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MEQUON - The
Pavilions of Mequon shopping complex got a significant shot in the
arm Monday night when the Mequon Planning Commission approved plans
for a proposed Marshalls store.
The
24,822-square-foot store will occupy vacant space as well as sites
now occupied by Men’s Wearhouse and Fitness Together. Those stores
will relocate in the Pavilions, the shopping complex that stretches
along the east side of North Port Washington Road just south of
Mequon Road.
Marshalls, which
features apparel and home fashions, has more than 900 stores across
the nation. It is part of The TJX Companies Inc., which includes
T.J. Maxx.
Plans shown during
the planning commission meeting show extensive exterior remodeling,
including an entranceway, fixed window, new awnings and new
storefront windows. A representative of Brixmor Property Group,
which owns the nearly 20-acre shopping center that opened in 1967,
also will make landscaping improvements in the front of the
property.
City staff had
recommended a variety of other steps related to more extensive
landscaping and traffic flow in the parking lots as conditions on
the approval of the Marshalls plans. Commission members removed
those before giving unanimous approval to the conditional use plan
and building site plan.
A representative
from Brixmor told commission members that if the project was not
approved on Monday that “Marshalls unfortunately will go away.” He
later added that the addition of Marshalls likely will have a
positive effect on the health of the shopping center and the ability
to attract new tenants.
Gary Achterberg can be reached at
gachterberg@conleynet.com. |
