Closed for business: Carnation Mall in Alliance is shuttered

Benjamin Duer, The Repository
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ALLIANCE ‑ Except for Dunham's Sports, the Carnation Mall is closed and locked.

There is no more public access to other areas of the property, a city official said Thursday. Michael Dreger, director of public safety and services, said in an email that an entrance providing access to Dunham's has been created.

"The rest of the mall has been closed and secured," he said.

Project manager Chris Koepf, with Harlan and Associates, also confirmed the closure.

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Fairmount Properties, a developer based in Orange Village, took ownership of the shopping center at 2500 W. State St. last month. The company plans to redevelop the property into a new retail plaza with a Meijer store, gas station and other retailers.

The mall was previously owned by D&L Ferguson LLC.

The redevelopment project on the Carnation Mall property has been in the works for almost two years. Mall walkers, shoppers and the general public still had inside access Tuesday.

Buckets and caution signs sit on the ground inside Carnation City Mall on Friday, January 21, 2022. The buckets appeared to be catching water that leaked from the ceiling.
Buckets and caution signs sit on the ground inside Carnation City Mall on Friday, January 21, 2022. The buckets appeared to be catching water that leaked from the ceiling.

Dreger said he anticipated an increase in construction and interior demolition work on the property soon.

The exterior won't be torn down until October at the earliest, he added.

Dreger said there might be some interior construction at the former J.C. Penney store, where Dunham's will relocate.

The mall opened in 1983.

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