Sales tax rebate of up to $2 million sought for Quail Springs Mall Von Maur store
General Growth Properties, owner of Quail Springs Mall, is seeking a $2 million rebate to secure Iowa-based Von Maur as a replacement tenant for its departing Sears department store.
General Growth Properties, owner of Quail Springs Mall, is seeking a $2 million rebate to secure Iowa-based Von Maur as a replacement tenant for its departing Sears department store.
The wing, if that anchor goes vacant for an extended period of time, can die. So it's very important that we bring someone in quickly to replace Sears. And that replacement is Von Maur.”
Doug Adams,
A senior director with General Growth
Doug Adams, a senior director with General Growth, said Sears, one of the mall's original anchor tenants, is set to close Feb. 1.
“It's both a problem and an opportunity,” Adams said. “One of the segments we think is weak at the mall and could be stronger is fashion.”
The rebate, to be voted on at a future date, is performance-based and requires a minium $15 million capital investment in the vacated store by Von Maur and a minimum sales volume of $27.5 million the first year and $30 million the following nine years. The rebate would be paid out over the 10-year period and cannot exceed $2 million.
Anchor needed
Adams, speaking Tuesday at a meeting of the Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust, estimated the mall draws 13 million visitors a year, with two-thirds of the shoppers traveling from outside city limits. He noted Sears anchors an entire wing of the mall lined with shops that depend on traffic drawn by a large department store.
“The wing, if that anchor goes vacant for an extended period of time, can die,” Adams said. “So it's very important that we bring someone in quickly to replace Sears. And that replacement is Von Maur.”
Adams compared Von Maur to Nordstrom, Lord and Taylor and Bloomingdales, with the closest location in Wichita, Kan.
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