# Wausau Center

Wausau, WI · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-d35d86a28b` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/wi/wausau-wausau-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-d35d86a28b.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-d35d86a28b.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-d35d86a28b

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | under construction | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing, office, retail, entertainment, park | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | In 2024, construction began on the redevelopment project for the former mall. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1983 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2021 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2024 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Jacobs Visconsi & Jacobs Group | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Wausau Opportunity Zone, Inc. (WOZ) | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | It was planned for demolition sometime in 2021 to make way for a multimillion-dollar redevelopment, which will include residential and retail areas, office space, restaurants, entertainment, and green spaces. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “The mall closed permanently in April 2021.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wausau_Center
- **original_developer**: “A referendum passed in 1979 to allow Richard E. Jacobs' Jacobs Visconsi & Jacobs Group to build the mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wausau_Center
- **after_notes**: “In 2024, construction began on the redevelopment project for the former mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wausau_Center
- **status**: “In 2024, construction began on the redevelopment project for the former mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wausau_Center
- **strategy**: “It was planned for demolition sometime in 2021 to make way for a multimillion-dollar redevelopment, which will include residential and retail areas, office space, restaurants, entertainment, and green spaces.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wausau_Center

## Anchors

Sears, Younkers, J. C. Penney, Prange's (later Younkers), HOM Furniture

## Parties

- CBL Properties — owner (Wikidata, undated)

## Timeline

- 1979: Referendum passed to allow Jacobs Visconsi & Jacobs Group to build the mall
- 1983: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1983: Mall opened
- 2003: Walgreens moved out
- 2006: Owners began renovation
- 2008: Food court expanded
- 2018: Younkers closed as last of three anchor stores
- 2019: HOM Furniture opened as sole anchor store
- 2020: Sold to Wausau Opportunity Zone, Inc.
- 2021: Mall closed permanently
- 2021: Demolition began
- 2024: Construction began on redevelopment
- 2026: Majority of redevelopment completed

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Wausau Center was an enclosed shopping mall which opened in 1983 in downtown Wausau, Wisconsin. The last remaining anchor store was HOM Furniture, which still stands in a space that had previously been a Younkers. It was managed by Mid-America Real Estate Group.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wausau_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wausau_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Wausau Center, Wausau, WI." Record m-d35d86a28b, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/wi/wausau-wausau-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_wausauwausaucenter,
  title = {Wausau Center, Wausau, WI},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/wi/wausau-wausau-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-d35d86a28b, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.