5200 Durand Avenue (Racine, Wisconsin)
5200 Durand Avenue was a restaurant building on the northwest corner of Durand Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue in Racine, Wisconsin, on an outparcel of the Regency Mall development next to Target T-152. The building was constructed for Chi-Chi's #459,[1] which opened to the public on October 22, 1984.[2] The restaurant closed on September 19, 2004 after Chi-Chi's became bankrupt and was bought by Outback Steakhouse.[3]
| 5200 Durand Avenue | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Restaurant building |
| Location | 5200 Durand Avenue Racine, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 42°41′53″N 87°50′33″W / 42.69793°N 87.8424°WCoordinates: 42°41′53″N 87°50′33″W / 42.69793°N 87.8424°W |
| Opened | October 22, 1984 |
| Closed | September 19, 2004 |
| Demolished | 2008 |
| Owner | Hull Property Group |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Chi-Chi's |
The building was demolished in 2008,[4] and the location has been vacant land since then. The site has seen temporary uses, such as a Halloween Express store set up in an inflatable tent in the restaurant's former parking lot in October 2014.[5]
Adams Outdoor Advertising applied for a permit to construct a billboard on the site in August 2013, which was denied without a public hearing. Adams sued the city for allegedly violating its ordinances on hearings, and although the suit was dismissed, the company was granted a public hearing, where the permit was once again denied in September 2014. City Plan Commission members expressed concerns that allowing a billboard at the mall would set a bad precedent that would allow more billboards to proliferate in the area.[6] The city ultimately agreed in May 2015 to allow Adams to construct the new billboard, on the condition that it remove three of its existing 44[6] billboards in Racine.[7]
The property was one of the few Regency Mall outparcels that was included in CBL & Associates's initial sale of the mall to Hull Property Group in December 2016.[8]
References Edit
- ↑ "Destination Rights Agreement for the Purchase of Certain Designation Rghts Relating to Real Estate and Leasehold Interests of Chi-Chi's, Inc. by OS Realty, Inc., August 2004, via sec.gov.
- ↑ "Getting ready", Racine Journal Times, October 19, 1984, page 5B.
- ↑ Burke, Michael. "Chi-Chi's doors closing Sunday", Racine Journal Times, September 17, 2004.
- ↑ "Property Information: 5200 DURAND AVE", Previous Assessments, cityofracine.org.
- ↑ Wicklund, Pete. "Searching for the right look for Halloween", Racine Journal Times, October 12, 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Spoto, Cara. "One more try for billboard near Regency Mall", Racine Journal Times, September 17, 2014.
- ↑ Spoto, Cara. "Billboard deal reached", Racine Journal Times, May 19, 2015.
- ↑ Burke, Michael. "Mall's seller finishes exit", Racine Journal Times, January 16, 2017.