COLLEGE GROVE CENTER was on the skids by the early 1980s. A plan was drawn up in 1986 to enclose -and substantially reconfigure- the past-its-prime property. The existing Walker Scott was to remain as is. Two new anchor stores, and two parking garages, would be built.
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As it turned out, the 1986 plan was scaled-down considerably. The mall was never enclosed and no new anchors or parking garages were built. An abandoned Walker Scott was razed and replaced with a multiplex cinema. This incarnation of the shopping hub, known as MARKETPLACE AT THE GROVE, would only be in existence for 10 years.