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Livonia Mall; Value City Closing?
Topic Started: Feb 3 2008, 10:03 AM (1,486 Views)
Mr.Bean
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Well, it's kinda famous...

:lol:



CLICK HERE
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Nikki
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Mr.Bean
Feb 6 2008, 02:24 PM
Well, it's kinda famous...

:lol:



CLICK HERE

deadmalls.com :lol:
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Mrs.M
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That was quite interesting and informative, thanks for the historical info.
I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be WRONG.
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livoniarocks
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Otis B.
Feb 6 2008, 07:31 AM
livoniarocks
Feb 5 2008, 02:50 PM
Otis B.
Feb 4 2008, 04:09 PM
Livonia Mayor Jack Kirksey is looking on the brighter side. The city wants to see the mall torn down and redeveloped.

"I'm not concerned at all," Kirksey said. "This is very exciting."

Ol' Jack's excited because he can tell his fellow septegenarian Livonians that this will keep Detroit residents out of their pristine city.

oh stop. 2 weeks ago you were complaining that nothing was being done with that area. Now that Kirksey has said he wants it torn down and redeveloped you are criticizing him.

He's an old man that won an election by scaring other old people into submission.

I'm not sure how versed you are in economics, but tearing down a business and not replacing it with anything would make the area go from BAD to WORSE.

Thanks for playing.

Move on. He won. Where in anything did he state that it wasn't going to be replaced?

Thanks for playing? Are you five?
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Otis B.
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livoniarocks
Feb 7 2008, 11:04 AM
Otis B.
Feb 6 2008, 07:31 AM
livoniarocks
Feb 5 2008, 02:50 PM
Otis B.
Feb 4 2008, 04:09 PM
Livonia Mayor Jack Kirksey is looking on the brighter side. The city wants to see the mall torn down and redeveloped.

"I'm not concerned at all," Kirksey said. "This is very exciting."

Ol' Jack's excited because he can tell his fellow septegenarian Livonians that this will keep Detroit residents out of their pristine city.

oh stop. 2 weeks ago you were complaining that nothing was being done with that area. Now that Kirksey has said he wants it torn down and redeveloped you are criticizing him.

He's an old man that won an election by scaring other old people into submission.

I'm not sure how versed you are in economics, but tearing down a business and not replacing it with anything would make the area go from BAD to WORSE.

Thanks for playing.

Move on. He won. Where in anything did he state that it wasn't going to be replaced?

Thanks for playing? Are you five?

Nope. I'm not going to simply "move on" and accept that a decrepit and corrupt old man runs my city. He may be your daddy, but he's still a dirtbag to me.

Replace it? Really? Is Ol' Jack opening his own store there? Maybe a hearing aid store? A Depends outlet possibly?
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livoniarocks
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Otis B.
Feb 7 2008, 11:08 AM

Nope. I'm not going to simply "move on" and accept that a decrepit and corrupt old man runs my city. He may be your daddy, but he's still a dirtbag to me.

Replace it? Really? Is Ol' Jack opening his own store there? Maybe a hearing aid store? A Depends outlet possibly? [/QUOTE]
Well then what are you going to do about it? Just complain on a blog all day? wow, that will get a TON accomplished. (notice the sarcasm).
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Value City's closing opens mall's options
By Alex Lundberg
STAFF WRITER


Value City's plan to close five Michigan stores, including the one at Livonia Mall, has city and business officials thinking of a brighter future, as it opens options for the long-struggling shopping center.

Karl Zarbo, director of operations for Konover South, the mall's owner, said getting the building's space - 126,690 square feet over two stories - is very desirable for redevelopment plans.

"We're pleased to have the opportunity to have that back," Zarbo said. "That is very much in the best interests of the mall."

He said with Value City leaving and Mervyn's already gone, the mall's opportunities are "wide open." That could mean reconfiguring the mall or having the property "scraped" or torn down and starting over, Zarbo said.

Some have speculated about a rebuilding similar to Wonderland Village. Zarbo said the shape of what could replace

Livonia Mall is still uncertain.

Livonia Economic Development director Jeff Bryant agreed that in the long run, the closing of Value City is a good thing.

"It's to our advantage," he said. "The redevelopment of Livonia Mall is the next focus of the city."

Livonia Mall has been slowly emptying of shoppers and retailers for years and, with shops like Value City holding on, it was hard to attract new businesses (or new investors) from the area. With Value City gone as of the end of March, the only major retailer left will be Sears.

Sears is a bit harder to move because the retail giant owns the plot of land on which it sits.

Zarbo said the Value City move makes what Sears wants to do less of a deal-breaker.

"We can go (redevelop) without Sears," he said. "If they have a change in philosophy and they want to leave, we can redevelop that part in a phase II."

Of course, if Sears wants to change gears and put new money into the Livonia Mall site, Zarbo said that would be a welcome change, too.

Mayor Jack Kirksey said there's a lot to look forward to, more than one would expect from news a business is shuttering its doors.

"Whenever there's a closing, there's a lost of jobs and related negatives," he said. "(In this case) there's an initial loss, but there's a potential for the creation of many, many more jobs."

http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/.../802070477/1027
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