Welfare Office Talks May Doom Mall
Welfare Office Talks May Doom Mall
BY JIM NORMAN
Business-Labor Reporter
State welfare officials are negotiat-
ing to moe the Washtenaw County
Department of Social Services into the
Old World Village Mall at the West
gate Shopping Center.
The pending relocation could dppm
efforts by about 50 merchants remain-
ing in the mini-mall to keep Old
World in bsuiness through the Christ-
mas shopping season, according
Michael Palmer.
Palmer markets seamless floors at ^urg of Lansing has fallen behind in
I-IM World thriini.-li hi-, Palp.n-r Sales his lease payments, according lo Ann
loter Alan H. Gins- ing shop space in the TO.OIIO-square-
foot former Rink's discount store thai
Other Old W. whose
leases run inli. .hiding
merely a pretext by Gin '•"• ••• ••• ••'••••
Palmer says Ann Ar
been reluctant to sign
SiD.OOO rent and SD.OOO utility costs
Business
Hemaining merchants will si:
piicking up if no help arrives by Nir
Occupancy at Old World reached its
peak last spring with about 80 per
- .c foot in some
olh r Old World malls at Lansing and
Tinient un the fate of Old
vices Board has picked Old World as
the best of three sites considered for
al •I'Sa'a W. Stadium.
The other sites, studied were the .
Bechlei building on S. State and a va-
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Subjects
Jim Norman
Wrigley
Westgate Shopping Center
Washtenaw County Social Services Department
Shopping Malls
Shopping Centers
Rink's Bargain City
Old World Village Mall
Discount Retailers
Business - Closings
Ann Arbor Trust Co.
Ann Arbor Businesses
Ann Arbor News
Old News
Michael Palmer
Kenneth Oettle
Gerald Alcock
Alan H. Ginsburg
W Stadium Blvd