Charles City Council May 8, , included keeping portions of the mall building, but significantly reducing its size. Chuck May, project manager for the Krausz Companies, said an enclosed mall is no longer viable at this location. Krausz Companies, Inc. The former two-level enclosed Charlestowne Mall is being redeveloped into a viable regional shopping destination with a full line up of new retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues. According to the city of St.
With new outlot buildings completed along Main Street, the owners are in the planning stages for the redevelopment of the remainder of the property. A Concept Plan for the project was reviewed by the St. The Concept Plan review process enables property owners or developers to obtain informal feedback from city officials and the public before spending time and money to prepare detailed plans.
While a few chains such as AE and Victoria's Secret are still there for the time being anyway , the rest is either boarded up or gated. This time, not even independent retailers took up any of the slack from the fleeing tenants. In sum, the four department stores, the food court, and the theater structure continue to function as of , but the rest of the mall itself is now appallingly empty.
When you walk between the anchor stores there are mostly vast rows of empty spaces on both sides. It's quite surreal to be able to walk from Sears toward the center of the mall and not see one functioning tenant in sight. Even the water fountain in the center court is no longer in operation. For such a large and relatively-new mall in such sad shape, I was surprised not to be able to locate any news article mentioning its decline, let alone any type of redevelopment.
Charles or the property management intend to do with this shell of a mall. Elgin Courier-News St. Charlestowne Mall's interior space will close to the public Friday, though anchor stores will remain open, mall owners announced Monday following the first weekend of the holiday shopping season.
By Janelle Walker. Nov 27, at PM. More information on that plan is expected to be released in , May said. Further plans are underway, he said. Latest Elgin Courier-News. Kira Hutson just keeps it coming. A fair number of customers were observed in both stores on an otherwise a quiet weekday afternoon. Randall Road retail through Batavia, Geneva and St.
The most recent effort to revive the two-level Charlestowne Mall, which opened in , was a plan to redevelop a 1. A November announcement promised a new lineup of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues by Charles project after extensive market research for several.
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