
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 27, 1990                   TAG: 9003272502
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO  
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DOWNTOWN ANTIQUES MALL MAY CLOSE, MACHER SAYS

An owner of the Roanoke City Market Antiques Mall says plans to relocate the mall to the former Wright Furniture building have stalled, and the project is endangered.

Roland "Spanky" Macher, who owns the Antiques Mall with his brother, Richard Macher, said he has scaled down plans to renovate the Wright building and that even the smaller plan is in jeopardy.

Macher, his brother and mother, Shakie Macher, operate a chain of Macado's and Spanky's restaurants. Macher said they are considering opening a restaurant in Salem, and that also has been a factor in deciding what to do about the mall relocation. Spanky Macher said his brother and mother "want to hold off on the project."

The Antiques Mall opened in the old A&P building in mid-1989. After controversial negotiations, Roanoke bought the building from the Machers for $425,000. The Machers paid $200,000 for it.

***CORRECTION***

Published correction ran on Mar. 30, 1990\ Clarification

The Antiques Mall in the old A&P building on the Roanoke City Market likely can stay at its present site through Labor Day, according to Roland Macher, one of the owners. Because of deletions made by a copy editor in a story in Tuesday morning's editions, the headline and story may have given the impression the mall might close soon.

Macher said that plans to renovate the Wright Furniture building on the market as a new location for the Antiques Mall have stalled because not all of the family members who own it are in agreement. The A&P building is to be razed to make way for an office building-parking garage. Macher said he still hopes to make arrangements for the mall to continue operation.

Memo: Correction

by CNB