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    Home Archives Peebles staying open, Foster Brook area booming
    Peebles staying open, Foster Brook area booming
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    December 13, 2005

    Peebles staying open, Foster Brook area booming

    By TAMMARRAH MILES

    Despite rumors to the contrary, Peebles department store is not
    closing at the end of the year.

    Store manager Beth Bridge said Tuesday that as far as she was
    aware, the store was not set to close or relocate in any way.

    “Not that I’m aware of, so that means probably not,” Bridge said
    when asked about a possible closing.

    The clothing/department store is located in the Bradford Mall on
    East Main Street in Foster Brook. Peebles headquarters is located
    in South Hill, Va., although the store is actually owned by The
    Stage of Houston, Texas, Bridge said.

    There are also 170 Peebles stores in 21 states; those in
    Pennsylvania located in Bradford, Carbondale, Erie, Gettysburg,
    Huntingdon, Kennett Square and Meadville.

    Rumors of the store closing come on the heels of numerous
    changes among the businesses in Foster Brook – at the Bradford
    Mall, at the Wal-Mart Supercenter-anchored shopping center across
    the street, and in the nearby vicinity.

    Peebles is one of three shops left at the Bradford Mall, where a
    Big Kmart stood until November of last year, closing its doors for
    good after 25 years of business at that location. The Dollar Tree
    and Big Lots department store are also located in the mall.

    Rumors that Big Lots would close cropped up in October, when
    other Big Lots stores across the nation started to close, but store
    officials said at the time the local store would remain open.

    The Bradford Mall itself is currently for sale. Owned by
    Bradford Properties LLC out of Mentor, Ohio, the mall’s sale is
    being orchestrated by CentroWatt Realty, formerly Kramont Realty.
    The majority of the mall has been vacant for at least two
    years.

    Local contractors reportedly received letters from Bradford
    Properties LLC in April asking for bids for the demolition of the
    mall. Foster Township Zoning Enforcement Officer Ralph Skaggs said
    in September that he was contacted by mail in March by an
    out-of-the-area company regarding the possibility of purchase of
    the mall, and that Lowe’s may be involved. That prospect seems to
    have fallen by the wayside, however, as Skaggs said he was never
    contacted a second time and was “unsure if the company was still
    looking to purchase it (the mall),” he said.

    The mall is presently listed as “for sale” on CentroWatt’s Web
    site. Laurie Kelly, a representative with CentroWatt, said in
    September there was nothing to report on the sale at that time. She
    was not immediately available for comment Tuesday.

    Across the street, officials announced in August the Shops at
    Foster Brook – also owned by Bradford Properties LLC – were up for
    sale. Tony G. Chammas of ASC Development Inc., the entity that had
    been handling movement at the Wal-Mart Supercenter and adjacent
    plaza, said at that time that “the market was good,” and it was the
    right time to sell the plaza.

    Chammas said there were already several prospective buyers for
    the Shops at Foster Brook, and that the sale would be conducted
    through Fameco Real Estate out of Conshohocken. The realtor in
    charge of Fameco’s account on the shops, Dan Shabel, was not
    immediately available for further information Tuesday night.

    Stores renting space at the Shops at Foster Brook currently
    include Tina’s Hallmark, Subway, Fashion Bug, Advance Cash America,
    Radio Shack, Movie Gallery and The Shoe Department, among
    others.

    Also on that side of East Main Street, Bradford businessman John
    Kohler purchased the former Evans Rollerdrome – situated directly
    across the street from the Bradford Mall – in July and demolished
    the building there to make room for a 14,000 square foot strip
    mall. Kohler said in July the shopping center would be called
    Blaink Plaza, and would house a Rent-A-Center and a second unnamed
    local business that planned to relocate there.

    Kohler told The Era Tuesday night that he and his crews are
    shooting for after Christmas, but before Jan. 1 as an opening date
    for some of the stores opening at Blaink Plaza.

    Rent-A-Center is still coming in as planned, and the Bradford
    business relocating there is The Beachhouse, previously located at
    the Shops at Foster Brook, Kohler said.

    Also, a Chinese buffet restaurant will open at Blaink Plaza soon
    after, leaving about 4,000 square feet of space for rent there, he
    added. The restaurant’s owners also have locations in Wellsville,
    N.Y., and Cuba, N.Y., Kohler said.

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