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Will Wiregrass pull from old mall?
By CHUIN-WIE YAP
Published February 8, 2007
For nearly two years, the name of the third anchor tenant at the Wiregrass mall has been shrouded in mystery. Kohl's? Sears? Macy's? "We knew they had a triple deal with soft-goods merchants," said Patrick Berman, retail director at Tampa's Cushman and Wakefield brokerage. "As a betting man, I'd say Macy's is going to Wiregrass." On Wednesday, a broker at Grubb & Ellis Commercial Florida, all but backed Berman's wager. At the firm's commercial real estate forecast luncheon in Tampa, an annual gathering of government and private sector officials, Michelle Seifert said the tenant is Macy's. Macy's has not reached a definitive decision yet, said Melissa Goff, a spokeswoman for the store. But if Macy's joins the Shops at Wiregrass, it would raise more questions about the future of University Mall. Macy's decision would complete the trio of northward expansions to newer digs, though no one has said Dillard's or Macy's intends to close at University Mall.
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