Westside mall proposed
Outdoor center would include major retailers
By Beth Wilson Caller-Times
April 11, 2007
An outdoor mall near Starplex Cinema on Greenwood Drive would bring in new stores and attract out-of-town shoppers to Corpus Christi in a 227-acre retail center called Crosstown Commons, a group of developers told the City Council on Tuesday.
"What we're trying to do is create a regional retail destination," said Jeff Brewer with CBL & Associates, a Tennessee-based development company.
Brewer said the center near Holly Road and Greenwood Drive, which is still in the planning phase, would consist of several major retail stores and restaurants linked by pedestrian walkways and include a commons area for gathering.
Brewer said he couldn't discuss which stores he was hoping to lure to his mall, but said it would be a mix of new stores, relocating stores and second locations that could open as soon as January 2009.
It would be similar in design to The Shops at La Cantera in San Antonio, which features high-end retail stores in an open-air, walkable center. The development group is planning a similar mall for Pearland, south of Houston, which will include a hotel and residential and office space.
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