Wausau Center

Wausau Center
Location Wausau, Wisconsin
Address Wausau Center
Opening date August 3, 1983
Developer Jacobs Visconsi Jacobs
Owner CBL & Associates Properties
No. of stores and services 50+
No. of anchor tenants 3
Total retail floor area 423,132 square feet (39,000 m2)[1]
No. of floors 1

Wausau Center is an enclosed shopping mall in downtown Wausau, Wisconsin. Opened in 1983, it features Sears and Younkers as its anchor stores. It is managed by CBL & Associates Properties.

History

The downtown area of Wausau was blighted by many vacant buildings in the late 1970s. A referendum was passed in 1979 to allow Richard E. Jacobs' Jacobs Visconsi & Jacobs Group to build the mall. Approximately 67 buildings were demolished to make way for the mall, which opened on August 3, 1983. To commemorate the opening, a five-day-long celebration was held.[2] Its original anchors were J. C. Penney, Sears, and Prange's (now Younkers).[3][4] Walgreens, an original tenant, moved out in 2003.[5]

In 2006, the mall owners began a renovation which included new seating areas and an improved mall entrance.[6] Two years later, the food court was expanded, using space vacated that same year by a McDonald's.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Mall information". CBL & Associates Properties. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Blaschka, Shawn; Spialek, Anji; Williams, Sharon. Haunted Wausau: The Ghostly History of Big Bull Falls. pp. 35–37. C1 control character in |pages= at position 4 (help)
  3. ↑ "Recent downtown projects". Downtown retail development opportunities, 1984 (International Council of Shopping Centers): 72.
  4. ↑ "Wausau, Wisconsin". Stores (National Retail Dry Goods Association): 41. 1984.
  5. ↑ Paulsen, David (16 July 2003). "Walgreens prepares for move". Wausau Daily Herald. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Sargent, Nick (27 April 2006). "Multimillion-dollar renovation planned for Wausau Center". Wausau Daily Herald. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Wausau Center Mall To Renovate Food Court". WAOW. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

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