Greentree Centre (Caledonia, Wisconsin): Difference between revisions

[[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>

 

 

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>

 

===5055 Douglas Avenue===

 

===5111 Douglas Avenue===