H-E-B. Ross is in the inline retail run rather than a standalone pad, so parking is shared with the other value anchors.
What Ross Actually Is
If you’ve never shopped one: Ross is off-price retail. It buys overstock, closeouts, and canceled orders from department stores and brands, then sells them at 20–60% off department-store prices. There’s no e-commerce arm to speak of — the entire model is “come in and see what’s on the rack this week.”
That has real consequences for how you shop it:
- Inventory turns constantly. What’s there Tuesday is gone Saturday. Regulars stop in often and briefly rather than making one big trip.
- Sizes are incomplete. You’re buying what a vendor overproduced, not a full size run.
- The good stuff moves early in the week. New freight typically hits the floor midweek; weekend shoppers pick over what’s left.
The Categories Worth Knowing About
For most Forney households, Ross earns its trip on a handful of departments:
- Activewear and athletic shoes. This is the one worth flagging. Ross regularly carries Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, and Champion at a fraction of retail. Training shoes, lifting-friendly flats, shorts, and dri-fit tops show up constantly.
- Kids’ clothes. If you have growing kids in Forney ISD, the math on paying full price stops making sense fast.
- Home goods. Towels, kitchen basics, storage, and seasonal décor.
- Luggage and bags. Gym bags in particular are usually a third of what you’d pay elsewhere.
Ross vs. Burlington: Do You Need Both?
Both are now open at Gateway, and they overlap more than they differ. The practical distinctions:
| Ross | Burlington | |
|---|---|---|
| Store size | Smaller, ~22–30k sq ft | Similar footprint at Gateway (~22k sq ft) |
| Strength | Fast-turning apparel, shoes, home | Coats, kids’, baby gear, larger apparel range |
| Layout | Dense racks, hunt-and-find | Slightly more organized by department |
| Trip length | 15 minutes | 30 minutes |
Honest answer: check both, keep the one that fits your family. Most people end up with a preference within a month. Our Burlington Forney guide goes deeper on that side.
Why This Matters More Than It Sounds
Forney has added tens of thousands of residents in the last decade, and until recently the local retail mix skipped straight from grocery to specialty with almost nothing in the middle. Value apparel was a drive to Mesquite or Rockwall.
Adding Ross and Burlington at Gateway means a family can buy school clothes, work clothes, and gym clothes in Forney — on the same trip as groceries. For households watching a budget in an area where cost of living has climbed, that’s not a small thing.
Track the rest of the openings in our Village at Gateway opening calendar.
A Practical Note on Gym Clothes
Ross is now probably the cheapest place in Forney to buy activewear, so one honest piece of advice: buy for function, not for the logo.
What actually matters in a gym:
- Shoes with a flat, firm sole for lifting. Thick, squishy running shoes make squats and deadlifts less stable. A cheap flat-soled trainer beats an expensive cushioned runner for strength work.
- Shorts or leggings you don’t have to adjust. If you’re pulling at your waistband between sets, you’ll do fewer sets.
- A shirt you don’t mind sweating through. Buy three of the $8 one, not one of the $40 one.
That’s genuinely it. Nobody at the gym is evaluating your outfit — everyone is looking at their own set.
Train Two Minutes Down the Road
We’ve been at 127 E US Highway 80, Forney, TX 75126 for over 25 years, on the same corridor as Gateway — about five minutes from the new Ross. Grab your clearance training shoes, then come break them in.
No annual fee, weekday hours starting at 5 AM, and a supervised Kids Zone for members with kids.