![]() Reznick, who through 4th Dimension Properties partners with Kohan in about 30 malls across the country, said the Burnsville Center ownership group is in the process of selling some of the lots around the mall including one to a national restaurant chain he declined to identify. Mall walkers completed a circuit past several empty storefronts at the Burnsville Center in this photo taken in 2021. Separately, Nguyen is leading a group that is redeveloping a former Gander Mountain store in Eden Prairie into a multitenant center with an Asian grocery store anchor, restaurants and other retailers. "The more good business and new deals we conduct, we hope it will build more confidence in the market and the people," Nguyen said. The project is the brainchild of Eddie Ni, chairman of Chicago-area based the Windfall Group and Pacific Square Marshall Nguyen, vice president of Twin Cities-based Caspian Group commercial real estate company and their local partners. The group also has plans for an Asian-themed food hall.Ĭonstruction is likely to be completed mid-to-late 2023. In space once occupied by a Gordman's department store, Pacific Square USA plans to open a 50,000-square-foot Asian grocery store called Enson Market. and home decor store Kirkland's - for about $10.6 million to Pacific Square USA, an investment firm. In the past, the Kohan group has been accused of letting other malls it owned languish and fall under disrepair.Įarlier this year, Kohan sold a portion of the mall - including the space occupied by Dick's Sporting Goods, Noodles & Co. New York-based Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased the majority stake in Burnsville Center in auction for about $17 million in late 2020. He said Games by James may return to the Burnsville Center if things change. "In my opinion, they have not reinvested in the property," McKee said. The store had its best sales ever last year and McKee liked the mall's local managers.īut he needed to reallocate workers and the inventory to other locations, and he didn't feel like the new ownership had done much to improve the interior of the mall. It's nothing fancy, but it's cheap family fun," said Knight, who operates smaller courses at Rosedale and Southdale centers.Īfter more than 30 years at the mall, toys and game store Games by James closed its Burnsville Center location in late February.Īs he returned his store keys last week, Games by James owner Logan McKee said it was a tough decision to close. "What I'm doing in the mall is an experimentation. It features several black-light holes and a mini arcade. Rodney Knight doubled the size and reopened an unused miniature golf course off the food court. ![]() ![]() Some businesses have used the vacancies at Burnsville Center as opportunities. Lucky's 13 Pub was near capacity with hungry lunchgoers one recent weekday. ![]() And restaurants on the outskirts are busy. Still, Macy's, JCPenney and Dick's Sporting Goods anchor the mall. Whole corners of the mall are completely empty. In the middle of the week at lunchtime, Burnsville Center seems to attract more walkers than shoppers. "I'm open to all sorts of different uses here even if it's an office use," Reznick said. ![]()
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