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[RiverWalker]

NCMike1981, on 30 December 2011 - 04:37 PM, said:

...I like many others predict something is going to have to give with Sears. Either Sears or Kmart or both will probably die within the next decade...although Kmart should have died around 2000 i.m.o. I'm suprised they are still around honestly....It's like stepping back into the '70s as soon as you go into one.

P.S. I thought Saab almost died but was saved last minute? http://www.saabusa.c...en/start#/home/

Let us not forget that Sears is really Kmart. Kmart bought Sears - not the other way around - with primarily the Kmart management surviving. management chose to keep the Sears name, which was perceived to have a higher value. Apparently the ploy worked. However, if Sears management was bad, Kmart management is even worse, which is why BOTH Kmart and Sears stores are being left to moulder. I agree that Kmart should have died long ago, and that should tell you where I think Sears is going. One smart move, however, would be to spin off the Lands End brand again, if that hasn't already been damaged beyond repair.

Returning to the topic, Von Maur would be a very nice replacement for Sears at Haywood.

(As for Saab, it was in trouble a while back and was indeed saved by a last-minute acquisition. However, the company continued to stumble, even had difficulty paying its employees. On December 19 Saab filed for bankrupcy and has been expected to be liquidated, although there are late reports that Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., India's biggest sport-utility vehicle manufacturer, is interested in buying part or possibly all of the company. But how many lives can this cat have left?)

[vicupstate]

From Greenville News:

Potential new development and city beautification work along Haywood Road may signal a revival of the commercial corridor where business and property owners have long been concerned about retailers and shoppers leaving for greener pastures on Woodruff Road.
RealtyLink, a Greenville-based developer, hopes to redevelop the property that Toys R Us is planning to vacate at the intersection of Haywood and Woods Crossing Road as well as the shopping center next door where Circuit City used to be, a principal with the development firm said.
“It will probably be the first major development along the Haywood Road corridor in the last ten years,” said Greenville architect Joe Pazdan.  Pazdan, whose family owns land along Haywood Road, is part of a group of business and property owners that has worked with city officials to spruce up the corridor. He said the RealtyLink development, if it succeeds, will show “there’s still life around the Haywood Road corridor and interest from retailers.”
Neil Wilson, a principal with RealtyLink, confirmed the redevelopment project but said he wasn’t at liberty to provide details.
Not far away, where Woods Crossing Road turns into Congaree Road, Greenville real estate broker Marty Navarro is working to bring new development to 10.7 acres where the Yagoto Japanese restaurant and Nippon Center used to be. The property is owned by the Tsuzuki family.
Navarro said he’s talked to apartment developers and a national chain about developing the site, which is next to Haywood Mall and includes a 16,000-square-foot building.
“What we’re trying to do is sell the site, either in its entirety or acting as a master developer where we could sell off smaller parcels with a well-conceived master plan in place,” Navarro said. “We feel it’s a pretty incredible site.”
Meanwhile, the city of Greenville is ready to launch two long-planned beautification projects along Haywood Road.
Work to bury power lines at the intersection with Woods Crossing and to landscape the Interstate 385 interchange should begin this year, said Greg Strait, an economic development analyst with the city.
Those projects originated with a consultant’s report that the city commissioned in response to concerns about keeping Haywood Road vibrant amid newer retail development along Woodruff Road.
Since the report came out in 2009, three major retailers — Rooms to Go, Toys R Us and Babies R Us — have moved, or agreed to move, from Haywood Road to the Magnolia Park Town Center along Woodruff Road.
City Councilman David Sudduth, who represents most of the Haywood Road corridor, said the city’s economic development department has been aggressive about marketing vacant retail properties along the corridor “and I want to see us do that even more during the new year. I think the market and the economic tide is turning.”
Sudduth said the city still reaps a lot of property tax and business license revenue from Haywood Road.
“We’ve spent virtually no money there for quite a while and (city investment in new infrastructure is) long over due,” he said.
The city so far has not implemented other ideas contained in the consultant’s report.
Those include turning Haywood and Mall Connector roads into tree-lined boulevards with sidewalks and building an amphitheater for family entertainment on 25 acres near Fluor Corp.'s campus.
A Charlotte developer had planned a mix of shopping, offices, housing and a hotel on the site before the economy turned sour.
Navarro said he believes Haywood Road is due for a resurgence of retail development over the next two to five years. It’s in the middle of town, he noted, and near campuses operated by Fluor Corp. and the Greenville Hospital System.
Navarro said the corridor’s biggest draw, Haywood Mall, continues to perform well despite all the new shopping that’s developed on Woodruff Road over the past decade.

