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{{Infobox building
| coordinates = {{coord|42.78671|-87.80845|display=inline,title}}
| name = Greentree Centre
| image =
| building_type = [[Shopping center]]
| location = 5005-5141 [[Douglas Avenue (Caledonia, Wisconsin)|Douglas Avenue]]<br/>[[Caledonia, Wisconsin|Caledonia]], [[Wisconsin]]
| start_date = 1989
| opening_date = May 20, 1990
| closing_date =
| demolition_date =
| owner = [[Phillips Edison & Company]]
| developer = [[MSI General Corporation (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin)|MSI General Corporation]]
}}
'''Greentree Centre''' is a shopping center at the northeast corner of [[Douglas Avenue (Caledonia, Wisconsin)|Douglas Avenue]] and [[4 Mile Road (Caledonia, Wisconsin)|4 Mile Road]] in [[Caledonia, Wisconsin]]. Built between 1989 and 1991, the center's main anchor was [[Kmart 3851|Kmart store #3851]] from 1991 to 2019. The center is also anchored by [[Pick 'n Save 378|Pick 'n Save #378]], which opened in 2003, replacing a [[Kohl's Food Emporium]] that had opened in 1990, and [[Walgreens 6243|Walgreens #6243]]. The shopping center is connected to [[The Parkview Senior Living Community (Caledonia, Wisconsin)|The Parkview Senior Living Community]] to the north and [[Crawford Park (Caledonia, Wisconsin)|Crawford Park]] to the east.
==History==
The property that is now Greentree Centre was the eastern part of the Buresh family farm, as shown in property maps from 1893 and 1930.<ref>[http://racinecounty.net/East%20End%20Racine%20County/East%20End%20Racine%20County.htm "Map Drawing - East End of Racine County - 1893"], racinecounty.net</ref><ref>[https://online.flowpaper.com/7695073a/MapBook/#page=7 Racine County Map Book, 1930], racinecounty.net</ref>
After opening [[Kmart 4477|its first Racine store]] on the southwest side of the city in 1976, Kmart Corporation confirmed in April 1979 that it was considering opening a second location in the city.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53470493/the-journal-times/ "Business Briefs: K mart considers 2nd site"], [[Racine Journal Times]], April 24, 1979, page 5E.</ref> In November of that year, Kmart stated that it was working with [[Vestcor (Austin, Texas)|Vestcor]], a development firm based in [[Austin, Texas]] on the potential new store. Vestcor had an option on nine acres of land at the northeast corner of Douglas Avenue and 4 Mile Road in Caledonia, just north of the city of Racine, and it planned to build a shopping center on the site, which would contain a {{convert|72900|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Kmart store as well as a {{convert|26000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} supermarket. The shopping center was intended to open in fall 1980,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53470657/the-journal-times/ "Option taken for 2nd K mart site"], [[Racine Journal Times]], November 9, 1979, page 1D.</ref> but Vestcor's option expired without any further action.
[[M&I Bank]] purchased two acres of land on the same corner, and announced in March 1985 that it would build a bank branch at the site.<ref>Pfankuchen, David. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53474909/the-journal-times/ "Business Bits"], [[Racine Journal Times]], March 25, 1985, page 5B.</ref> The branch opened in December 1985.<ref>Pfankuchen, David. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53513242/the-journal-times/ "Business Today: M&I Opens Branch"], [[Racine Journal Times]], December 18, 1985, page 5B.</ref> In January 1989, it was reported that [[MSI General Corporation (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin)|MSI General Corporation]] was planning to develop a shopping center around the M&I Bank branch, which was to include a [[Kohl's Food Stores|Kohl's Sav-a-Center]] supermarket.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53474959/the-journal-times/ "Kohl's plans to build new Caledonia store"], [[Racine Journal Times]], January 14, 1989, page 3A.</ref> Kohl's ultimately opened Kohl's Food Emporium, a {{convert|31500|sqft|m2|adj=on}} supermarket advertised as "the first of its kind in the Kohl's chain", on May 20, 1990.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53475144/the-journal-times/ "New Kohl's, new service"], [[Racine Journal Times]], May 18, 1990, page 6B.</ref> Later in 1990, MSI began construction on several new retail spaces north of the Kohl's building, and the development was given the name Greentree Centre.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53475178/the-journal-times/ "Taking shape"], [[Racine Journal Times]], August 7, 1990, page 10A.</ref> Kmart, which had previously considered the same site for a north Racine store in 1979, announced in September 1990 that it would become the primary anchor store of Greentree Centre.<ref>Merisalo, Laura J. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53475234/the-journal-times/ "K mart under construction"], [[Racine Journal Times]], September 20, 1990, page 10A.</ref>
[[Kmart 3851|Kmart #3851]] opened at Greentree Centre on May 20, 1991, with a grand opening ceremony on May 23.<ref>Holley, Paul J. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53498166/the-journal-times/ "It's the 'blue light special': New and improved Kmart to open Monday in Caledonia"], [[Racine Journal Times]], May 18, 1991, page 3A.</ref> Businesses began to open in the eight smaller retail spaces between Kmart and Kohl's, including Walgreens on August 19, 1991, [[Radio Shack]] and [[Cost Cutters]] around the same time, and National Cleaners and [[Cousins Subs]] in September.<ref>Daykin, Tom. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53514675/the-journal-times/ "Greentree almost full"], [[Racine Journal Times]], August 16, 1991, page 1D.</ref> An outlying building was built in 1993 to house a [[Blockbuster Video]] store, [[Blockbuster 55008|Blockbuster #55008]].<ref>Holley, Paul J. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53511709/the-journal-times/ "WBBM demand may force Chicago station from cable: Busy in Caledonia"], [[Racine Journal Times]], August 15, 1993, page 6A.</ref> Another outlying building was built for [[McDonald's 15445|McDonald's #15445]], which opened February 13, 1995.
