User:Kcowolf/scratchpad

Bannister Mall improvements
Needs sourcing in a lot of places, particularly reasons for closing.


 * 1991 - mall already had reputation for high crime.


 * Added security cameras in 1986, later added security booths, changed to bike patrols and moving camera network around 1995


 * 2000 - J.C. Penny closed Bannister Mall location


 * 2001 - Bannister Mall announced $76 million revitalization plan that would bring Bass Pro Shop to mall, rename mall to "Three Trails Center"


 * 2002 - Dillard's employees told customers store would close on March 30, store vacant by June


 * 2002 - Bass Pro deal fell apart after The Jones Store Co. refused to move, mall owners pulled $30 million investment


 * 2003 - Mall sold to Spigel Properties Inc. from Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of New York. Original developer Copaken White & Blitt, sold its stake in mall to Teachers in 1997.


 * 2005 - The Jones Store Co. closed store


 * 2006 - Sears, mall's last anchor, closed


 * 2007 - Mall closed on May 31


 * Need more specific sources, but general view seems to be that crime and more importantly perception of crime (as percentage of minority racial groups increased in the area, more people believed the mall was unsafe, regardless of whether or not this was actually true) led to mall's demise.
 * Details changes in racial makeup of the area, "Crime - or at least a perception of it - became a concern."