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Created page with "''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'', 19 January 1968 '''Shopping Center Set for Saranac Lake''' '''Ames Store Planned On Lake Flower''' The Enterprise confirmed this morning that there will be & large Ames Department Store in Saranac Lake as the central feature of a shopping center on the property on Lake Flower ave, opposite the Will Rogers Hospital. While it has been known for some time that the K and P. Management Company of West Hartford, Conn, had purchased the prop..." |
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While it has been known for some time that the K and P. Management Company of West Hartford, Conn, had purchased the property two years ago, it wag not certain the shopping center would be developed. | While it has been known for some time that the K and P. Management Company of West Hartford, Conn, had purchased the property two years ago, it wag not certain the shopping center would be developed. | ||
Yesterday's Watertown Times carried a brief story indicating that the Ames people had completed their plans and that the Ames | Yesterday's Watertown Times carried a brief story indicating that the Ames people had completed their plans and that the Ames store would be about 30,000 square feet in si2e. | ||
The Enterprise confirmed the story by calling the company in West Hartford. Mr. Simon Konover and Martin Patron, principal officers of the company, are on vacation in Florida until next Wednesday, but their assistant, Mrs. Sandra Shapiro, said fee plans were definite. | The Enterprise confirmed the story by calling the company in West Hartford. Mr. Simon Konover and Martin Patron, principal officers of the company, are on vacation in Florida until next Wednesday, but their assistant, Mrs. Sandra Shapiro, said fee plans were definite. | ||
Mrs. Shapiro said that building would start as soon as the weather permitted and , they hoped to be in operation some time this summer, it | Mrs. Shapiro said that building would start as soon as the weather permitted and , they hoped to be in operation some time this summer, it will be the eighteenth store in the Ames chain. | ||
She added that there would be a super market and several smaller stores in connection with the shopping center. It Is assumed that the super market would be Loblaw's as in Malone in connection with the Ames store there. | She added that there would be a super market and several smaller stores in connection with the shopping center. It Is assumed that the super market would be Loblaw's as in Malone in connection with the Ames store there. | ||
The option on the property was obtained through the S. Curtis Hayes Agency as long as four years ago and the purchase was made in December 1966 from Mrs. Natalie Brundage. For the past several weeks there have been surveys made of the area. It was originally planned to have six to eight stores in the shopping center. | The option on the property was obtained through the S. Curtis Hayes Agency as long as four years ago and the purchase was made in December 1966 from Mrs. Natalie Brundage. For the past several weeks there have been surveys made of the area. It was originally planned to have six to eight stores in the shopping center. | ||
----''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'', 23 January 1968 | |||
'''A THE NEW SHOPPING CENTER''' | |||
We don't as yet know what will be in the new shopping center opposite the [[Will Rogers Hospital|Will Roger’s Hospital]] except that an Ames Department Store will be the "centerpiece" and that there will undoubtedly be a supermarket. But at least we know that there will be such a shopping center. | |||
We assume that the reaction in the, village, and especially among the merchants, has been mixed. Some have indicated concern that their own businesses will be adversely affected by the new competition. We cannot claim total objectivity in this matter because honesty, forces us to confess the obvious, namely, that newspapers depend on advertising and advertising depends largely on the amount of competition in the area served by the newspapers. You can therefore discount, wholly or in part, our comments on this matter. | |||
We are convinced that the new shopping center will, in general, be good for Saranac Lake's business. We even believe that its advent is one more step in the community's progress. We say this despite our recognition that a few merchants—we believe very few—will be hurt somewhat in the short run. | |||
If anyone asks you to define the basis of Saranac Lake's economy, what do you answer? Tourism? Yes, but more indirectly than directly since we do not have the major recreational facilities on which a tourist industry is based. The health industry? Yes, but not as in the old days. Then what? | |||
Basically, Saranac Lake as the largest population center in the Adirondacks is something of a commercial center. Indeed, commerce is the basis of our economy. Therefore, any development which adds to the community's attraction as a shopping center should-help our economy. | |||
Of course, many shoppers will continue to travel to Pittsburgh or to Albany or to New York City, large centers of commerce with which we cannot hope to compete. But. for example, if there is an Ames store here, our people will not be attracted to shop in the Ames store in Malone. And if shoppers come here to trade in the shopping center, there will be enough who will not find what they want there and will stop to buy in the other stores in the community. | |||
Finally, it is a form of recognition of our future that the Ames people have decided to come into our market. They now have 17 stores. They do not enter a declining market. They make no such expensive decision without thorough study of the present and potential economic factors of * community. They have studied Saranac Lake, and they have found it a good risk. We welcome them! | |||
Latest revision as of 19:41, 1 April 2026
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, 19 January 1968
Shopping Center Set for Saranac Lake
Ames Store Planned On Lake Flower
The Enterprise confirmed this morning that there will be & large Ames Department Store in Saranac Lake as the central feature of a shopping center on the property on Lake Flower ave, opposite the Will Rogers Hospital.
