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, anchored by a Target store. The center was largely demolished and rebuilt after suffering from urban decay and blight. It is the only entirely

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certified mall. It is anchored by a large

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store.

History

The mall was built in the 1950s and was originally anchored by a

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department store and a

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toy store. At the time it was the only modern shopping center in the general area, as

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, Pinole Vista, and

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Mechanics Bank Mechanics Bank is a full-service community banking financial institution headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.Macdonald Avenue Macdonald Avenue is the main east-to-west artery in Richmond, California. This was envisioned as a way to ameliorate the budget deficit by acquiring additional sales tax revenue. The city controversially used eminent domain to demolish the entire mall, except the former Toys "R" Us store and Mechanics Bank sites. A new shopping center was built with modern central parking surrounded by shopping, as opposed to the classical retail architectural model of a centrally located retail structure building. The site is located between Macdonald Avenue, Interstate 80,

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(BART) tracks and the Richmond-Contra Costa County Health Center. The city plans to expand the center by demolishing the health center and former toy store building and constructing a

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home improvement store and garden center. The county health center would be relocated to Doctor's Hospital in San Pablo. A Target Greatlands was originally envisioned; however, it was scaled down to a regular Target due to the state of the economy. Therefore, a nearby Target in El Cerrito that had decayed over the years was relocated to this site. It is both the only

certified and only Target with its own built-in police substation. In 2011 the Richmond Police Department's police activities league held its annual Shop With a Cop event here, and the Target store gave an additional $10 to each child's $100 shopping budget in addition to comping the sales tax.

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closed its location here in early 2019. In 2019 two people were shot in the shopping center's parking lot, one victim was in critical condition the other in serious condition. This was the first serious crime committed in the mall since the rebuild.2 people shot at Richmond strip mall
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Transportation

A fork was added to the

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line stop within one block. It is also within walking and biking distance from the del Norte BART station through the

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and

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References

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