9 6 , ▁K ohl ' s ▁built ▁a ▁two - level ▁store ▁adjacent ▁to ▁the ▁Prom en ade , ▁which ▁tempor arily ▁boost ed ▁the ▁struggling ▁m all ' s ▁fort unes , ▁but ▁eventually ▁the ▁ag ing ▁m all ▁continued ▁its ▁down ward ▁tr end . ▁Many ▁stores ▁followed ▁their ▁customers ▁to ▁other ▁locations ▁or ▁simply ▁van ished ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁own ▁corpor ate ▁problems . ▁D ill ard ' s ▁elimin ated ▁non - app arel ▁items ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and ▁cons olid ated ▁into ▁the ▁north ▁store , ▁which ▁it ▁eventually ▁closed ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁Al most ▁immediately , ▁the ▁remaining ▁m all ▁stores ▁began ▁leaving , ▁and ▁the ▁c ine plex , ▁now ▁owned ▁by ▁A MC , ▁was ▁also ▁closed . ▁ ▁R ede velop ment ▁A ▁major ▁re development ▁was ▁announced ▁in ▁late ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁which ▁planned ▁to ▁convert ▁the ▁center ▁into ▁a ▁l ifest yle ▁open - air ▁center . ▁During ▁this ▁re development , ▁both ▁closed ▁D ill ard ' s , ▁the ▁interior ▁of ▁the ▁m all , ▁& ▁pla za ▁in ▁front ▁were ▁demol ished ▁to ▁make ▁way ▁for ▁new ▁buildings . ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁West gate ▁( dro pping ▁" m all " ▁from ▁the ▁name ) ▁was ▁opened ▁in ▁Fall ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁West gate ▁is ▁an ▁out door ▁center ▁with ▁anch ors ▁Target , ▁Pet co ,