Local Developers Talk Proposed Redevelopment Project For West End Mall

Developers Ryan Gravel and Donray Von look out over the West Side community from the MET, a 1.1 million square foot brick historic warehouse.

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The Mall West End has been a staple of the city’s West Side for nearly half a century. However, the West End area surrounding the neighborhood mall is changing, as development grows in the region.

Recently, developers Ryan Gravel and Donray Von, of Elevator City Partners, proposed a new plan to transform the area.

“This part of town lifted a lot of people to economic prosperity a generation ago or more. And so the idea here is to write the next chapter of that story. What does that look like in the 21st century?” Gravel said, acknowledging the area’s history.