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! .Progress Report Planned jApril 13 On Local Mallcontaining two auto service cen-A progress report from the developers of the 51-acre Frederick Towne Mail will be presented April 13 to the Frederick City Planning Commission.The report on the regional shopping center, one of the largest enclosed shopping centers in Maryland, is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Board Room of City Hall. The meeting is open to the public.Larry Johnson, consultant for the City of Frederick in planning and zoning matters, said the meeting is being held to inform the public and city officials on the latest developments on the regional shopping center.“All the rezoning changes necessary for the development of the Frederick Towne Mall have been completed and approved,” Johnson said.The shopping center will be located along U.S. 40 west of Frederick and north of the junction of U.S. 40 and U.S. 40Awith an announced initial sitegrading date scheduled for this 1 summer and an operdng date set for spring 1971.The architect’s plans for the shopping center indicate one large enclosed building with stores on two levels, and threeadditional buildings, possibilityters and a food store.The architectural style is colonial and the center will be In some ways similar to Montgomery Mall, located near Washington, which has 720,000 square feet of store area for 60 stores and located on 55 acres with parking for approximately 4,000 cars.The Frederick Towne Mall has a planned store are of 630,000 square feet for an estimated 56 stores. The ground level will contain 486,00 sq. ft. of floor space. Parking spaces are planned for 3,666 cars.Access to the shopping center will be primarily from U.S. 40 but a secondary road has been approved by the city which wouldLogFire calls reported during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a,m. CITY 663-4400 EAST PATRICK STREET, 8:55 p.m., trash can, Independents responded.COUNTY 662-6333 NONE.Ambulance calls:Emergency-1 Routine-fserve as the western boundary of the center. This road, Elmwood Drive, would connect U.S.40 with the Shook stown Road and would pass through the Waverley School grounds.Surveys have indicated that this mall would have a drawing potential of between 80,000 and 100,000 persons. 'Shannon and Luchs, leasing i agents from Washington handling] the shopping center, noted that! original proposals called for a center with 350,000 or 400,000 square feet,However, Kenneth Diehl, a member of the firm, noted that demand from various commercial enterprises pushed the cen- ■ ter into 600,000 - plus square feet of store space plus a second story area in the center for ! several smaller service type* businesses. j ,The area is being developed ! by John Warfield of Frederick.! iIStock MarketNEW YORK ( \P) - The !stock market remained mixed 1 in light tiading early toda$. j The Dow Jones average of 30 , industrials at 10:30 a. m. was up .07 at 791.25.
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