Three new restaurants would be added. That plan, however, was quashed when mall anchor store Foley's balked at Macerich plans to add a Dillard's department store, a key component of the redevelopment plan. In March, Macerich announced that it would scale back its plans for Crossroads. Now, Macerich officials say they consider the latest renovation plan the first phase of a long-term redevelopment that eventually could include more consortium goals. Macerich wants to open a revamped Crossroads Mall by the summer of 2000, Genovese said.
City officials say the plan they've seen has plenty of possibility for future additions.
It doesn't preclude the opportunity in the future to achieve more of the consortium goals that we all hoped we'd be able to achieve. In particular, Zucker said, he is pleased with plans for a two-story restaurant near the entrance to the southern end of the mall that will offer views of the Flatirons from its upper floor. What's being applied for now is the first of maybe several consecutive steps to improve and energize the whole center. My fear is that we don't know at what pace and in what manner that might unfold. City planners will spend the next few weeks determining whether the proposal qualifies as a minor modification.