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Lakeshore Mall upgrade aims to lure upscale stores, more shoppers
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Derek Bradley, store manager of LensCrafters in Lakeshore Mall, finishes a display Friday in the larger renovated store. LensCrafters is one of the current businesses at the mall moving into a larger space. - photo by Tom Reed
The completed renovation of Gainesville’s Lakeshore Mall, expected in 2015, could boost local tax revenues two ways: Through up to 50 percent more in stores’ property taxes, along with more sales taxes spent by shoppers. “The mall has struggled,” Gainesville City Councilman George Wangemann said. “We want to people to stay in Gainesville and Hall County when they shop.”