Flushing’s new 800,000-square-foot shopping mall has opened its doors, the Wall Street Journal reported, with several big box retailers already lined up. BJ’s Wholesale Club, Best Buy and Bob’s Discount Furniture
are among the Sky View Center’s tenants that have already opened. The
development, which will be fully completed in 2011, is currently 75
percent leased, with additional retailers like Target, Marshall’s and
Old Navy expected to open their doors in the fall. Michael Dana,
president of Onex Real Estate Partners, the project’s developer, said
that he believes the mall’s location will make it a success. “There is
no shortage of patrons to Flushing, but it is dramatically underserved
from a retail and residential perspective,” Dana said. [WSJ]