The new look at Fayetteville’s Banks Crossing continues. Now underway is the renovation of the old Stein Mart building, destined later this summer to become home to a branch of the nation’s largest musical instrument retailer.

Guitar Center will occupy 15,000 square feet of the old Stein Mart with the remaining space in the 41,000 square-foot building going to a tenant yet to be announced. Atlanta-based Brannen Development is completing work on the building’s exterior.

Elevation plans show the the store’s front to have a rock base topped by brick and stucco. The building will be similar to the JCPenney store that opened in late 2005.

Interior work by Shamrock Builders is anticipated to be complete for the store’s opening sometime in August.

Owner AIG Baker has been renovating the entire shopping center during the past two years. Overall improvements to the development have included the addition of sidewalks and landscaped buffering.

Guitar Center has three locations in metro Atlanta and operates stores in 39 states. The company was founded in 1961 and is currently headquartered in Westlake Village, California. Guitar Center is a Fortune 1000 company.