Millcreek Town Center

Millcreek Town Center is a planned power center 8.3 miles (13.3 km) southwest of downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, between West Ridge Road, Swanville Road and Tamarack Drive in Millcreek Township, a suburb of Erie. The power center currently has one open anchor which is Walmart.
== History ==
The plans for the Millcreek Town Center began in 2006 as there were plans for a 58 acre land on West Ridge Road in Millcreek Township to build a new shopping center by Olympic Realty & Development and WS Development. Walmart expressed interest in joining as a main anchor as the company operated a smaller store at 4950 West 23rd Street in Millcreek Township with plans to build a new 200,000 square foot Supercenter store on the planned shopping center land. The plans were going smoothly as the plan wasn't objected by anyone at the Planning Commission meeting and was actually welcomed. In July 2007, the name of the shopping center was announced as Millcreek Marketplace, which was later changed to Millcreek Town Center to avoid confusion with the Millcreek Marketplace across from the Millcreek Mall which was in development at the time by Cafaro Company. The plans were still being developed and came back with more plans in September 2008. Plans were for a 200,000 square foot anchor tenant which would be anchored by Walmart Supercenter, a 77,740 square foot building for a junior anchor department store and a combined space of 62,424 square feet for small shops and stores. The developers planned for a total of 1,522 parking spaces at the shopping center and new traffic signals to be added at West Ridge Road and Tamarack Drive to control the traffic. Plans were for the shopping center to start construction in 2009. Delays and issues with permits would later become a problem as well as the 2008 recession, construction and plans would be halted for another few years. In April 2011, plans were brought back up for the Millcreek Town Center as Walmart and the developers were able to close a deal, this time only buying 42 acres of the vacant West Ridge Road land. Walmart's plans now were to build a 190,000 square foot Supercenter store as a main anchor to the complex. Construction would finally began in Spring 2012 for the new Walmart store. On February 1, 2013, the new Walmart Supercenter store opened to the public featuring a great fan fare and bringing 85 new jobs in the area, the grand opening ceremony included a ribbon cutting and the Fairview High School school band, which is based in Fairview, a nearby suburb, performing outside of the store. However, due to issues with tenants not joining the new planned shopping center, construction for the other tenants were not able to be completed, leaving the planned shopping center with only just a Walmart store. To this day, there is still hope by WS Development who still wants to build the shopping center on the vacant land, but no progress has been made.
Category:Erie Area Malls
Category:Erie County, Pennsylvania
Category:Walmart-anchored Properties
Category:Malls in the United States
Category:Malls in Pennsylvania
Category:Malls that opened in 2013
Category:Planned Power Centers
Category:Planned Shopping Centers