The owners of Crabtree Valley Mall are finalizing plans to add several new retail shops and a new parking deck ramp to the front of the mall property. The project will add five or six new retail spaces of about 2,000 square feet, all of which will be facing Glenwood Avenue, between the mall’s front entrance and Starbucks coffee shop on the east side and the Sears department store to the west.

The new parking deck ramp near Sears, also known as the “blue deck,” will add about 20 more parking spaces and help ease traffic flow.

The exterior work is expected to be completed before the holidays, and the finished spaces will be ready in February 2016.

TBJ 4/27/15