Comments on: Boscov's may be in trouble http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/07/29/boscovs-may-be-in-trouble/ A guide to living, working, and playing in Frederick, Maryland Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:19:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Linda Lemen http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/07/29/boscovs-may-be-in-trouble/#comment-12344 Linda Lemen Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:37:28 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=953#comment-12344 I would be disappointed if Boscovs would be closed in Frederick, Md because it is the nearest store close to Hagerstown, Md an I love to shop an buy items at Boscov in Frederick Md I would be disappointed if Boscovs would be closed in Frederick, Md because it is the
nearest store close to Hagerstown, Md an I love to shop an buy items at Boscov in Frederick Md

]]> By: mdchmd http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/07/29/boscovs-may-be-in-trouble/#comment-10788 mdchmd Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:27:49 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=953#comment-10788 Just an update from my previous post, the Golden Mile Alliance has had it's first meeting,, the next is scheduled for 7/27 at 7pm at the Hillcrest Community Center. We had over 80 people attend last month and anticipate another large crowd as we go over next steps. Come out and hear what is being planned, how you can particpate, etc. Be part of the solution! Just an update from my previous post, the Golden Mile Alliance has had it’s first meeting,, the next is scheduled for 7/27 at 7pm at the Hillcrest Community Center. We had over 80 people attend last month and anticipate another large crowd as we go over next steps. Come out and hear what is being planned, how you can particpate, etc. Be part of the solution!

]]> By: Dorothy Offenbacher http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/07/29/boscovs-may-be-in-trouble/#comment-10780 Dorothy Offenbacher Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:18:13 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=953#comment-10780 I love the store in Frederick, MD and I hope it will be around for a long time. I took my husband stopping there last week and he found everything he needed for our vacation. I love the store in Frederick, MD and I hope it will be around for a long time. I took my husband stopping there last week and he found everything he needed for our vacation.

]]> By: mdchmd http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/07/29/boscovs-may-be-in-trouble/#comment-10097 mdchmd Tue, 03 May 2011 18:22:38 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=953#comment-10097 Hi Jerry, Saw your post and thought I would take the chance to update you on the mall/Route 40 in general. The mall has gone through management changes over the last several years, I can remember pre recession stores starting to move out because it was going to be a mixed type of unit (senior housing/retail) then the floodplain issue came up, then the recession kicked in and held on. In the meantime the leases went month to month but the ultimate plan went by the wayside since the ownership changed and the $$$ situation in lending changed. Our NAC 5 has stayed on top of the issue but ultimately it is private property. A year or so ago the City started the Golden Mile small area plan and there have been several workshops, surveys, etc. We most recently met with both the planning and economic dev reps at our last NAC meeting. Things are happening, just not as fast as anyone would like. There has been back and forth with the mall owner over plans/designs over the last few months, and are hopeful that something can be announced shortly. With the expansion of fort detrick, any smart developer/business owner should look to the Rt 40 corridor - easy access to 15, 70, alt 40, tax credits available, close to detrick/housing, etc. CVS is due to move to the corner of Old Camp/Rt 40 which has been empty. And similar to the Downtown Frederick partnership, a coalition of business owners is being formed along RT 40. Hi Jerry,

Saw your post and thought I would take the chance to update you on the mall/Route 40 in general. The mall has gone through management changes over the last several years, I can remember pre recession stores starting to move out because it was going to be a mixed type of unit (senior housing/retail) then the floodplain issue came up, then the recession kicked in and held on. In the meantime the leases went month to month but the ultimate plan went by the wayside since the ownership changed and the $$$ situation in lending changed.