While it has been known for some time that the K and P. Management Company of West Hartford, Conn, had purchased the property two years ago, it wag not certain the shopping center would be developed.
Yesterday's Watertown Times carried a brief story indicating that the Ames people had completed their plans and that the Ames store would be about 30,000 square feet in si2e.
The Enterprise confirmed the story by calling the company in West Hartford. Mr. Simon Konover and Martin Patron, principal officers of the company, are on vacation in Florida until next Wednesday, but their assistant, Mrs. Sandra Shapiro, said fee plans were definite.
Mrs. Shapiro said that building would start as soon as the weather permitted and , they hoped to be in operation some time this summer, it will be the eighteenth store in the Ames chain.
She added that there would be a super market and several smaller stores in connection with the shopping center. It Is assumed that the super market would be Loblaw's as in Malone in connection with the Ames store there.
The option on the property was obtained through the S. Curtis Hayes Agency as long as four years ago and the purchase was made in December 1966 from Mrs. Natalie Brundage. For the past several weeks there have been surveys made of the area. It was originally planned to have six to eight stores in the shopping center.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, 23 January 1968
A THE NEW SHOPPING CENTER
We don't as yet know what will be in the new shopping center opposite the Will Roger’s Hospital except that an Ames Department Store will be the "centerpiece" and that there will undoubtedly be a supermarket. But at least we know that there will be such a shopping center.
We assume that the reaction in the, village, and especially among the merchants, has been mixed. Some have indicated concern that their own businesses will be adversely affected by the new competition. We cannot claim total objectivity in this matter because honesty, forces us to confess the obvious, namely, that newspapers depend on advertising and advertising depends largely on the amount of competition in the area served by the newspapers. You can therefore discount, wholly or in part, our comments on this matter.
We are convinced that the new shopping center will, in general, be good for Saranac Lake's business. We even believe that its advent is one more step in the community's progress. We say this despite our recognition that a few merchants—we believe very few—will be hurt somewhat in the short run.
If anyone asks you to define the basis of Saranac Lake's economy, what do you answer? Tourism? Yes, but more indirectly than directly since we do not have the major recreational facilities on which a tourist industry is based. The health industry? Yes, but not as in the old days. Then what?
Basically, Saranac Lake as the largest population center in the Adirondacks is something of a commercial center. Indeed, commerce is the basis of our economy. Therefore, any development which adds to the community's attraction as a shopping center should-help our economy.
Of course, many shoppers will continue to travel to Pittsburgh or to Albany or to New York City, large centers of commerce with which we cannot hope to compete. But. for example, if there is an Ames store here, our people will not be attracted to shop in the Ames store in Malone. And if shoppers come here to trade in the shopping center, there will be enough who will not find what they want there and will stop to buy in the other stores in the community.
Finally, it is a form of recognition of our future that the Ames people have decided to come into our market. They now have 17 stores. They do not enter a declining market. They make no such expensive decision without thorough study of the present and potential economic factors of * community. They have studied Saranac Lake, and they have found it a good risk. We welcome them!