From Deseret News archives:
Holladay retail's fate unknown
Residents want to see the plans, but the council doesn't have any.
But some Holladay officials would prefer to wait on specific plans for the intersection of 2300 East, Murray-Holladay Road and Holladay Boulevard until they know what will happen to the ghost of a spot that once was Cottonwood Mall.
The mall's owners aren't saying or don't know what they'll do with the outdated behemoth, but other cities have provided models about how to handle passe indoor malls with their food courts and miles of parking lots.
The city wants it to complement the mall about a mile to the east. Holladay Mayor Dennis Webb wishes he knew a bit more about the plan for Cottonwood Mall before he tries to find a specific proposal for the Village Center RDA.
"It makes it a little difficult to move forward with the Village Center when you don't know all that is entailed and what will happen at the Cottonwood Mall," Webb said. But, "we can't wait forever and we don't intend to wait forever."
If General Growth Properties, which has owned Cottonwood Mall for three years and acquired Fashion Place Mall in November, has plans for the spot, the company isn't saying much.
It has been trying to concoct plans for both malls that will accentuate Holladay strengths, said JP Swain, marketing director for Cottonwood Mall.
"I wish we had more of a story to tell right now," Swain said. "It's going to be something unique to the Salt Lake valley and to the area, but we're waiting for the specifics."
Malls throughout the Wasatch Front have explored different options. The new incarnation of the Ogden City Mall includes a recreation complex, housing, and shops that hearken back to Ogden's younger days. Orem redeveloped the University Mall by adding outside entrances to some stores and increasing restaurants, which now have long waits on weekends.
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