Macdonald 80 Shopping Center
| Location | Richmond, CA, United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°55′56″N 122°19′44″W / 37.9322°N 122.3288°WCoordinates: 37°55′56″N 122°19′44″W / 37.9322°N 122.3288°W |
| No. of stores and services | 12 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 1 |
| Total retail floor area | 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Parking | 2,300 spaces |
 Target store
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Macdonald 80 Shopping Center or simply Macdonald 80 is a 200,000 sq. ft. (18,580m³) regional shopping mall in the North & East neighborhood in Richmond, California, anchored by a Target store. The center was largely demolished and rebuilt after suffering from urban decay and blight. It is the only entirely LEED certified mall. It is anchored by a large, "sprawling" Target store.
The mall was built in the 1950s and was originally anchored by a Montgomery Ward department store and a Toys "R" Us toy store. At the time it was the only modern shopping center in the general area as Hilltop Mall, Pinole Vista, and Bay Street had not yet been built. The Toys "R" Us store relocated to Pinole Vista Shopping Center in the 1990s while the Montgomery Ward store went bankrupt company-wide and closed its location. The site fell into disuse and only supported a Mechanics Bank and some small ma 'n pa local businesses.
In 2004 as part of redevelopment efforts to revitalize the city's "Main Street" - Macdonald Avenue the city began to contemplate the revival of the center. This was envisioned as a way to ameliorate the budget deficit by acquiring additional sales tax revenues. controversially used eminent domain to demolish the entire mall, except the former Toys "R" Us store Mechanics Bank sites.
A new shopping center with modern central parking surrounded by shopping; as opposed to the classical retail architectural model of a centrally located retail structure building. The site is located between Macdonald Avenue, Interstate 80, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) tracks and the Richmond-Contra Costa County Health Center.
The city plans to expand the center by demolishing the health center and former toy store building and constructing a Lowe's home improvement store and garden center. The county health center would be relocated to Doctor's Hospital in San Pablo.
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