Rouse-built Festival Marketplace Faces Demolition

17 July 2002 - 1:00pm

Small business owners are suprised to find themselves in the path of Richmond's downtown revitalization plan.

A Rouse-built festival marketplace and adjacent business will be demolished for parking to support the conversion of two vacant department stores as part of a hotel-performing arts complex planned for downtown Richmond.

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 17, 2002
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