By Jeff Kiger, Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
The long-empty Carson Pirie Scott building could become home to a furniture retailer new to Rochester.<\/p>\n
A step toward that goal was taken Wednesday when the Rochester City Council OK’d splitting the 67,000-square-foot empty building in Miracle Mile Shopping Center along with a big chunk of parking lot as a separate lot, separating it from the nearby and also empty Krispy Kreme building on the shopping center’s plat.
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\nThat opens the door for the Twin Cities-based HOM Furniture chain to take over the building.<\/p>\n
“This plat change is part of an agreement with the landlord,” said HOM owner Wayne Johansen before the meeting. “If this goes through and a few other things happen, we could close on the sale and start renovation yet this fall.”<\/p>\n
However, Johansen cautioned that the deal still might not happen. With 11 stores in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin, he said his experience tells him a deal is not done until the deed changes hands.<\/p>\n
Johansen declined to say what other things need to happen for the deal to go ahead.<\/p>\n
Why consider Rochester for HOM Furniture?<\/p>\n
“A lot of our marketing has been coming into Rochester already,” said Johansen. “We do a fair amount of business with Rochester customers.”<\/p>\n
The two-story Carson Pirie Scott building has sat empty since the department store closed in the fall of 2002. Then-Carson owner Saks Inc. moved the operation to the former Montgomery Ward store in Apache Mall and re-opened it under the Herberger’s brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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