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in 1991, its store at Beloit Plaza was closed, and the
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opened in 40,000 square feet of the former J. C. Penney space. On July 27, 2018, CBL sold
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chain in 1996 in a second attempt to bring a Sears anchor to the mall. This time, Sears was offered the opportunity to shutter its Beloit Plaza store in favor of a new store at
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hockey team, and both $ 2 million for planning and a construction commitment for $ 17.3 million from the city of
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671:Leute, Jim. "My, How Time Flies".
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823:Fox Cities
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729:Wisconsin
341:Tennessee
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293:Bergner's
287:In 1985,
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237:Origins
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