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| location = 1500-1520 [[State Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|State Street]]<br/>[[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]], [[Wisconsin]]
| start_date = June 4, 2003
| opening_date = November 2003
| closing_date =
| demolition_date =
| owner = Aum Sai Shiv LLC
| developer = [[Big Bend Development (Brookfield, Wisconsin)|Big Bend Development]]
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'''State Street Center''' is a shopping center in [[Racine, Wisconsin]], located on the northeast corner of [[State Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|State Street]] and [[Memorial Drive (Racine, Wisconsin)|North Memorial Drive]]. The center is anchored by [[Save-a-Lot 881|Save-a-Lot #881]] at 1500 State Street, and the other end is occupied by [[McDonald's 26253|McDonald's #26253]] at 1520 State Street, and four small retail spaces are between the two. The development opened in 2003, and replaced an inner-city commercial block that was declared blighted and demolished to build the center.
==History==
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After some delays, all residents and businesses in the 1500 block of State Street were evicted by the end of November 2002, including [[1500 State Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|Rondone's Liquor]] and [[1436 State Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|Nu Vu Trendsetters]].<ref>Block, Dustin. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50394653/the-journal-times/ "Central-city grocery plan displeases some"], [[Racine Journal Times]], November 25, 2002, front page.</ref> The city council gave its final approval for the demolition plan on November 27.<ref>Block, Dustin. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50395401/the-journal-times/ "Plans for central-city grocery get nod from commission"], [[Racine Journal Times]], November 29, 2002, page 1C.</ref> The last building remaining on the block, [[1522 State Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|1522 State Street]], was torn down on February 6, 2003.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50395656/the-journal-times/ "Demolition Day"], [[Racine Journal Times]], February 7, 2003, page 1C.</ref>
A groundbreaking ceremony for State Street Center was held on June 4, 2003.<ref name=persistence>Burke, Michael. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50371472/the-journal-times/ "Persistence, patience pay off"], [[Racine Journal Times]], June 5, 2003, page 1B.</ref> The [[International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers]] picketed at the construction site in October after the developers hired non-union electricians from Milwaukee, arguing that the decision deprived their members of work at a time when one-fourth of Racine's union electricians were unemployed.<ref>Rendon, Guadalupe. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50403672/the-journal-times/ "Unemployed electricians protest nonunion workers"], [[Racine Journal Times]], October 7, 2003, page 1B and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50404035/the-journal-times/ 3B].</ref> [[McDonald's 26253|McDonald's restaurant #26253]], the chain's seventh location in Racine, opened in the shopping center in November 2003.<ref>Golub, Rob. [https://journaltimes.com/news/local/the-golden-arches-come-to-state-street-finally/article_e72d5804-2d26-58f2-8baa-2e5a3b9d3d4b.html "The golden arches come to State Street, finally"], [[Racine Journal Times]], November 21, 2003.</ref> [[Save-a-Lot 881|Save-a-Lot #881]], the {{convert|12000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} primary anchor of the shopping center, opened at 7 a.m. on December 11, 2003.<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50403234/the-journal-times/ "At the center of it all"], [[Racine Journal Times]], December 11, 2003, front page and page [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50403529/the-journal-times/ 9A].</ref>
A [[JJ Fish & Chicken]] carryout restaurant opened in the space next to McDonald's on May 10, 2004.<ref>Burke, Mick. [https://journaltimes.com/news/local/new-eatery-comes-to-redeveloping-area/article_480d4758-a355-5341-9989-f6bf6913b63f.html "New eatery comes to redeveloping area"], [[Racine Journal Times]], May 10, 2004.</ref>
Deli Station, a "traditional Jewish-European" delicatessen, opened in the former JJ Fish & Chicken space in February 2009, run by a cousin of the building's owners who offered the business a discount on rent.<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://journaltimes.com/news/local/from-special-forces-to-corned-beef-on-rye/article_bf6d9002-5188-5e63-b466-ce9bf7662506.html "From Special Forces to corned beef on rye"], [[Racine Journal Times]], March 4, 2009.</ref> Sales at the deli were consistently low and the operator claimed that the federal minimum wage increase of July 2009 made the business less profitable.<ref>Brien, Stephanie. [https://journaltimes.com/news/local/minimum-wage-goes-up-friday/article_1c58f632-f010-57b6-9b4f-56a3eef47923.html "Minimum wage goes up Friday"], [[Racine Journal Times]], July 22, 2009.</ref> Deli Station closed in January 2010.<ref name=deli-closed>[https://journaltimes.com/news/local/article_3c18dbd4-0d2b-11df-b690-001cc4c002e0.html "Deli Station closed"], [[Racine Journal Times]], January 29, 2010.</ref> Great Wall, a local Chinese restaurant, moved into the former Deli Station space, opening on January 18, 2011.<ref>[https://journaltimes.com/news/opinion/glad-you-asked/glad-you-asked-i--weigh-station-coyote-ridge-golf/article_f3a7cf44-2495-11e0-b7d7-001cc4c002e0.html "GLAD YOU ASKED: I-94 weigh station; Coyote Ridge golf course; Great Wall chinese restaurant"], [[Racine Journal Times]], January 20, 2011.</ref>
The shopping center was sold to Aum Sai Shiv LLC of [[Hoffman Estates, Illinois]] in 2016, for $3,985,000.<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://journaltimes.com/business/local/save-a-lot-center-sold-for-about-million/article_d6b97fde-0740-52c5-beee-6e9ebf97893e.html "Save-A-Lot center sold for about $4 million"], [[Racine Journal Times]], June 9, 2016.</ref>
==Tenants==
===1500 State Street===
*[[Save-a-Lot 881|Save-a-Lot #881]], opened December 11, 2003
===1504 State Street===
*Liberty Tax Service
===1508-12 State Street===
*Young Beauty Mart<ref name=deli-closed/>
===1516 State Street===
*[[JJ Fish & Chicken]], opened May 10, 2004, closed by 2009
*Deli Station, opened February 2009, closed January 2010
*Great Wall, opened January 18, 2011
*''Space incorporated into McDonald's in 2018''
===1520 State Street===
*[[McDonald's 26253|McDonald's #26253]], opened November 2003
==References==
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[[Category:Buildings on State Street (Racine, Wisconsin)]]
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