Always Looking for a Challenge - SEMO TIMES

Always Looking For a Challenge
Whether it’s
lunch at The Bread
Co., Tuesday nights
at BWW, or Goody’s
which is set to open
later this month The
Mansion Mall is once
again a retail hot spot
in the 573, and Jim
Bailey is the man behind
the property being
brought back to life.
It turns out
that the Mansion Mall
could quite possibly
still be blight sitting
at one of the busiest
intersections in the 573
except that it was a
challenge that opened
up at the time Jim
Bailey was looking for
one. “I was looking
for a challenge. I am
always looking for new
things to accomplish,
and when this became
available it made
sense.” said Bailey.
The Mansion
Mall was originally
built in 1970 by the Mc
Lane family of Poplar
Bluff. Many will
Birthdays, Mother’s
Day, Teachers, Friends,
Sisters, Baby Showers,
Bridal Showers, etc.
remember it was the
original location of one
of the
first
Wal-
Mart
stores.
Wal-
Mart
relocated
to a
new
supercenterseveral
blocks
south
in
1987.
The
Mansion
Mall
got its
name
from
the old
Mansion
that
occupied the site as a
restaurant throughout
the 1970s.
While it had a
great past the 90’s and
the early part of this
century were unkind
to the property. It was
largely vacant and in
disrepair.
In 2004 the
city began
a process of
taking over
the site of
the Mansion
Mall
and the Valley
Plaza.
Soon after
the city
announced
their intentions
the
property
was sold to
Southern
Missouri
Bank.
The center
was purchased in
2005 by Jim and his
wife Shannon Bailey.
People all over the
area have since seen
the center has be totally
reconstructed and
brought up to today’s
standards. Included
in the massive redevelopment
are new
storm water management,
tuck pointing,
painting, gutters, the
parking lot reshaped
and Asphalted as well
as all new mechanicals,
HVAC, plumbing,
electrical, all new
roofing, new parking
lot lighting, and finally
two new Signs displaying
tenant logos.
The Mansion
Mall isn’t Bailey’s first
commercial development.
It was Bailey
who sold Walgreen’s
the property they are
currently on. “After
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