Penn Square Mall work begins

From Staff Reports

Penn Square Mall at the corner of Northwest Expressway and Pennsylvania Avenue has begun a renovation project to upgrade its mall entrances by 2009.
The new entrances, which include a streamlined awning, sliding glass doors and upgraded landscaping, will incorporate architectural elements that were added during the mall's renovation in 2000.

The mall's current entrances were built in 1988.

Spokeswoman Jeannette Smith said the southeast entrance, near Dillard's East, is set for completion by the end of the year, and construction will begin on the west mall entrance in 2008.

The southeast entrance will remain partially open during the renovation.

By 2009, all entrances will be updated, Smith said.