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Macon Ambition to abutting in February 2018 WMAZ
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A big draft was delivered to Macon's Eisenhower Parkway aisle on Tuesday.
Target Corp. appear it was closing 12 food civic in February 2018 and Macon's abundance in the Eisenhower Crossing Arcade Centermost is on that list.
The advertisement was aloof addition in a alternation of hits to the arcade centermost and alike bigger assault to the breadth that already boasted two of the state's better arcade centers.
Macon's Ambition abundance was a draw for shoppers about Axial Georgia like Macy Davis of Forsyth. She was arcade at the abundance Tuesday back she abstruse it was closing.
"I was absolutely sad," she said in the store's parking lot afterwards finishing a arcade trip. "It's absolutely a drive for us to go to (Target in) McDonough and activity to Warner Robins isn't an option. Macon was our best option."
Davis, who's bristles and a bisected months pregnant, said Target's awaiting cease creates a big aperture for maternology clothes in the area.
"When you annals to accept a babyish shower, about everybody goes to Target," she said. "Maybe they'll accessible one in arctic Macon."
Eisenhower Crossing Arcade Centermost opened in 2001. While it has some vacancies, it charcoal mostly filled. On Tuesday, it was appear that Ambition is closing in Feb. 2018. WMAZ
The best contempo holes larboard in Eisenhower Crossing came with the cease of HHGregg in April back the electronics banker bankrupt 220 U.S. stores.
Dick's Sporting Goods fled the arcade centermost in 2014, aperture a new abundance in arctic Macon's The Shoppes at River Crossing.
The Shoppes and arctic Macon accept been the ambition for abounding of the food that leave Eisenhower Crossing and the Eisenhower Parkway corridor.
The breadth already boasted two of the better arcade centers in the state: The Macon Capital and the Westgate Arcade Center.
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Both centers are still accessible and both are a far cry of what they already were.
Westgate Arcade Centermost - or Westgate Capital - opened in 1961 on Eisenhower Parkway at the Pio Nono Avenue intersection. Anchored by retailer JJ Newberry's, Westgate was the aboriginal absolutely amid capital in the state. It connected its advance into the aboriginal 1970's. During that time, two grocery food - Piggly Wiggly and Colonial Food - were added as anchors.
Westgate Capital connected blooming abacus added retailers and Westgate Triple Cinemas.
The alpha of the end for Westgate came in 1975 with the aperture of Macon Capital about two miles down Eisenhower Parkway.
Packed with civic retailers and restaurants, Macon Capital drew in assemblage from all over axial Georgia sealing the fate of Westgate Mall.
J.C. Penney appear Friday that it's closing in Macon Mall, the latest in a amplitude of boxy years for abounding U.S. malls.
By the backward 1970's, Westgate was aloof about empty.
Several attempts were fabricated to save it. Some of the ballast food were razed and the cine amphitheater was additionally agape down. Scotty's Home Improvement Centermost took over the Piggly Wiggly area and Burlington Coat Factory opened in the above Newberry's location.
Burlington had a acknowledged run in the centermost as added retailers - including Scotty's - went out of business. Big box retailers Walmart and Home Depot were after added. To accomplish way for these retailers, Westgate underwent a above facelift alteration it to a big box arcade center.
Media Play and Petsmart were added to the mix, but as Macon Capital flourished and the neighborhoods about Westgate declined, the redeveloped arcade centermost didn't angle a chance.
In what seems to be the final draft for Westgate, Burlington confused to Macon Capital about three years ago as Macon Capital continues to accord with its own set of above problems.
Opened in 1961, Westgate Capital was already the better Capital in Georgia. Today, the centermost is abounding of alone stores.
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Just like Westgate, Macon Capital already boasted actuality the better capital in Georgia.
It opened in 1975 during a aeon retail experts alarm the “golden age” of capital building.
However, the aftermost two decades accept not been affectionate to this above retail gem.
Nationally, abounding of the malls congenital during the "golden age" accept disappeared, or in the case of Macon Mall, connected shrinking as civic retailers abutting food about the country.
The best contempo set backs came with the -to-be shuttered J.C. Penney and the closures of added above ballast food such as Sears, Dillard's and Belk.
Macy’s said aftermost year it was closing 100 food nationwide.
Macon Capital didn’t accomplish that list, authoritative its Macy’s the mall’s aftermost actual acceptable ballast store.
Macon Capital has not alone suffered at the easily of above civic retailers folding, but additionally flight as new arcade centers open.
Such was the case in 2001 back Eisenhower Crossing opened a big box arcade centermost a brace of afar abroad from Macon Mall. Alike with the challenges of some above vacancies, Eisenhower Crossing has managed to abide mostly occupied.
Macon Capital opened in 1975 and continues to action alteration times and a airy civic retail climate.
The flight from Macon Capital was added arresting nine years ago with the aperture of The Shoppes at River Crossing in Arctic Macon. A beachcomber of food larboard Macon Capital for the new 750,000-square-foot “lifestyle center” in arctic Macon.
Many accredit to it as “the new mall,” calling Macon Capital “the old mall.”
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Belk and Dillard’s larboard Macon Capital for The Shoppes at River Crossing.
1975: The Beginning: Macon Capital opens. It’s 1.08 actor aboveboard anxiety costing about $30 million.
1997: Expansion: A $50 actor east addition is congenital and anchored by administration food Dillard’s and Parisian. The 423,000-square-foot amplification makes Macon Capital 1.4 actor aboveboard feet. It’s accustomed as the better capital in Georgia.
2001: Competition: Eisenhower Crossing, a big box arcade center, opens a few afar abroad from Macon Mall. The centermost includes 32 food alms shoppers added retail options.
2005: New Owners: New Jersey-based The Lighthouse Group buys Macon Capital and uses it and a Arctic Carolina capital as accessory for a $141 actor loan. Foreclosure affairs alpha in 2008 adjoin Lighthouse for nonpayment.
2007: Major Ballast Closes: Parisian administration food are bought by Belk Inc. in 2006. The aggregation closes all of its Parisian food abrogation Macon Capital with an alone 104,000-square-foot space.
2008: The Shoppes at River Crossing; Added Competition. The 750,000-square-foot “lifestyle” centermost opens in arctic Macon. It appearance 44 food and restaurants.
2008: Dillard’s closes its Macon Capital abundance and opens a new one in the Shoppes at River Crossing.
2010: Hull Storey Gibson Companies acquirement Macon Mall. As allotment of its transformation of the mall, the new owners annihilate the absolute east wing, which was added in 1997.
2012: Smokin’ Pig barbecue restaurant and retailers Dry Falls Outfitters and B. Turner’s opens. Smokin’ Pig was afflicted to Ole Times Country Buffet in Feb. 2017.
2015: Burlington Coat Factory relocates to Macon Mall. The abundance moves from the continued alone Westgate Capital about two afar bottomward the alley from the Macon Mall.
2017: J.C. Penney announces that it's closing 138 food about the country, including its Macon Capital store.
Here's 13WMAZ video attempt during the 1980's at Macon Mall. It includes the Cabbage Patch chic at one of the toy stores.
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