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Show Page sixteen The National Enterprise, August 3, 1977 Growth Continued from page one Not everyone thinks the new mall will be a detriment to retailers downtown, however. John Ruppel, president of the Retail Merchants Association, thinks all stores will benefit from the new de- velopments. The downtown revival will draw thousands of people here for shopping! he exWith residential plains. growth in the county (from 458,607 in 1970 to 512,130 in 1975),the migration of county residents to the city will be tremendous since our collective draw will be sophisticated and offer more than what is available in the suburbs! he declares. Double anchor concept Crossroads will complete downtowns capacity to draw county residents, Mike Chitwood of the Redevelopment Agency says. The most current and popular retail concept is the double anchor, he explains. The ZCMI Center provides one-haof this concept as a major retail anchor and Cross lf roads will add the second. But Brereton refutes the possibility of shoppers being drawn to the city from the suburbs and county. Construction of major malls outside the dow'ntown area w ill curtail the amount of shoppers drawn downtown." he argues. Currently planned malls include a regional mall in Sandy as well as Brewrery and Brickyard malls planned for within the city. Alternative shopping area good reason for that." Lynn St. Thomas, manager of Zinicks Sporting Goods at the ZCMI Center, says much of the downtown sales come from business- feet of retail space covering nearly 40 acres. people shopping during lunch breaks and after work. With about 3.5 million square feet of offices in downtown Salt Lake and more planned by Crossroads and Multi-EthniSt. Thomas feels the shops will not fall victim to overkill. But Keith Warshaws and Auerbachs will probably be hurt by the Crossroads since project, he adds, shops further from the Union Pacific Station there. Todd-Lignel- l, c, Union Square Shopin Sandy, where ping Center more than 60 small shops will be owned or leased at the The Brewery Mall, of shops decorated in the nostalgic tradition of the Lucky Lager Brewery at 200 So. 1100 W. Brickyard Mall, a $25 300,000 square-fee- t million mall at 3300 So. 1300 E. surrounded by condomin- iums and offices at its site at the old Interstate W.T. Grant store, planned location for a 50,000 square-foo- t complex at 241 So. Main being developed by Sid Horman. a $990,000 addition at Olympus Hills Shopping Center at 3963 So. 1200 E. to provide 27,000 square feet of additional shopping space. Multi-Ethni- c Shopping of Center, 130,000 square-fee- t ethnic shops at 251 W. 200 So. Todd Lignells hotel 75-ac- re officeretail complex Cross-roadZC- "Who is going to drive 15 miles past three malls just to shop downtown? The only use downtown malls have for county residents is as an alternative shopping area if they are unable to find what they are looking for at their nearby retail shops, he says. Research indicates consumers are geared toward community shopping centers rather than downtown complexes, Brereton said. I cant think of a single city which has opted to make its downtown district a retail development! he says. There must be a complex will re- ceive fewer patrons." Competition will be stiff Crossroads and ZCMI have joined forces in planning the new mall, and have prowalkway posed a second-floo- r two centers the connecting over Main Street. Competition among the shops will be stiff, Brereton predicts, and even Crossroads and ZCMI may find it difficult to compete with new malls outside the downtown area. 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