News Bannister Mall closing for Good at end of may - Page 3

Al Bundy · 05-10-2007, 11:04 PM

I searched but found no thread.
Bannister Mall closing

Micjones · 05-11-2007, 07:41 AM

Fun Factory was definitely the shit...

The whole concept of malls is all but obsolete.
Benjamin Plaza has very little shopping to sustain any kind of business let alone a mall. Best Buy is gone. Circuit City is gone. Just For Feet is gone. Walmart is gone. It's insane.

Someone will buy that property up with a couple singles and turn it into something profitable in time though.

jiveturkey · 05-11-2007, 07:43 AM

I'm more pissed about the KC area possibly chasing Legoland away. That park would be a cash tree for the area.

Bearcat2005 · 05-11-2007, 07:47 AM

I grew up in that neighborhood from 87-03 and saw it change so much, it is now such a shithole.

Al Bundy · 05-11-2007, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by hawkchief

Metcalf South is going to be either razed and re-developed, or retrofitted into condos, offices and retail. That place has been on life-support for 25 years, and is located in the heart of Johnson County.

Metcalf South is weird... it's like it has been frozen in time with all of the signs of previous stores still there. It looks like it could just reopen in a weeks notice.

**BigRedChief** · 05-11-2007, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by jiveturkey

I'm more pissed about the KC area possibly chasing Legoland away. That park would be a cash tree for the area.

Legoland is going to Lee's Summit

Al Bundy · 05-11-2007, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Micjones

Fun Factory was definitely the shit...

The whole concept of malls is all but obsolete.
Benjamin Plaza has very little shopping to sustain any kind of business let alone a mall. Best Buy is gone. Circuit City is gone. Just For Feet is gone. Walmart is gone. It's insane.

Someone will buy that property up with a couple singles and turn it into something profitable in time though.

There is alot of money to be made over there once the city starts to drive the criminals further south and further east.

**BigRedChief** · 05-11-2007, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat2005

I grew up in that neighborhood from 87-03 and saw it change so much, it is now such a shithole.

I lived in the area from 1991 - 2001. Used to be a cool neighboorhood. Buit it was getting trashy near the end.

jiveturkey · 05-11-2007, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Legoland is going to Lee's Summit

Which is in the KC area.

And the latest news sounds like it's not going to Lee's Summit and that they're not coming to the Midwest at all now. Apparently the State pulled funding and the city of Lee's Summit isn't fully behind the idea anyway.

http://www.lsjournal.com/articles/20...ews/02lego.txt

**BigRedChief** · 05-11-2007, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jiveturkey

Which is in the KC area.

And the latest news sounds like it's not going to Lee's Summit and that they're not coming to the Midwest at all now. Apparently the State pulled funding and the city of Lee's Summit isn't fully behind the idea anyway.

http://www.lsjournal.com/articles/20...ews/02lego.txt

LS is a small town full of small minded people that don't like change. The new comers like myself and others think they need some frigging retail revenue to take some of the tax burden off us.

jiveturkey · 05-11-2007, 08:12 AM

It's too bad that Legoland can't go to the Banister Mall site.

Micjones · 05-11-2007, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by UCFGoldenKnight

There is alot of money to be made over there once the city starts to drive the criminals further south and further east.

Criminals ay?
Priceless...

**gblowfish** · 05-11-2007, 08:24 AM

I drive past the Bannister Mall every day going back and forth to work.

It's been useless as a real mall for several years. Nothing but flea market stuff in ther the past couple years.

BM died for a couple reasons. It started going down hill when people were getting mugged and carjacked in the parking lot. When that happened, people from Grandview and Raytown and from across the state line in JoCo stopped going because of safety concerns.

Then Lee's Summit built a mall on Chipman Road, and JoCo has plenty of shopping south of I-435. That whole area just withered away. Not only the mall, but all the other stuff that was built around the outskirts of the mall too. Now it's a ghost town.

Shame, because all that land used to be part of Benjamin Ranch, where you could go horseback riding and the trails were plentiful and stretched a long way. That land is part of the original Santa Fe Trail, so back when it was a horseback riding ranch, it was cool, because you could ride on the original Santa Fe Trail. Now its all just asphalt and empty strip mall buildings. Even Wal-Mart bailed out, because they flattened the Blue Ridge Mall and built a Wally World on the property. Now all the slime from South KC goes to the Blue Ridge Mall for Beef Jerkey, Doritos, Smirnoff Ice and diapers.

