Tuesday, June 11, 2024

In Madison Wisconsin, West Towne Mall area is slowly transforming itself

 
A West Town anchor space once occupied by Sears is now home to Dave & Buster's, Total Wine, and, not shown in the photo, Hobby Lobby.  (Red square in Google map below.)  

Photos by Retiring Guy

What was once Toys R Us is now home to Urban Air Adventure Park. (orange box)


What was once ShopKo, a discount department store, is now a space shared by Spare Entertainment and Crunch Fitness.  (green rectangle) 




KMBC, 6/10/2024
In Florida, a handful of dead mall anchor Sears stores, left vacant and unmoored by the iconic retailer’s bankruptcy six years ago, are being jolted back to life. 
They won’t be resurrected into new stores, but they’re definitely being primed, one company hopes, to pull in plenty of families who’ll find it hard to resist spending money again in these big-box spaces. 
That’s because even as households are skimping on buying more stuff, they are opening their wallets to eating out and entertaining themselves at places such as concerts and amusement parks.

Related West Towne Mall posts:
2024

2022

2021
Portillo's.  (11/23)

2020
West Towne Mall shuttered Shopko UPDATE: Storefront looks less abandoned in bright winter sunlight.  (12/21)

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