Blue Ridge Crossing

Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = Blue Ridge Crossing
nickname = "Rebuild Remarkable" |

location = [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=US&pop
]
Kansas City, MO 64133
broke_ground = 2005 | opened = January 19, 2007
closed =
demolished =
owner = MBS Mall Investor-98, LLC
operator = MBS Mall Investor-98, LLC
surface =
construction_cost =
architect =
seating_capacity = 60 acre site
former_names =
tenants = Wal-Mart Supercenter
Lowe's - (Under Construction)

Applebee's

McDonald's|

Blue Ridge Crossing is a shopping center located in Kansas City, Missouri and Independence, Missouri on I-70 & Sterling Avenue at Exit 10. The location surrounds the area from Interstate 70 to 43rd Street on the North/South and Northern Avenue to Blue Ridge Boulevard on the West/East. It sits on the site of the former Blue Ridge Mall and is about one mile (1.6 km) from the Truman Sports Complex at Exit 9. The final phase of the development, 18 acres of land West of Sterling Avenue, is slated to begin construction in early 2008.

Tenants

* Wal-Mart Supercenter - Wal-Mart's first "high-efficiency" store which opened January 19, 2007
* Lowe's - (Under Construction)
* Applebee's - one of two with new Applebee's design
* McDonald's

Blue Ridge Mall

Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = Blue Ridge Mall
nickname = |

location = [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=US&pop
]
Kansas City, Missouri 64130
broke_ground = | opened = 1958
closed = 2005
demolished = Fall 2005
owner = MBS Mall Investor-98 LLC
operator = MBS Mall Investor-98, LLC
surface =
construction_cost =
architect =
seating_capacity = 63 acre site
former_names =
tenants = JCPenney
Montgomery Ward

The Jones Store Co. |

Blue Ridge Mall was one of the first enclosed malls built. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, on I-70 & Sterling Avenue at Exit 10. The location surrounds the area from 40 Highway to 43rd Street on the North/South and Sterling Avenue to Blue Ridge Boulevard on the West/East. It sits on the site of Blue Ridge Crossing and is about one mile (1.6 km) from the Truman Sports Complex at Exit 9. It opened in 1958 as an open-air mall and included a location of Harzfeld's, then, became an indoor mall in the 1970s and has recently been replaced by a new shopping center.

Anchors

* Montgomery Ward – (closed 2000)
* JCPenney – (closed 2001)
* The Jones Store Co. – (closed 2003)
* Woolworth – (closed 1997)

Cancelled Anchor

* Bonwit Teller

Competition

* Bannister Mall – (Closed)
* Independence Center – "opened in 1974"

References

* [http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=216907 New Wal-Mart Outlet Is High on Efficiency]
* [http://www.lane4group.com/lane4/content/projectsDetail.cfm?id=3 LANE4 Projects]
* [http://www.lane4group.com/lane4/pdf/projects/Blue%20Ridge%20Brochure%20-%20For%20Web%20Printing%20-%20Compressed.pdf Rebuild Remarkable]
* [http://iaspartners.com/blueridge.html Parent Company]
* [http://www.uvm.edu/~shali/Walmart%20and%20Conflict.pdf Always Low Prices AND Environmental Clean-ups?]
* [http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/blue-ridge-mall Labelscar page on Blue Ridge Mall]
* [http://deadmalls.com/malls/blue_ridge_mall.html Dead Malls.com feature on Blue Ridge Mall]
* [http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2004/10/11/daily28.html?page=1 TIF Plan For Redevelopment]