Dr J
3/5
This place was ok. A lot of stores have closed down, left, and / or vacaned the plaza because there were several vacant suites that were completely empty. The leasing fees for businesses must be extremely high for places that were staples to have left the area. Many shoppers truly wish that this was an inside facility. Customers are subjected to the outside temperatures? in addition to the mercy of the weather with choosing to come here. The mass majority of customers have stated in a poll collected and in multiple research studies conducted that they would prefer to visit an indoor mall facility versus an outdoor plaza type such as this one. Plus, it's also a risk of safety to visitors when shopping ? outdoors and going from one store to another as opposed to the safety when shopping indoors. We saw several times pedestrians were almost hit by cars ? driving through while they were coming out of stores, trying to cross to the other side to visit another retail store. I don't think a lot of planning went into creating this, nor was customer safety a priority or in the minds of the people involved in the planning process. The fact that residents are actually living at this plaza facility in the attached housing areas it seems like shoppers are in their way while trying to leave and return. Some of the residents were annoyed by visitors doing at the mall plaza because they were taking too long for them, causing major backup in the parking lot area. The area needs way more security to discourage crime, car break-ins, and other criminal mischief. Other than those concerns, the place was ok.