As early as 1998, Walgreens planned to move out of the strip mall and into a new building that would replace the M&I Bank branch at the corner of Douglas Avenue and 4 Mile Road.<ref name=walgreens-2000/> [[All Saints Medical Group (Racine, Wisconsin)|All Saints Medical Group]] opened a clinic along 4 Mile Road in the center in May 1999,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53533088/the-journal-times/ Advertisement], [[Racine Journal Times]], March 30, 1999, page 18.</ref> near the site that M&I planned to move its branch to. By June 2000, MSI was actively negotiating with Walgreens and M&I, with plans to construct a new building for M&I next door to the new Walgreens.<ref name=walgreens-2000>Burke, Michael. [https://journaltimes.com/news/local/business-matters-planned-walgreens-move-getting-complicated/article_6d990154-526b-527f-b6fa-7b0a3da8d18e.html "Business Matters: Planned Walgreens move getting complicated"], [[Racine Journal Times]], June 4, 2000.</ref> M&I's new building, directly east of its former location along 4 Mile Road, held a grand opening beginning on July 2, 2001.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53530281/the-journal-times/ Advertisement], [[Racine Journal Times]], June 17, 2001, page 5D.</ref> Walgreens' last day in the strip mall location was March 22, 2002, and the new corner building opened the following morning at 8 a.m.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53517383/the-journal-times/ "In Brief: Walgreens store getting new location"], [[Racine Journal Times]], March 13, 2002, page 8A.</ref> Kohl's Food Stores closed all three of its Racine locations in August 2003,<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://journaltimes.com/news/local/kohls-grocery-stores-to-close/article_01bff45a-a608-5211-8377-d48dceaf2a65.html "Kohl's grocery stores to close"], [[Racine Journal Times]], June 14, 2003.</ref> and the Greentree Centre location was replaced by [[Pick 'n Save 378|a Pick 'n Save supermarket]], which opened on December 2, 2003. A Racine County assistant district attorney told the [[Racine Journal Times]] that she would prefer to shop at the new store, where she would be less likely to encounter people she had previously prosecuted than at the [[Rapids Plaza (Racine, Wisconsin)|Rapids Plaza]] Pick 'n Save.<ref>Burke, Mick. [https://journaltimes.com/local/business/pick-n-save-opens-in-caledonia/article_8d562e17-a89f-5b44-a2fb-75fde7c0ffc9.html "Pick 'n Save opens in Caledonia"], [[Racine Journal Times]], December 3, 2003.</ref>
The former Walgreens space in the Greentree strip mall was split into two new retail spaces, one of which was filled by a [[Papa Murphy's]] pizza shop that opened in the spring of 2005.<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://journaltimes.com/local/columns/housing-cluster-aims-to-bless-gideon-area/article_e7a91dfd-cd4f-523c-ba91-8b47f4019025.html "Housing cluster aims to bless Gideon area"], [[Racine Journal Times]], March 16, 2005.</ref> Douglas Avenue Diner, a 1950s-themed diner, was opened by Tom and Fran Tohovitis in the other half of the former Walgreens space on March 5, 2007.<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://journaltimes.com/local/business/diner-has-retro-look-and-solid-gold-menu/article_fc6f87f7-c5f5-5de1-83d0-c6a79fd0610e.html "Diner has retro look and solid-gold menu"], [[Racine Journal Times]], March 7, 2007.</ref>
