An Undead Mall?

This weekend I received in the mail what appears to be the first Bellevue Center―the neighborhood mall―newsletter. Bellevue Center, currently on the deadmalls.com list of "dead malls", is announcing a major redevelopment plan that includes building a Wal-Mart Supercenter on the property. The plan also calls for the "creation of a new outdoor plaza with a water feature that will offer new locations for restaurants and related businesses." Management will be reconfiguring the inside of the mall to create larger spaces on the second floor. According to the newsletter, the mall has been unable to woo potential tenants because of a lack of adequately large spaces. (I was under the impression that the mall couldn't woo tenants because of the lack of visitors.)

I not crazy about a Wal-Mart going in across the street, but I'm excited about the outdoor plaza and "water feature." Then again, I lack faith in Bellevue Center's ability to successfully pull off a major redevelopment.