Our NAC 5 has stayed on top of the issue but ultimately it is private property. A year or so ago the City started the Golden Mile small area plan and there have been several workshops, surveys, etc. We most recently met with both the planning and economic dev reps at our last NAC meeting. Things are happening, just not as fast as anyone would like. There has been back and forth with the mall owner over plans/designs over the last few months, and are hopeful that something can be announced shortly. With the expansion of fort detrick, any smart developer/business owner should look to the Rt 40 corridor – easy access to 15, 70, alt 40, tax credits available, close to detrick/housing, etc. CVS is due to move to the corner of Old Camp/Rt 40 which has been empty. And similar to the Downtown Frederick partnership, a coalition of business owners is being formed along RT 40.

]]> By: Gypsy http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/07/29/boscovs-may-be-in-trouble/#comment-10055 Gypsy Sun, 01 May 2011 19:01:09 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=953#comment-10055 I don't think on-line shopping or big box stores had much to do with FTM's demise. If that's that case other malls would be suffering like that and they aren't. Been to Tyson's on a weekend? Or Columbia? Plenty of big box stores around them and certainly 10's of 1000's of on-line shoppers but those malls are packed pretty much every time I've been in them. FSK Mall doesn't appear to be hurting either when it comes to on-line shopping and big box stores. FTM was old, run down, mismanaged, and a victim of an area that suffered a demographic shift that was not for the better. The appearance of prosperity attracts, and FTM, and most of that area, ceased to look prosperous a long time ago. It would take an "urban renewal" project on a scale that no one will want to take on, or finance, to get that area looking attractive and prosperous again. I'd like to see Boscov's shift to FSK and be done with it. I don’t think on-line shopping or big box stores had much to do with FTM’s demise. If that’s that case other malls would be suffering like that and they aren’t. Been to Tyson’s on a weekend? Or Columbia? Plenty of big box stores around them and certainly 10′s of 1000′s of on-line shoppers but those malls are packed pretty much every time I’ve been in them. FSK Mall doesn’t appear to be hurting either when it comes to on-line shopping and big box stores. FTM was old, run down, mismanaged, and a victim of an area that suffered a demographic shift that was not for the better. The appearance of prosperity attracts, and FTM, and most of that area, ceased to look prosperous a long time ago. It would take an “urban renewal” project on a scale that no one will want to take on, or finance, to get that area looking attractive and prosperous again. I’d like to see Boscov’s shift to FSK and be done with it.

]]> By: Jerry Nelson http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/07/29/boscovs-may-be-in-trouble/#comment-10053 Jerry Nelson Sun, 01 May 2011 17:15:19 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=953#comment-10053 Just visited Frederick Towne Mall for the first time - what a dive! They are down to (2) stores in the mall and the remaining anchor - Boscov's. This mall - as well as the area in general - cannot attract shoppers. They are flocking to FSK mall and Walmart with the other Box stores about 8 miles away. This mall is depressing and sad. It won't be around too much longer and I don't think the new plan will save anything. I think we can safely say RIP to FTM 1972 - 2011. It feels unsafe and has nothing to offer - a victim off Big Box Stores, and online shopping. This mall is outdated and ugly. The locals have changed and the entire area is suffering. So sad. Just visited Frederick Towne Mall for the first time – what a dive! They are down to (2) stores in the mall and the remaining anchor – Boscov’s. This mall – as well as the area in general – cannot attract shoppers. They are flocking to FSK mall and Walmart with the other Box stores about 8 miles away. This mall is depressing and sad. It won’t be around too much longer and I don’t think the new plan will save anything. I think we can safely say RIP to FTM 1972 – 2011. It feels unsafe and has nothing to offer – a victim off Big Box Stores, and online shopping. This mall is outdated and ugly. The locals have changed and the entire area is suffering. So sad.

]]> By: Gypsy http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/07/29/boscovs-may-be-in-trouble/#comment-4641 Gypsy Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:09:14 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=953#comment-4641 I never knew that. Is that for dependents with ID as well? I'm a dependent of a military retiree, with ID. I never knew that. Is that for dependents with ID as well? I’m a dependent of a military retiree, with ID.