The center's Blockbuster Video location, the last in Racine County, abruptly closed in July 2011.<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://journaltimes.com/news/local/blockbuster-closes-last-racine-store/article_8f18c48c-b317-11e0-8835-001cc4c002e0.html "Blockbuster closes last Racine store"], [[Racine Journal Times]], July 20, 2011.</ref> The vacant outlying building at 5055 Douglas Avenue, which formerly housed Blockbuster, was used as the site of a temporary seasonal [[Spirit Halloween]] store in the fall of 2017.<ref>Lieffring, Christina. [https://journaltimes.com/business/local/former-blockbuster-site-getting-into-spirit-of-the-season/article_c209a929-5190-5f71-8c82-0da3b1225d5e.html "Former Blockbuster site getting into spirit of the season"], [[Racine Journal Times]], October 3, 2017.</ref> [[Phillips Edison & Company]], the owners of Greentree Centre, split the building into three retail spaces in 2019.<ref>Rogan, Adam. [https://journaltimes.com/business/local/established-developer-eyes-former-blockbuster-on-douglas/article_63e2d6eb-fb24-5da2-b0bc-a7383370d7f8.html "Established developer eyes former Blockbuster on Douglas"], [[Racine Journal Times]], July 8, 2019.</ref> [[U.S. Cellular]] opened a location in one of these spaces in June 2020.<ref>[https://patch.com/wisconsin/caledonia/classifieds/announcements/142451/connect-cell-u-s-cellular-has-relocated-to-4-mile-douglas-ave "Connect Cell/U.S. Cellular Has Relocated To 4 Mile & Douglas Ave!" advertisement], Caledonia Patch, June 4, 2020.</ref>
The Kmart store closed on December 15, 2019, leaving the center's primary anchor space vacant.
==Tenants==
===2408 4 Mile Road===
*[[All Saints Medical Group (Racine, Wisconsin)|All Saints Medical Group]], opened May 1999, acquired by [[Ascension Healthcare]]
*[[Ascension All Saints Healthcare]]
===2440 4 Mile Road===
*[[M&I Bank]], opened July 2, 2001, acquired by [[BMO Harris Bank]] in October 2012<ref>Fiori, Lindsay. [https://journaltimes.com/news/local/m-i-banks-becoming-bmo-harris-in-october/article_b5df67e8-095f-11e2-8529-001a4bcf887a.html "M&I Banks becoming BMO Harris in October"], [[Racine Journal Times]], September 28, 2012.</ref>
*[[BMO Harris Bank]]
===5005 Douglas Avenue===
*[[M&I Bank]], opened December 1985, moved to 2440 4 Mile Road in July 2001
*[[Walgreens 6243|Walgreens #6243]], opened March 23, 2002
===5055 Douglas Avenue===
*[[Blockbuster 55008|Blockbuster Video #55008]], opened 1993, closed July 2011
*[[Spirit Halloween]], seasonal operation in autumn 2017
*[[U.S. Cellular]], opened June 2020
===5111 Douglas Avenue===
*[[Kohl's Food Stores|Kohl's Food Emporium]], opened May 20, 1990, closed August 2003
*[[Pick 'n Save 378|Pick 'n Save #378]], opened December 2, 2003
===5121 Douglas Avenue===
*Walgreens, opened August 19, 1991, moved to 5005 Douglas Avenue on March 22, 2002
====Space 011====
*Papa Murphy's, opened 2005
====Space 007====
*Douglas Avenue Diner, opened March 5, 2007
===5125 Douglas Avenue===
*[[McDonald's 15445|McDonald's #15445]], opened February 13, 1995
===5131 Douglas Avenue===
====Space 001====
*Nail Express
====Space 002====
*[[Cost Cutters]], opened August 1991
====Space 003====
*Greentree Cleaners
====Space 004====
*[[USA Payday Loans]]
====Space 005====
*King's Wok
====Space 006====
*[[Cousins Subs]], opened September 1991
===5133 Douglas Avenue===
*[[BankMutual]]
===5141 Douglas Avenue===
*[[Kmart 3851|Kmart #3851]], opened May 20, 1991, closed December 15, 2019
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/375434459 Greentree Centre] at OpenStreetMap
*[https://www.phillipsedison.com/properties/greentree-centre Greentree Centre] at [[Phillips Edison & Company]]
[[Category:Shopping centers in Caledonia, Wisconsin]]
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