With Bon-Ton Stores Inc. headed for liquidation, employees, office building owners and business operators on downtown Milwaukee’s west side — and in malls throughout Wisconsin — are bracing for impact. "There`s significant concerns about the individuals who could be affected by this," said Jeff Fleming, a Department of City Development spokesman. A
liquidation would "impact a lot of people," said Claude Krawczyk, an
attorney and board chair of Westown Association, a nonprofit group that
promotes downtown`s west side... SEE ALSO:MADISON--Boston Store, Younkers and other Bon-Ton stores to close; big changes could come to East Towne and West Towne malls...Ken Notes: I hope WEDC, local EDC`s, communities, and developers will start planning NOW. Think about using the spaces as entrepreneurial, co-working, educational/job training and popup spaces asap until a retailer can be found that fits (this may be a while). In Madison we are talking about a new public market place when we could start one for pennies on the dollar in our Malls and it would be a great fit!... | ||
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