But it was only last fall that construction began on a $130 million retail center across the road from an office park.
It continues to be a major retail centre for the local area today.
The area's experiences with commercial and retail centers began early in 1918.
"The days of taking an old cornfield and building a retail center are gone."
It opened north of downtown and became a major retail center for the area.
Newark has become the industrial and retail center of the county.
It is expected to become the second largest retail centre within the region by 2015.
Suddenly in the 1990's, however, it is becoming a major urban retail center.
As retail centers, they cannot stay the same in these times.
We're not looking to make it a regional retail center.