Gateway Mall sees growth spurt.Byline: Joe Mosley The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - The Gateway Mall Gateway Mall may refer to:
Three new shops recently opened in the 750,000-square-foot mall, an indoor play area for children has been installed and exterior walls started going up Thursday on a 98,497-square-foot Kohl's department store. "The crane arrived last night," mall General Manager Ron Glover Glov´er n. 1. One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves. Glover's suture a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward. said Thursday. "Six semis brought in a 300-ton crane, and they put it together last night and this morning." Then the crane began raising 20-foot, 100,000-pound exterior wall panels to form the department store's perimeter on the east side of the mall. The store will be the largest addition to Gateway Mall in several years, and is expected to attract other new retailers. The two-story department store is expected to open next spring. Meanwhile, the three new retail operations that recently opened in the mall have begun to put a dent in the shopping center's vacancy VACANCY. A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to cases where an office is not filled. 2. By the constitution of the United States, the president has the power to fill up vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate. rate. Maurices, a young men's and women's clothing store chain based in Duluth, Minn., opened a 5,251-square-foot outlet at Gateway last week. "Maurices brings to us the national retail component we are building on, in balance with our local retailers," Glover said. Candy Tyme also opened a candy shop near the mall's food court area last week - the West Coast chain's 10th location - and Pagoda Piercing pierce v. pierced, pierc·ing, pierc·es v.tr. 1. To cut or pass through with or as if with a sharp instrument; stab or penetrate. 2. To make a hole or opening in; perforate. 3. has opened a jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. kiosk kiosk Originally, in Islamic architecture, an open circular pavilion consisting of a roof supported by pillars. The word has been applied to a Turkish summer garden pavilion and a type of early Persian mosque. in the mall, offering ear piercing along with gold chains Gold Chains is an electro rap artist from San Francisco, whose real name is Topher Lafata. Gold Chains has performed along with Sue Cie (real name Sue Costabile), who is a video artist also from San Francisco area. , charms, bracelets, rings and earrings. "(The openings) have greatly enhanced our occupancy," Glover said. "And the timing of these openings coincide with the opening of the children's play area." The play area, which fills the mall's north center court, is intended as an outlet for recreation breaks for children at the mall with their parents. "There is finally something in the mall that is fun and free," Glover said. The mall's largest remaining vacancy is the 50,100-square-foot Emporium department store, which closed after the Eugene-based Emporium chain filed for bankruptcy bankruptcy, in law, settlement of the liabilities of a person or organization wholly or partially unable to meet financial obligations. The purposes are to distribute, through a court-appointed receiver, the bankrupt's assets equitably among creditors and, in most in 2003. Gateway is currently anchored by a 113,575-square-foot Sears store, a 113,600-square-foot Target store, a 78,500-square-foot Cinemark movie theater and a 30,180-square-foot Ross Dress For Less. Joe Mosley can be reached at 338-2384 or jmosley@guardnet.com. |
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