Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lakeshore Mall


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The result was Keep. Kei lana (recall) 05:20, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Lakeshore Mall

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At only ~500K square feet, it falls way short of super-regional status. A search for sources turned up this article's lone ref -- a press release regarding the addition of a Sears store in 1999. Other than that, it seems to be pretty much a non-notable mall. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 03:45, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Malls-related deletions.   --  Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 03:46, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. A search of Google News comes up with no references to this mall that I can find although it seems to be a pretty generic name for a mall in North America. Capitalistroadster (talk) 04:00, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. As creator, I recognize that it is not a super-regional mall, but it is the only enclosed mall in the six-county, quarter-million population Florida Heartland region, and by far the largest shopping center of any type in the region. It suffers from the same reliable-sourcing issues which plague mall articles, which makes it difficult to demonstrate notability.  Horologium  (talk) 04:02, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Can you find a reliable third-party source that proves it to be the only mall serving six counties? I couldn't. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 04:45, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I found this in a Tampa Tribune article: "[Company official Barry Storey] said he expects the mall to attract shoppers from not only Highlands, but also Glades, Polk, Hardee and DeSoto counties. Those shoppers now travel to malls in Tampa and Orlando." (Rebecce Bryant. "Sebring wants builder to widen roads; Council expects traffic near proposed Lakeshore Mall will jam streets". Tampa Tribune August 23, 1990. 3.)
 * There are actually several dozen articles about the mall from the Tampa Tribune: Zagalejo^^^ 05:45, 21 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep - as a matter of fact the mall is so notable that other business' are building and capitolizing upon the malls draw power to attract business. Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  21:40, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per Capitalistroadster. Tavix (talk) 05:12, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


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