The Provo City Council has stamped its approval on the makeover of the floundering Provo Towne Centre mall. The owner plans to partially demolish and redevelop the parking lot and building, along with a nearby mobile home park. The residents will have to move to make way for new housing and a reimagined mall.
The city council voted 5-1 Tuesday evening on all the changes to make the project happen, with mostly positive community feedback at the meeting.
Residents called the current mall “depressed,” “a fossil” and “a lot of yikes.” In the new vision, the anchors — Target, JCPenney and Cinemark — will stay, but other parts will come down to create an open-concept development. The developer is imagining a 2-acre outdoor gathering space for things like farmers’ markets and community events…