-Redevelopment Will Transform SouthPark Shopping Experience -
MOLINE, Illinois, April 17, 2014 - With bulldozers and excavators setting the stage for the renovations planned at SouthPark Mall the week of April 21, a groundbreaking scheduled for 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, will launch the redevelopment and updating of the popular property.
"For over 40 years, SouthPark Mall has served as the shopping center offering great choices, value and top stores including Dillard's, JCPenney, Younkers and Von Maur," said Aleshia Chiesa, Marketing Manager, SouthPark Mall. "Today, the center is transforming to fit local needs and further enhance the offerings and shopper experience for this community. The end result will be a reinvented shopping experience."
To ready the property for Phase I of the redevelopment, construction teams will remove the former Sears department store as well as the food court. Redevelopment to the mall's exterior will include new entrances, landscaping and directional monument signage to add convenience for shoppers and visibility for retailers. Updates to the interior include upgrading restrooms, enhancing the ambient lighting, beautifying the floors with carpeted areas, painting, and enlarging the common area with amenities such as soft seating and new wifi capabilities. New wayfinding signs are also part of the planned changes.
SouthPark shoppers are invited to be part of the April 24 groundbreaking. "This event focuses on a huge milestone in the redevelopment process," said Chiesa. "The end result will ultimately provide our community with a more dynamic line up of retailers in an updated setting."
Phase I will continue until November, with a formal grand opening for the new center just in time for the holiday season. While the center is under redevelopment, interior and exterior shops including Gordman's, Office Max and all four anchors, JCPenney, Dillard's, Younkers, and Von Maur, will be open. All current interior retailers will be open as well. Phase II incorporates an on/off ramp with access to John Deere Expressway and is scheduled to start in 2015.
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Macerich an S&P 500 company, is a fully integrated self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust or REIT, which focuses on the acquisition, leasing, management, development and redevelopment of regional malls throughout the United States.
Macerich currently owns 56 million square feet of real estate consisting primarily of interests in 52 regional shopping centers. Macerich specializes in successful retail properties in many of the country's most attractive, densely populated markets with significant presence in California, Arizona, Chicago and the Greater New York Metro area. Additional information about Macerich can be obtained from the Company's website at www.macerich.com.
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