]]> By: Richard Tracey http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/07/29/boscovs-may-be-in-trouble/#comment-4640 Richard Tracey Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:47:56 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=953#comment-4640 Show me another store in Frederick that offers a one day %15 shopping discount to active and retired military personnel. Just go to Customer Service, show your ID card,and get your shopping pass. Or tell me the name of the store in the FSK mall that shows this kind of appreciation for those who are/ or have served their country. Show me another store in Frederick that offers a one day %15 shopping discount to active and retired military personnel. Just go to Customer Service, show your ID card,and get your shopping pass. Or tell me the name of the store in the FSK mall that shows this kind of appreciation for those who are/ or have served their country.

]]> By: uh-uh http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/07/29/boscovs-may-be-in-trouble/#comment-4639 uh-uh Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:30:27 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=953#comment-4639 The reason the Fredericktown mall is a ghostown right now, is because of the mall management. They are pretty much kicking stores out for their so called "revitalization". If the stores were there in the first place, and the mall would bother to advertise, which they no longer do, it would still be a nice place to shop. So now that the mall is throwing everybody out, there is no selection there to speak of, and in the bad economy everybody sees all the empty storefronts and think that things are even worse than they actually are, and that the mall died because of the economy. The mall died because the current owner doesn't even want it. I would much rather see stores in those slots, and the place fixed up. I would rather shop at the Fredericktowne mall as it is the only indoor mall on that side of town, and I hate shopping on the other side of town where the roads and traffic are a mess. Unfortunately the owner of the mall is a moron, and has killed that mall intentionally. For all I know they get a big fat write off for it, while we lose a decent place to shop. I wish they would sell it to someone responsible who could be bothered to give a whoop. They didn't even bother to advertise for Christmas the last couple years, they used to buy air time for the holidays. This mess they have made will do thier anchor stores no favors either, Bonton is bare, and looking like they might be getting ready to close, so if the mall keeps on the way they are going they are going to have 3 big empty buildings sitting in a parking lot. I also go to malls where I can combine trips, I'm not going to bother to make a special trip just for Boscov's when I can go to a mall and get a selection of specialty stores too. What a mess. The reason the Fredericktown mall is a ghostown right now, is because of the mall management. They are pretty much kicking stores out for their so called “revitalization”. If the stores were there in the first place, and the mall would bother to advertise, which they no longer do, it would still be a nice place to shop. So now that the mall is throwing everybody out, there is no selection there to speak of, and in the bad economy everybody sees all the empty storefronts and think that things are even worse than they actually are, and that the mall died because of the economy. The mall died because the current owner doesn’t even want it. I would much rather see stores in those slots, and the place fixed up. I would rather shop at the Fredericktowne mall as it is the only indoor mall on that side of town, and I hate shopping on the other side of town where the roads and traffic are a mess. Unfortunately the owner of the mall is a moron, and has killed that mall intentionally. For all I know they get a big fat write off for it, while we lose a decent place to shop. I wish they would sell it to someone responsible who could be bothered to give a whoop. They didn’t even bother to advertise for Christmas the last couple years, they used to buy air time for the holidays. This mess they have made will do thier anchor stores no favors either, Bonton is bare, and looking like they might be getting ready to close, so if the mall keeps on the way they are going they are going to have 3 big empty buildings sitting in a parking lot. I also go to malls where I can combine trips, I’m not going to bother to make a special trip just for Boscov’s when I can go to a mall and get a selection of specialty stores too. What a mess.

]]> By: What's New in Maryland http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/07/29/boscovs-may-be-in-trouble/#comment-4638 What's New in Maryland Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:28:56 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=953#comment-4638 Yeah, the Frederick Boscov's remains open. It's the ones in Owings Mills, White Marsh, and Marley Station Shopping Center in Glen Burnie that are closing. The going-out-of-business sales at these locations are happening right now. Yeah, the Frederick Boscov’s remains open. It’s the ones in Owings Mills, White Marsh, and Marley Station Shopping Center in Glen Burnie that are closing. The going-out-of-business sales at these locations are happening right now.

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