Developer Matt Armstrong said demolition, now in the beginnings, should be completed by the end of next year and construction should start the following year. The outdoor waterfront retail and dining center – seen by many as a potential savior for the financially ailing city – has been in the works for more than five years. But Armstrong said The Haven isn’t really a mall – but rather a “retail, dining and entertainment complex.” He said it will be more like an open-air center. Armstrong told the council that if 20 years from now brick-and-mortar businesses aren’t thriving at all, the site could easily move into other uses; he didn’t specify what those could be.
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