Wausau Center
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| Location | Wausau, Wisconsin |
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| 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 Younkers as its only remaining anchor store. 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
- ^ "Mall information". CBL & Associates Properties. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ Blaschka, Shawn; Spialek, Anji; Williams, Sharon. Haunted Wausau: The Ghostly History of Big Bull Falls. pp. 35–37.
- ^ "Recent downtown projects". Downtown retail development opportunities, 1984. International Council of Shopping Centers: 72.
- ^ "Wausau, Wisconsin". Stores. National Retail Dry Goods Association: 41. 1984.
- ^ Paulsen, David (16 July 2003). "Walgreens prepares for move". Wausau Daily Herald. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ Sargent, Nick (27 April 2006). "Multimillion-dollar renovation planned for Wausau Center". Wausau Daily Herald. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ "Wausau Center Mall To Renovate Food Court". WAOW. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2013.