Another Big Box store in the McMall land suburb of Lansing (from the Ithaca Journal):
BJ's Wholesale Club proposed for site at mall
July 27, 2010, 11:00 pm
The identity of the new big-box tenant of a proposed 82,000-square-foot development at the Shops at Ithaca mall was finally revealed Tuesday night at a Village of Lansing planning board meeting, after months of secrecy: BJ's Wholesale Club.
Mall owners Triax Management Group were before the board requesting a special permit for the commercial development, which would be built in the northern corner of the site near the existing Target store and YMCA. It was the culmination of three years of negotiations and months of meetings with the board and village trustees, who agreed last month to change zoning and create a special planning development area to accommodate the project, which also includes 12 units of senior housing and an adjacent bird habitat.
It is estimated the retailer will generate $1.6 million per year in local sales tax and provide 70 jobs. The store would take about 10 months to build.
Eric Goetzmann, the developer responsible for bringing Dick's Sporting Goods, Best Buy and Borders to the Lansing mall, has also appealed to the Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency for property tax abatements to help subsidize the housing, but that board has yet to make a decision.
Unlike the tax abatements the IDA normally grants, the boards of all four impacted taxing jurisdictions -- village, town, county and school district -- would have to agree.
Here's the link:
http://www.theithacajournal.com/arti...r-site-at-mall