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Week of December 2 1,2005 The Greenville News Weekly Sampler greenvilleonline.com 3 FX ideas laughter conversation entertainment recipes movies savings horoscope -'4 I A if 66 1 can give lL llll, V. all of this how?" KEN OSBURN Staff art weather drama cars relationships sports education Final holiday: Darrell Colliers shops in the Greenville Mall, now being considered for demolition. The mall wiO be redeveloped as a retail center and could be back open for business in late 2007. Greenville Mall facing demolition This holiday, give a $1 per week Sunday-only Shopping center remains open while developer maps its future subscription to The Greenville News. Ask Customer Service Reps about available subscription lengths.

They'll get all the who, what, when and where of their local community delivered to their door daily. So they won't miss out on all the things that matter most. It's the gift that keeps on giving. (Crosland) were ready to go and to execute leases hurt DRA." Mark Masaschi, a broker with Coldwell Banker Commercial Caine, said Greenville Mall has been "an underperforming retail center for quite some time, and I think the redevelopment will certainly help bring the remaining big-box retailers in the market to that location." Jimmy Wright, a broker with NAI Earle Furman, said Greenville Mall is "a great piece of real estate, but as it sits today, it's underutilized." By Rudolph Bell Business Writer dbellgreenvillenews.com A Florida developer has bought Greenville Mall and may tear it down to build a new shopping center, the developer said. Jackson Ward, a principal with with a Main Street and new store facades, Navarro said.

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March Gulfside Development Co. Inc. of South Miami, said his company will redevelop the struggling mall for retail use but hasn't decided exactly what it will do. "It will slowly be wound down and demolished, more than likely, or a portion of it will be demolished," Ward said. He said Gulfside will probably decide what to do with the 66-acre property along Woodruff Road in the next 60 to 120 days.

"It won't be a regional mall, I can tell you that," Ward said. The deal had been scheduled to close in late November but didn't officially close until last week, Ward said. He declined to reveal the sales price. The new owner, Canyon Gulfside Greenville LLC, includes Gulfside principals and other investors, Ward said. He said Gulfside should break ground on the redevelopment in a year to 15 months and that the new property could be open for business at the end of 2007 or early 2008.

Ward said his company has talked to retailers interested in doing business in the redeveloped property, but he declined to identify them. "We have discussions going, but we certainly don't have anything that's finalized," he said. The mall has been struggling for years, and much of it sits empty today. Of the retailers still there, Ward said the Hollywood 20 movie theater will stay "as far as we know," but he didn't know the plans of the other stores. Kelly Klaker, manager at the Harold's clothing store, said her store is moving to The Shops at Greenridge, a new shopping center just down Woodruff Road.

She said Harold's will close at Greenville Mall on Jan. 21 and plans to re-open at Greenridge onjan. 28. Managers at other stores in Greenville Mall including Eddie Bauer and Oshman's Super-sports, now called Sports Authority declined comment. Some local real estate brokers who specialize in retail properties said the sale is a good thing.

"I wish them the best of luck," said Marty Navarro, the owner of Navarro Real Estate. He studied redevelopment of Greenville Mall several years ago for DRA Advisors the mall's owner at the time. DRA considered a $50 million to $60 million "de-malling" that would have created an open-air "lifestyle center" WalkAmerica of Dimes walk for someone you love- One in every 8 babies in the U.S. is born too soon. Some die; others face lifelong disabilities.

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