Macdonald 80 Shopping Center
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| Location | Total retail floor area | 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) |
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| No. of floors | 1 | |
| Parking | 2,300 spaces | |
Macdonald 80 Shopping Center, or Macdonald 80, is a 200,000 sq. ft. (18,580m³) regional shopping mall in the
History
The mall was built in the 1950s and was originally anchored by a Montgomery Ward department store and a Toys "R" Us toy store. As well as an Imperial Savings bank and a Taco Bell.[6] At the time it was the only modern shopping center in the general area, as Hilltop Mall, Pinole Vista, and Bay Street Emeryville had not yet been built. Imperial Savings closed in the early 1990s. The Toys "R" Us store relocated to Pinole Vista Shopping Center in the 1990s while the Montgomery Ward store went bankrupt company-wide and closed its location in 2001.[3] The site fell into disuse and only supported a Mechanics Bank and some small ma 'n pa local businesses.
In 2004, as part of redevelopment efforts to revitalize the city's "Main Street" - Macdonald Avenue - Richmond began to contemplate the revival of the city center. [7] This was envisioned as a way to ameliorate the budget deficit by acquiring additional sales tax revenue.[7] The city controversially used eminent domain to demolish the entire mall, except the former Toys "R" Us store and Mechanics Bank sites.
A new shopping center was built with modern central parking surrounded by shopping, as opposed to the classical retail architectural model of a centrally located retail structure building. The site is located between Macdonald Avenue, Interstate 80, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) tracks and the Richmond-Contra Costa County Health Center.
The city plans to expand the center by demolishing the health center and former toy store building and constructing a
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In 2011 the
In 2019 two people were shot in the shopping center's parking lot, one victim was in critical condition the other in serious condition. This was the first serious crime committed in the mall since the rebuild.[9]
Transportation
A fork was added to the
References
- ^ North & East Neighborhood Council page, City of Richmond website
- ^ "Macdonald 80 Shopping Center". Richmond California Business. Archived from the original on November 2, 2007. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
- ^ a b "Macdonald 80 Shopping Center". City of Richmond. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
- ^ West County Times. February 13, 2004. Archived from the originalon October 17, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
- ^ a b Robert Rogers (December 17, 2011). "Richmond kids 'Shop with a Cop'". Richmond Confidential. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ^ Cecilia M. Vega (August 24, 2004). "Target to anchor shopping center". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ^ Contra Costa Times. April 26, 2004. Archived from the originalon October 17, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
- ^ Shelley Meron (January 25, 2009). "El Cerrito Target store likely shut for good". West County Times. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ 2 people shot at Richmond strip mall, KGO-TV
- ^ a b "AC Transit system map" (PDF). AC Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-10. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
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 Target store |