COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - There are changes coming to Madison Avenue in Council Bluffs.
Menards announces they purchased the Mall of the Bluffs and plan to tear down the mall and build a new store.
WOWT 6 News in Omaha released a statement from Menards that reads, “We bought the mall and plan to tear it down and revitalize this area with a new Menards store and will have new lease space and out lot opportunities available for other businesses," spokesman Jeff Abbott said in a statement. "We have loved doing business in Council Bluffs for over 25 years now, but our existing facility is small and dated and believe a bigger and better store will better serve the needs and tastes of the citizens of this community, plus create many new job opportunities.”
The Council Bluffs Community School District operates a school at that location and they plan to remain open.
Mall of the Bluffs opened in 1986.
Photo courtesy of WOWT 6 News.