Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Eagle Archive: Shopping for a silver anniversary present for TownMall

Eagle Archive: Shopping for a silver anniversary present for TownMall


By Kevin Dayhoff March 24, 2012 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/opinion-talk/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0311-20120307,0,6391220.story

Related: TownMall of Westminster celebrates its 25th birthday By Kevin Dayhoff March 11, 2012 By Kevin Dayhoff March 11, 2012 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2012/03/townmall-of-westminster-celebrates-its.html

Labels: Bus Econ, Bus Econ 2012, Bus Econ retail shopping, Carroll Co Bus TownMall, Carroll County Businesses, Dayhoff writing essays Economy, Westminster businesses, People Shoemaker-Haven,

It was Wednesday, March 4, 1987, at 12:45 p.m. that Cranberry Mall — now known as TownMall of Westminster, on Route 140 at Center Street — held its much-anticipated grand opening.

"Cranberry Mall was a long time in coming to Carroll County," recalled a story in the Baltimore Sun in 2000. "A sign planted in farmland flanking Route 140 had boasted that a shopping center was coming soon, but for 15 years nothing happened."

Then it was in 1985 that a New York-based developer bought the land and broke ground for the shopping center, according to newspaper accounts.

Construction continued in earnest in 1986 on the $36 million, 428,392-retail square foot facility. The March 4, 1987, edition of the Gettysburg Times reported that the mall created "close to 1,000 jobs ... (and) generated $9 million in local contracts. Projected tax revenues include $2.6 million in sales taxes, $1.6 million in income taxes and $543,000 in property taxes." … http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/opinion-talk/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0311-20120307,0,6391220.story

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