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Prior to 1985, the property that is now 2630 South Green Bay Road was owned by the Racine County government. In January 1985, the county agreed to sell the {{convert|4.7|acre|ha|adj=on}} property to the [[Best Products]] catalog showroom chain, alongside another land deal selling the property that would become a Menards hardware store at [[2710 South Green Bay Road (Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin)|2710 South Green Bay Road]].<ref>Thorne, David. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59625076/the-journal-times/ "Land deals proposed: Jewelry, hardware-lumber chains may build stores here"], [[Racine Journal Times]], January 6, 1985, front page.</ref> The Best Products showroom was originally intended to be constructed within the year and open in November 1985. However, Best Products was facing significant financial problems at the time, and in July 1985, the company announced that the opening of its Racine location would be delayed until August 1986,<ref>Pfankuchen, David. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59625783/the-journal-times/ "Business Bits: Best Products' store plans"], [[Racine Journal Times]], July 2, 1985, page 4B.</ref> a week before the store's construction was canceled entirely.<ref>Hill, Mike. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59625896/the-journal-times/ "Best is out"], [[Racine Journal Times]], July 9, 1985, front page.</ref>
In August 1992, the property was purchased by [[Bailey's Garden Center]], a garden center in [[Gurnee, Illinois]] which had chosen Racine to be the site of its second gardening store.<ref>Holley, Paul J. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59627094/the-journal-times/ "Garden center going up"], [[Racine Journal Times]], August 12, 1992, page 2D.</ref> Bailey's opened later in 1992, but closed about a year later after the owner suffered a severe heart attack.<ref name=bestbuy-1994>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59627428/the-journal-times/ "Business Talk: A stroll down the block"], [[Racine Journal Times]], August 2, 1994, page 4A.</ref> In April 1994, Bailey's real estate agent proposed building a {{convert|46968|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[Media Play]] electronics store, but the Mount Pleasant zoning board turned down the proposal, as it planned only 261 parking spaces, less than the required minimum for such a store of 313 parking spaces.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59628242/the-journal-times/ Legal notices:
In August 1994, Best Buy announced that it would relocate its Racine store from [[Regency Point Shopping Center (Racine, Wisconsin)|Regency Point Shopping Center]] to a newly-constructed building on the former Bailey's site.<ref name=bestbuy-1994/> [[Best Buy 29|Best Buy #29]] opened in the new building on November 17, 1994, with a grand opening ceremony the following day.<ref>Sumner Coon, Laura. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59535986/the-journal-times/ "Best Buy reopens today"], [[Racine Journal Times]], November 17, 1994, page 1B.</ref> [[Circuit City 3177|Circuit City #3177]] opened next door to the store in 2000, in [[Southland Center (Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin)|Southland Center]], a shopping center which had replaced the former Menards store. After Circuit City's bankruptcy, Best Buy decided to move its Racine store into the former Circuit City space, although the space was about 25% smaller than its existing store.<ref>[https://journaltimes.com/news/local/best-buy-to-open-in-former-circuit-city-soon/article_05d9b5ae-a721-11de-8619-001cc4c002e0.html "Best Buy to open in former Circuit City soon"], [[Racine Journal Times]], September 21, 2009.</ref>
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