After Uncle Junkee failed to save the former 1965 finished Woolworth’s building or downtown Reno for that matter as was initially touted during its brief stay there, the seven story location with 90-thousand square feet of total space is now up for sale for a reported $9 million.
It was initially owned by the Mapes family which also ran the Mapes hotel until its demolition in 2000 giving way to the current Believe Plaza.
Recent attempts to turn around the old Woolworth’s building have failed. San Francisco-based SVE Development Partners, which is reported to have purchased the property in July 2019, had its own planned revamp but it never materialized…