Fog Blog Ridiculog: Saint John NB's Lancaster Mall....Changes Coming:

HERE IS WHAT I KNOW!.....KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS SI HERE SAY, SECOND HAND INFO.....RUMOURS ETC!........FIRST BIG RUMOUR IS THAT THE MALL WILL BECOME A PLAZA WITH ALL ENTRY POINTS FROM OUTSIDE OF BUILDING.......NO FRILLS WILL FIRST BE CUT OFF FROM THE MALL ALLOWING FOR THE LIBRARY TO BE LOCATED THERE. AND THE LIBRARY AREA WILL BECOME A FITNESS CENTRE! LANCASTER MALL IS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA ACCORDING TO STAFF IN ONE OF THE STORES! THE RUMOUR THAT WOULD MAKE THE MALL A PLAZA IS THAT THE NEW OWNERS WANT TO ELIMINATE THE INTERIOR OF THE MALL TO CREATE STORE SPACE THUS NEEDING PATRONS TO ENTER FROM THE OUTSIDE! MY THOUGHTS ON THIS ARE......I UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH IS NEEDED TO BREATH LIFE INTO THE MALL......WITH ARDENE SLATED TO CLOSE IN THE NEW YEAR ......MOST OF THE MALL IS A GHOST TOWN AND ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER IF ITS -20 OUTSIDE WOULD YOU WASTE YOUR TIME RUNNING IN AND OUT OF STORES GOING BACK TO THE OUTSIDE COLD WHEN YOU WOULD PROBABLY GO TO WALLMART OR NO FRILLS......I THINK STORES LIKE THE AUCTION PLACE , GREAT CANADIAN DOLLAR STORE , SMOKE SHOP , KERR OPTICAL , NORTHERN REFLECTIONS , FAIRWEATHER ETC....WOULD SUFFER....I THINK WALKING IN THE CLIMATE CONTROLLED MALL IS WHY PEOPLE WANDER INTO SOME OF THESE STORES. I KNOW WHEN ITS REALLY COLD AND I HAVE TO CHOSE , I WOULD WAIT TILL SPRING TO GO INTO SOME OF THESE SMALL STORES! NOW......I CAN WALK UP FROM WALLMART AND GO THROUGH THESE STORES AND USUALLY I WILL BUY SOMETHING! I HOPE THESE ARE JUST THAT....RUMOURS AND NEGOTIATING FROM THE OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT WILL COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WILL SUIT ALL!......hAPPY hOLIDAYS EVERYONE.....FROM THE RIDICULOG!