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Macy's To Anchor New Shopping Center Near Wesley Chapel

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By KEVIN WIATROWSKI | The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 12, 2008

WESLEY CHAPEL - Macy's says it will open a department store at the Shops at Wiregrass mall on Oct. 25.

That's about five days ahead of the Oct. 30 grand opening for the 800,000-square-foot open-air plaza under construction at the northeast corner of State Road 56 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.

Choosing an opening day hinges on completion of the eastern extension of S.R. 56, which is under construction in front of the mall and will be the primary access point. Work on the road has faced a string of complications and delays in recent months.

The new Macy's will be the centerpiece of the mall. It will sit at the keystone position in the semicircular mall, facing south into the mall's central plaza. Macy's also will have a bridge connecting it to the plaza's two-level parking deck in the rear of the complex.

The department store will be Macy's sixth in the Tampa Bay area. The retailer has stores at WestShore Plaza, University Mall and at Westfield malls in Brandon, Citrus Park and Countryside.

Reporter Kevin Wiatrowski can be reached at (813) 948-4201 or kwiatrowski@tampatrib.com.

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