Southland Center (Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin)
Coordinates: 42°42′01″N 87°51′20″W / 42.70019°N 87.85567°W
| Southland Center | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Shopping center |
| Location | 2710 Green Bay Road Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin |
| Construction started | 1985 |
Southland Center is a shopping center located at 2710 Green Bay Road in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. Located in a former Menards home improvement store building, the center is divided into three retail spaces, currently occupied by Barnes & Noble #2037, Dick's Sporting Goods #4403, and Best Buy #29.
History
Menards (1985–1998)
Prior to 1985, the property which Southland Center now sits on was owned by the Racine County government. The county sold the land to the Menards chain of home improvement stores in January 1985 for $500,000 to help finance improvements to the Racine harbor.[1][2] However, the Mount Pleasant plan commission questioned whether a building supply store with an attached lumberyard was "compatible as a neighbor to a regional shopping mall", and recommended that Menards' permit be denied, a decision which Racine County Executive Leonard Ziolkowski angrily described as "unbelievable".[3] In response to widespread criticism over its decision, the commission agreed to provide Menards with a list of 28 conditions its store would need to meet to gain the commission's approval,[4] which were later reduced to 25. One of these conditions was that the town would be allowed to construct a road (Timber Drive) along the southern end of the property, connecting Green Bay Road to Stewart-McBride Park to the west. The town board then approved the store's construction on February 25.[5]
Menards began building its new Racine-area store at 3101 South Oakes Road in 1997.[6] Menards moved into the new location in November 1998, leaving the building vacant.[7][8]
Southland Center (2000–present)
Tenants
Space A
Space B
Space C
References
- ↑ Hill, Mike. "Menard deal approved", Racine Journal Times, January 23, 1985, page 3A.
- ↑ Hill, Mike. "Sale OK: County land money to go to harbor", Racine Journal Times, January 9, 1985, front page.
- ↑ Metro, Gary. "Menard's undesirable?: Permit denial angers exec", Racine Journal Times, February 5, 1985, front page.
- ↑ Metro, Gary. "Town planning: Action makes Menard's OK easier", Racine Journal Times, February 19, 1985, page 3A.
- ↑ Metro, Gary. "Menard's gets OK", Racine Journal Times, February 26, 1985, front page.
- ↑ Scolaro, Joseph A. "Developers put Wal-Mart center at Menard's site", Racine Journal Times, November 5, 1997.
- ↑ Sumner Coon, Laura. "The shopping begins: Wal-Mart opens its Supercenter", Racine Journal Times, October 29, 1998, page 1C.
- ↑ Burke, Michael. "Old Menards site is set for three major retailers", Racine Journal Times, March 8, 2000.