Fair enough. Where exactly?
I'm all for retail btw. Excited if they can get this going
I'd much prefer a local place like Halls over Target. Want to put Target in Crown Center? I'm sure there is more than enough space somewhere else
Halls on the Plaza was a known moneymaker. I think the fact that the Crown Center store was downsized for a third time, the second time after the two stores were combined, says a lot about how it performs. Saks and Nordstrom don't/didn't do well here for some reason either. I posted in a department store Facebook group a few weeks ago and the former head of VM at the Oak Park Nordstrom said that not only did the store lose money even with the incentives and cheap rent the first 5 years it was open, but it was so bad that corporate started making permanent cuts at the store the first year it was open and that it made corporate rethink opening such large stores in untested waters. He said it was the opposite of Broomfield, CO and downtown Indy where the stores initially boomed and then dipped hard, rather KC started off terribly and then only picked up steam around the time he left and Saks threw in the towel on the plaza. I guess Copaken kept assuring Nordstrom that they were working to bring in more high-end stores to the mall to try and draw out the housewives who were only ever venturing to the mall to visit Dillard's, but they never really followed through on their end of the bargain. Jacobson's also flopped very fast in Leawood near the end of the companies life and I've been told from another reliable source that Von Maur does ok here, but that the KC and St. Louis branches pull in less than Wichita, Des Moines, and Omaha do and that Von Maur isn't exactly happy about what Corbin Park was sold to them as being when they signed on VS what it became. Interestingly enough, when Scheel's opens in Wichita the two stores will now co-anchor five retail developments in; Towne East Square, Corbin Park, Jordan Creek Town Center, South Pointe Pavilions, and Eden Prairie Center.
So true!! - it has saved my professional life many timesMidtownkid wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 11:01 am Don't fuck with my Halls! It's the nicest retailer we have in this city and it's a pleasure to shop there. They also have amazing sales.
Do you mean the Sky/Cordish development south of 670? I think Sky on Main is an existing development??