I've heard rumors that the city would like to take over that land, flatten the mall, and build the Wizards a soccer stadium, but nothing concrete has come around on that yet.

Deberg_1990 · 05-11-2007, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Mojo Rising

In extreme climate areas there will have to be a backlash where the shopping center might actually hire security instead punish the customers.

In July when it is 100+ or Jan - 10 who wants to park 100 yards away from one store then run back to your car to go to the next?

The Mall used to be a place to escape the weather. If parents and security guards hook up this problem will be licked so we can all go back to the mall...and the food court where everyone in the family can get a meal from a different country.

Yes it does kind of suck to have to walk or drive from store to store when its hot outside. I live in San Antonio, so i know all about heat. But these open air malls are the hot thing right now. They have built two or three in this area in the past 4 or 5 years and they are huge.

I guess most the kids these days congregate at the 30 Theater multiplex's.

**Baby Lee** · 05-11-2007, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Guru

Bought my first pair of Seringetti sunglasses there in 87. Damn things lasted me 12 years.

Dayum, you'll find anything here. A Serengetti fan.
I've worn their H2Optix for 8 years, a couple years ago, my mom sat on them in the car and broke them. Found out, they've been bought by Bolle, who actually centered in Lenexa, dropped over there and they gave me a brand new replacement pair.
Great customer service.

cardken · 05-11-2007, 08:33 AM

It was the place back then, One of my first jobs were at the Bannister. Worked a couple of years selling Electronics at Sears, and was an Ast Mgr at Tape World, f#@king funny cassette tapes were the format of choice back then. Also remember was the first place a saw replica jerseys and hats at Mearle Haron's Fan Fare, dropped lots of cash there over those years.

05-10-2007, 11:04 PM
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05-11-2007, 07:41 AM	#31
Micjones Whose house? Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: KCMO Casino cash: $10005180	Fun Factory was definitely the shit... The whole concept of malls is all but obsolete. Benjamin Plaza has very little shopping to sustain any kind of business let alone a mall. Best Buy is gone. Circuit City is gone. Just For Feet is gone. Walmart is gone. It's insane. Someone will buy that property up with a couple singles and turn it into something profitable in time though.
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05-11-2007, 07:43 AM	#32
jiveturkey Captain Kick Ass Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Kansas Casino cash: $9305197	I'm more pissed about the KC area possibly chasing Legoland away. That park would be a cash tree for the area.
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05-11-2007, 07:47 AM	#33
Bearcat2005 Living the dream Join Date: Aug 2003 Casino cash: $9955360	I grew up in that neighborhood from 87-03 and saw it change so much, it is now such a shithole.
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05-11-2007, 08:12 AM	#40
jiveturkey Captain Kick Ass Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Kansas Casino cash: $9305197	It's too bad that Legoland can't go to the Banister Mall site.
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05-11-2007, 08:24 AM	#42
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $16886178 VARSITY	I drive past the Bannister Mall every day going back and forth to work. It's been useless as a real mall for several years. Nothing but flea market stuff in ther the past couple years. BM died for a couple reasons. It started going down hill when people were getting mugged and carjacked in the parking lot. When that happened, people from Grandview and Raytown and from across the state line in JoCo stopped going because of safety concerns. Then Lee's Summit built a mall on Chipman Road, and JoCo has plenty of shopping south of I-435. That whole area just withered away. Not only the mall, but all the other stuff that was built around the outskirts of the mall too. Now it's a ghost town. Shame, because all that land used to be part of Benjamin Ranch, where you could go horseback riding and the trails were plentiful and stretched a long way. That land is part of the original Santa Fe Trail, so back when it was a horseback riding ranch, it was cool, because you could ride on the original Santa Fe Trail. Now its all just asphalt and empty strip mall buildings. Even Wal-Mart bailed out, because they flattened the Blue Ridge Mall and built a Wally World on the property. Now all the slime from South KC goes to the Blue Ridge Mall for Beef Jerkey, Doritos, Smirnoff Ice and diapers. I've heard rumors that the city would like to take over that land, flatten the mall, and build the Wizards a soccer stadium, but nothing concrete has come around on that yet.
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05-11-2007, 08:33 AM	#45
cardken Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Casino cash: $10004900	It was the place back then, One of my first jobs were at the Bannister. Worked a couple of years selling Electronics at Sears, and was an Ast Mgr at Tape World, f#@king funny cassette tapes were the format of choice back then. Also remember was the first place a saw replica jerseys and hats at Mearle Haron's Fan Fare, dropped lots of cash there over those years.
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