News: In the Land of the Malls, Extinction A Possibility
Posted in Community on August 3rd, 2009 by By the Bootstraps – Be the first to comment
The owner of Logan Square’s Mega Mall – which is home to 70 businesses – continues to battle with Chicago officials who want the property. Officials have “already taken steps that would eventually lead to a sale under eminent domain,” Chicagotalks reports.
Closing the shopping center would have both positive and negative effects. According to the report, officials want the site to become a park as part of its initiative to bring open spaces to the West Side neighborhood; the idea of a grocery store has also been thrown around for this “food desert,” an area with limited access to healthy food options. However the 70 business owners at the Mega Mall will lose their businesses – relocation in this economy may be a daunting prospect for some owners.
For more on this story, read the article “Future of Logan Square Mega Mall in Limbo” at local blog Chicagotalks.
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