tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19322750.post1276781088142848268..comments2024-03-24T16:06:34.633-07:00Comments on BIGMallrat - Shopping Malls in the San Francisco Bay Area and Beyond: Elk Grove Mall Starts ConstructionScott Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10967375949115515071noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19322750.post-80887302451713361912007-10-12T15:40:00.000-07:002007-10-12T15:40:00.000-07:00Kudos on finally contructing the Elk Grove mall, b...Kudos on finally contructing the Elk Grove mall, but unfortunately not quite what I was hoping would be in terms of anchor stores. It was orignally to be named Lent Ranch Marketplace with department store anchors (in addition to Macy's) Gottschalks, Dillard's, and believe it or not, Robinsons-May, which would've out of proportion from their Southern California base market. Gottschalks had just announced a new store in a former Wal-Mart in Elk Grove. <BR/>As you could probably tell from my previous blogs, I have been a "champion" for Dillard's to open in more California locations, especially in currently vacant acnhors in Southern California resulting from Macy's acquisition of Robinsons-May.<BR/>What's the latest on the proposed Broadstone project in Folsom? This along with the Elk Grove project were orginally conceived in the late 1980 to early 1990s when indoor malls with department store anchors were still the norm.<BR/>Had Weinstock's still been around, I'm sure they would've been in Elk Grove, Folsom, and in either Roseville or Rocklin, where the latter city was planning a mall as well as the Galleria at Roseville.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com