Wal-Mart Faces City Zoning Hurdles

16 July 2004 - 6:00am

Wal-Mart faces city zoning hurdles in Mission, Kansas, as the retailer attempts to rehab struggling 350,000 square foot indoor shopping mall into a "Supercenter".

"Current and pending zoning restrictions in Mission could make it challenging for Wal-Mart to proceed with plans to redevelop the 350,000-square-foot Mission Center mall as a Wal-Mart Supercenter. One [zoning amendment] One calls for the city to 'adopt regulations on size and scale of large, single-operator discount stores, more commonly referred to as 'big-box' stores.'"

Source: BizJournals, July 14, 2004
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