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Ah the Collin Creek Mall, in which City of Plano was planning to sink a ton of money for renewing or rehabbing it. I live few miles away from Collin Creek, and
by sremani 12y ago
Ah the Collin Creek Mall, in which City of Plano was planning to sink a ton of money for renewing or rehabbing it. I live few miles away from Collin Creek, and the author is giving the most accurate picture possible. It is a dead mall, and there are many reasons for it including accessibility from the highway (US-75), shift of the center of wealth to mostly West and North of Plano, away from Collin Creek area. All in all DFW is over-saturated with malls but they are still building malls because of the North-ward expansion near Plano area. Trust me a movie theater is not going to save this mall.
For now the Mall is collecting some checks from the City and Management which claim to protect jobs and sales tax base. When they run out of that trick, it may very well close. At one point they were talking about sinking $75 million into some project around collin creek.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/collin-county/headlines/20121002-plano-works-with-developer-to-revitalize-collin-creek-mall.ece http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/collin-county/...
- revscat 12y agoThe only problem is that there are two other malls for residents of Plano to go to, Stonebriar and Willow Bend, and they are both doing just fine. The "outdoor malls" of Firecreek and the Shops at Legacy are also doing well. Insofar as Plano is concerned, it is only Collin Creek that is suffering. So TFA is being slightly hyperbolic. There are many malls who have done poorly, and the mall at the heart of the article is one of them. But there are also many malls who have done quite well. It doesn't speak about those.