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[Disgusta]

augga706, on Jan 3 2008, 03:24 PM, said:

last month, New York-based Cardinale Holdings LLC, the owner of the bulk of the mall property, acquired the former Montgomery Ward building from a Charleston, S.C., investment group for $2.3 million. Under approval by the Augusta Commission, the principals at Johnson Consulting have put together a "community leadership group" that includes area business leaders to create a public-private venture to redevelop the land. Developers say the 75 acre site is no longer called regency mall. But Rocky Creek or Center City.
proposals: government complex, factory outlet stores, sports complex, hard rock cafe & hotel, vocational or magnet school, college. And many others. They say this is the most attention the property has gotten since montgomery ward closed in 2000.

THe Rocky Creek proposal is old news and dead in the water (unfortunately)..The Augusta Commission ignored the proposal by Windward Consulting to create a mixed use development at the site in order to pursue the Arena idea. Anyone who has been following news in Augusta for the last 4 years knows that voters rejected the arena proposal twice. There are no plans to resurrect the idea. Also moving the government center to the mall was also rejected by the commission on numerous occassions.. that's old stuff from the 90s when Sconyers was Mayor. Now that the new Government and Judicial center will be built in downtown, the notion of moving the government center to Regency Mall is moot. So far there are no large scale plans for the mall. I say attention should be returned to the rocky creek proposal.. but maybe as a downscaled version incorporating a magnet school and a park.
Hard Rock Hotel??? Where did that come from? Only in your dreams.

[augga706]

Rocky creek or center city is just the named. Of the mall now nothing more. The area around it is already called rocky creek. If you lived in augusta you would already know this.  When you drive down some roads like richmond hill rd. You will see the signs that say rocky creek already. But i forgot you won't see the signs because you don't drive through augusta.
As you can see this is the latest info was from december 2007.  The owner of the bulk of the mall acquired the rest of the mall in late 2007. The proposals I listed were all given at one point in time. Why do you love to leave negative postings. If i go through every thread. And look at your post they're all something negative about augusta.

Jungletobacco already asked why would you even promote such a name. He asked what do you have against augusta. But you got scared and never answered him. Trying to act like you didn't read it. Its in the laney walker thread so i know you saw it.. But i bet you won't even answer.

Edited by augga706, 17 January 2008 - 03:26 PM.

[augga706]

Disgusta, on Dec 10 2007, 03:39 PM, said:

If another mall ever opens in the area, it would likely be built along I20 in Columbia County.

This is your quote remember. Either you are lying or obviously you don't watch as much news as you think.
You said you have followed augusta news for the past 4 years right. So why would you type this then. The news annouced in 2006 the mall was coming to richmond county.  Yet you type this only 1 month ago on Dec 10, 2007. No mall is coming to columbia county. This is totally false. What news show told you this. Exactly no news show.

Edited by augga706, 17 January 2008 - 03:23 PM.

[DaGABoyStinger]

According to the AC today, it looks like now there may be a potential Buyer that can bring the back to life.  With 4 major retailers.  This comes out now when the city plans on placing a park there.

The Article
http://chronicle.aug...et_304150.shtml

[offspringkid9]

According to local news on February 20, 2009, the city is in talks with the mall's owners to try to clean up the property and renovate to make it more presentable for buyers and to revitalize the surrounding area. I'm sure this idea will go up in smoke as well.

Here's an idea nobody mentioned, how about like an aquarium or a museum of some sort?
Look at Fort Discovery in Downtown, which was from what I heard, developed from a short-lived mall...The Shoppes at Port Royal...if anyone can remember.

The mall could be revitalized with a little bit of TLC, however, with people constantly complaining over what could go on the mall site or in the mall for that matter, why the owners aren't cleaning up the property, why the city isn't doing anything, and why every single development idea that was to be implemented fell through, is not going to help out the deterioration, because if it continues to deteriorate, then it will be not worth using for anything if any idea gets implemented. From what I've read so far, it appears the mall is falling within itself and nothing is being done...to recap: Grafitti, Broken Windows, Mold everywhere, overgrown trees inside and outside the mall, structural damage (caused by a collapsing foundation and by vandalism), not to mention the infestation of cats, rats, and god knows what kind of insect life. I'm sure (personal opinion) also the electricity and plumbing is probably shot, the escalators and elevators (if there are any, i was young the last time i was there in the early 90s when the mall was underperforming) are broken beyond repair, im sure ceiling tiles are falling, tile is cracking, and the dark wood paneling is falling off. When you have to enter the mall (which has skylights, mind you, which im sure are not boarded up...if im not mistaken, I think there was a center court skylight thing where the Y-shape branches in the middle) and have to use high power flashlights and its still dark even with the flashlights...yes, you do have a problem.

Tear it down, or find something to do with it...because I'm sure before long its going to come to the point where the citizens of Augusta are just going to burn it or tear it down themselves.

[DigitalSky]

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