Amazon Eyeing Southridge Mall For Fulfillment Center: Report

Greendale WI

04 September, 2020

10:51 AM

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GREENDALE, WI — Southridge Mall could get a new tenant - and push a few existing ones out - if Amazon is afforded the ability to set up a new fulfillment center in Southridge Mall. According to a Milwaukee Business Journal report, the owner of Southridge Mall, Simon Property Group, is talking with Amazon.com about prospects of taking over two large spaces currently occupied by J.C. Penney, Dick's Sporting Goods and Round1 entertainment center to open up fulfillment centers. The fulfillment centers are basically warehouses and distribution centers, and would differ from the customer-centric Southridge Mall tenants. Southridge underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation after plans were made public that called for the former Sear's storefront to be retrofitted for two new tenants. Dick's Sporting Goods eventually took over 66,000 square feet the lower level of the building. Round 1 Bowling and Amusement Complex then occupied 45,000 square feet of the upper level of the building. Southridge Mall's Sears store closed in Sept. 2017.