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The Bloomington Antique Mall
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The Bloomington Antique Mall is a collection of antique dealers, housed in a single showroom at 311 W. 7th Street. It opened on July 3rd, 1988 as a downtown revitalization project from CFC, Inc.. The building has three floors (two above ground, one basement) of space to be rented to individual antique dealers. Altogether, there are 25,000 feet of usable space. The Antique Mall management handles the day to day administration of each space, so the dealers need not be present to sell their wares.
Visitors can expect to see antique furniture, clothing, books, and memorabilia. The southern end of the basement houses the Greenbrier Room Restaurant. The building has an elevator to move items between floors, but asks that customers handle the loading of any pieces they purchase. There is a limited amount of parking on the western side of the building.
It was announced on July 31st, 2006 that the Antique Mall would be closing in December of 2006. Due to a large number of complaints from many area residents, some of whom have probably never even bought anything at the mall, the managers of this business have decided to keep the mall open.
