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Originally Posted by NJblue
I believe that was the plan/concept 5 years ago. If you went to the developer's commercial web site there was a proposed Anterim Dells mall slotted for that space. If you go to that web site now, all references to Anterim Dells are gone.
Plans do change over time. I think that one thing the developer is learning as time goes on is that there is much less demand for commercial space than what he had originally hoped. The Buffalo Ridge commercial area is huge but has not seen any new development there in years. The Mission Hills area was originally supposed to be commercial space and it appears that demand never materialized and instead it was rezoned residential. I think people holding out hope for a Macy/Dillards type mall will be disappointed.
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But all references to Antrim Dells are not all gone. Case in point is The Villages Commercial Property site with a 2014 copyright. The site says Antrim Dells is a 500,000 sq. ft. power center. A power center is defined by Wikipedia as "...an unenclosed shopping center with 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) to 750,000 square feet (70,000 m2) of gross leasable area[1] that usually contains three or more big box retailers and various smaller retailers (usually located in strip plazas) with a common parking area shared among the retailers. It is likely to have more money spent on features and architecture than a traditional big box shopping center."
I tried to post the url to The Villages Commercial Property site but it wouldn't take, sorry.
Now that I've seen the plans for Grand Traverse Plaza I'm really confused because I don't see enough room for 3 or more big box retailers in the plans.