Pekau said there is a “high likelihood” the Sears property will be a TIF. “It’s blighted,” he said. The store, which was an anchor since the mall opened in 1976, closed in spring 2018.

1952 — Simpsons-Sears is founded as a national mail-order business, as part of a partnership between the Robert Simpson Company of Toronto and Sears Roebuck Co. of Chicago. Sept. 1953 — Simpsons-Sears ...