The End of an Era - Former Village Mall Building to be Demolished

== 2/27/2023 at 1:37 PM ==
VILLAGE, MINECRAFT
The first ever shopping mall located in Village County, Minecraft is in the progress of being demolished. The former Village Mall building located in the heart of Village had opened in 1978 to serve the communities of Village, Richmond and West Coast. Decline to the Village Mall came in 2018-2019 as more shopping centers were built around Richmond and West Coast as well as the opening of the West Coast Mall which forced the Village Mall to close down in September 2019. The Village Mall building was then renamed to Village Marketplace Shopping Center and UPMC Urgent Care took over half of the first floor and some of the former mall spaces were converted into retail space, while the whole second floor of the former mall was converted into an apartment building. Fast forward to three years later, a big developed has purchased the entire Village Marketplace Complex except for the Tops Friendly Markets store, with plans to turn the land into a new major shopping center, with planned anchors such as T.J. Maxx, Ross Dress For Less, Shoe Carnival, Dick's Sporting Goods, Kohl's, Burlington, Michaels, Hobby Lobby and Big Lots. Tops is planned to be included as an anchor, making the brand new shopping center have a total of 10 anchor stores. The shopping center is planned to be named "Heartland Centre." Some of the remaining tenants such as Achievement Center and Christmas Tree Shopswhich will be relocating to the West Coast Plaza in West Coast, UPMC Urgent Care plans on building a new location in the Richmond Shopping Center in Richmond, VPD Sherrif's Office will be relocation to the Village Police Department's main headquarters in Downtown Village, Dollar America will be building a new store in Downtown Village and 17xpress plans on relocating to Downtown Village as well as opening new locations in Clintonville, Flint and possibly even West Coast. Demolition for the former Village Mall began yesterday and is hoping to be completed by today, no word was made of when the Heartland Centre will be finished with construction or when the planned tenants will open.