[greenvilleguy]

Abercrombie and Fitch is closing at the end of the month and the manager there said reps from Armani Exchange were in the mall inquiring about the size of their space.

[citylife]

Not surprising seeing how they are closing in Charleston and Columbia also. I would be shocked if Armani Exchange came here.

[ct36]

I have had a good time talking with you guys! Sadly, I will not be around here too often (in the threads or at the mall), considering that over 70% of my shopping is done at A&F. One day, in 2015, maybe Haywood will complete a renovation and attract a Nordstrom. I hope A&F will be back then and better than ever!

Edited by ct36, 06 January 2012 - 11:41 PM.

[ct36]

I will be alright with it if Haywood gets an Armani Exchange, Jamba Juice, and Michael Kors there, along with a Sephora next to Pottery Barn. If this happens, Nordstrom will be just that much closer to opening. Think about it. A 'C' level Nordstrom would do well there. It would basically be like Belk/Dillard's best brands along with some of Nordstrom's regular designer collections, sort of like  Belk Haywood mixed with Nordstrom SouthPark. That really could work.
Everything will be alright with A&F, mostly because I spoke to the manager of the A&F in Asheville today and she confirmed that it was not closing.

[citylife]

Regarding the news article on Haywood Road, I present Uptown Place:

Edited by citylife, 08 January 2012 - 05:34 PM.

[Greenville]

I like it!

[citylife]

Hampton Inn is planning a new five story hotel near the intersection of Congaree and Haywood Roads right behind Chuck E Cheese's and Discount Tire. Construction bidding for the project goes out January 31st.

Edited by citylife, 20 January 2012 - 12:22 PM.

[GvilleSC]

citylife, on 20 January 2012 - 12:21 PM, said:

Hampton Inn is planning a new five story hotel near the intersection of Congaree and Haywood Roads right behind Chuck E Cheese's and Discount Tire. Construction bidding for the project goes out January 31st.

I wonder if this will have nice interstate frontage and be more attractive than their typical design?

[citylife]

GvilleSC, on 20 January 2012 - 01:19 PM, said:

I wonder if this will have nice interstate frontage and be more attractive than their typical design?

Yes it will. The far left, middle, and far right sides of the building on both sides including almost the entire first floor will consist of stacked faux stone similar to what you see at Falls Park and the new Peace Center plaza area. I'd say around 40% of the building will consist of this while the rest will consist of stucco.

[RiverWalker]

citylife, on 20 January 2012 - 12:21 PM, said:

Hampton Inn is planning a new five story hotel near the intersection of Congaree and Haywood Roads right behind Chuck E Cheese's and Discount Tire. Construction bidding for the project goes out January 31st.

Immediately behind Chuck E Cheese's and Discount Tire is a rather large appartment complex. Could it be that this will replace the existing Hampton Inn that is across Congaree Road (and does not have frontage on the Interstate) or will it occupy the vacant lot on Woods Lake Rd. that abuts the apartment complex?

[GvilleSC]

It just struck me that this hotel would have been a FANTASTIC start to the new Haywood Rd master plan if it had been built up on Haywood.

[citylife]

No it is going where the one story building currently sits right behind Discount Tire and Chuck E Cheese's next to the I-385 off ramp.

[Greenville]

GvilleSC, on 20 January 2012 - 03:55 PM, said:

It just struck me that this hotel would have been a FANTASTIC start to the new Haywood Rd master plan if it had been built up on Haywood.

I agree! Maybe the developers will read this and make it happen.

[citylife]

Credit to MetroZero on another forum for this: http://www.cor3desig...e_Renovation/13

[GvilleSC]

citylife, on 09 March 2012 - 02:21 PM, said:

Credit to MetroZero on another forum for this: http://www.cor3desig...e_Renovation/13

Wish they were doing more to go along with the corridor plan. Not sure this work deserves the utility burial funds.

Edited by GvilleSC, 09 March 2012 - 03:08 PM.

[mallguy]

citylife, on 09 March 2012 - 02:21 PM, said:

Credit to MetroZero on another forum for this: http://www.cor3desig...e_Renovation/13

So northern Haywood Road will be losing its TJ Maxx, right?

This is a positive development overall, I think, with the updated center.

[citylife]

Former Underwood Nursery sold: http://data.greenvil...-property-sold/