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Some businesses have vacated their locations at the mall in recent memory, including CVS Pharmacy. But there have been others which have come into the site, such as the Cross Roads Driver Training Center, entertainment complex Knockerball Plus and the Home Plate Sports Academy.
Commenters on the Springfield News-Sun’s Facebook page had plenty of suggestions on what could return to the mall once redevelopment of the site is completed.
“I miss the old tobacco store,” Danielle Cordle wrote. “I have no idea what it was called, but it had that cool wooden Indian chief by the entrance and it smelled amazing.”
Courtney Barrett wrote, “The Boonshoft. My kids loved going weekly.”
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Shirley Courter offered something completely new for the area.
“Make apartments above the mall and let people work in the stores,” she wrote. “A win-win for all!”
The concept is similar to a model used by The Greene Luxury Living, which offers apartments and townhomes at the open-air mall in Beavercreek.
Another option that could resurface is the possibility of a $44 million youth sports complex being developed on the site.
Chamber of Greater Springfield President & CEO Mike McDorman said in August 2017 the project could take years to develop, and it would be a decade before it were fully operational, but it could lead to new hotels, restaurants and retail locations in the immediate area.
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