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Eight merchi By Lmn Dannhardt Eight merchants have signed or agreed to sign leases in the Russell House University Union basement mall and will open as soon as possible, said Senior Vice President of Business and Finance Robert Denton. School Kids Records and Tapes, Kane secretarial, venture i ravei Agency, aunsnine Cleaners Launderers and Furriers, a shirt shop and a flower shop reached contract agreements with USC in interviews last week, Denton said. Saga food corporation also has agreed to open a dining facility and ice cream shop. "Everyone's ready to go. We're simply waiting on the physical plant," he said, noting university renovations are not yet finished. "THEY'VE COME a long way, but they've still got work to do.They'repromising to be complete and gone by the end of the month." Denton also said a Ticketron sales outlet will open in the basement, and the university will add several vending machines. Renovations not yet completed are waterline installation, floor coverings, ceilings and lighting. The walls, storefronts, sprinkler system and electrical and mechanical systems are completed. Only three shops will have water utilities, two of which are the flower shop and the dry cleaner. "EVERYONE IS saying to us 'When can we come?' and we're saying 'You can start internal preparation on your space now. They say, 'Well, my shelving is here,' or 'We're waiting on this,' or 'We'd rather you be out of the way.' Everyone's got some reason that they're waiting on something, but they're all saying, 'We're ready.'" Denton said each store will open as soon as they're prepared, and a grand opening ceremony will be held after most shops have been open a few weeks and when all the store spaces are leased. Tko fY?r cowon mnro mprpliantc I uv ovaivii I vi jv t vii iiiwi v Iiivivuwmj iw fill the 15-store mall is continuing, said Denmm^sn ST' HOLLYWOO Kf OUT-TAKI fX and RARE jff FOOTAGE Mon. & Tues. KS 7:00 ONLY FREE S FREE UNIVERSin JV Deadline 7 W Topics may indue bHK French, karate. Be crt mV* Applications available vy RHUU) or call 777-7 JXXJ Contemporary Son wTv% p.m. in RHUU room 3. *yV> publicity, promotion, VSJ VOL/ NEED JfiVJ For more in1 Lee C< JwTw a ? I SESSmfi?Sf ints sign Rus 11 "\ 13 7 \ I I ^ <: JI *-? T I 35 I W-. ! Cn 2 j ; 3 ! : CQ f-~* I J i I I I > ?? I ' V r~r~n? '5 6 7 8 Greene *" ?- ..! ? ' ' ' Mall floor plan The above chart is a floor plan of the Russell Hous The tentative occupants of nine spaces in the mall ton. hut the university will not lease to iust anyone. "We're looking at other types of shops, such as a computer store, shoe repair shop, car rental agency, mens' and womens' apparel, gift shop, clothing accessory and athletic shops ? numerous other types of shops. Efforts will be made to rent out to peple or tenants that will complement the mall. "WE WOULD not rent out to a porn shop. We would hot rent to a business financially uncapitalized. We try to get sound businesses with good marketing practices, o Wed. lS 2:30, 7 & 9:30 $1.00, $1.50 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA T INSTRUCTORS NEEDED: 'hursday, Sept. 20 1e aerobics, fencing, crafts, native ? we consider all ideas. % r*DI t rsffir^a /Ortri flnnr ' III 11 fC7 V-// | <.( iu i . w 130 for more information. nds meets Tuesdays at 6:30 32. Areas of need: Stage crew, security & hospitality. TO BE INVOLVED!! Formation call collect: Dssin 777-7130 ssssgssgsssssss sell House m< LEGEND ,2. Venture Travel 14 3. Saga ice cream 4. T-shirt shop ????????????? ? Flower shop 8. Schoolkids Records ^ j. 10. Saga restaurant 12. Kane Secretarial 15. Sunshine Cleaners 16. Ticketron and vending machines 3 ' ^ CD ! oi A r"* | ; 4 3 * 5 16 50 A ? ?i? <?r~t 9 ,0 I 11 I Street _ | ^ e mall, scheduled for completion later this semester, and where they will be is in the upper left corner. who aren't going to hose students, who will properly cater to the campus body." The seven merchants who have signed leases, and the one that has agreed to sign, were chosen through a selective process, Denton said. In the 1983 fall semester, the university conducted a survey to determine the types of services needed on campus. The university then published the survey results and invited merchants to apply for leases. A committee was created to review the merchant proposals. Denton; Richard Wertz, Uiirtnarc affolrc r\t*oci/4^nt Hpnnic T^rilitt UU3IIIC03 uiiuuo Tivv pivomvuif ft^vuui^ * *%???.*, vice president for Student Affairs and dean SSSBSSffiSSSSS ATTENTION! GENERAL UNION TONIGHT 8 p.m. ? In Tht MWWMT 7th Annual All-Niter m September 21, 1984 ^ 1 need a touch of Street Bazaar Cookout Rocky Horror Picture S Four different bands 1 Myrtle Beach Road Trip C i js? Bill* r\l I v_^ u-i I 1/ * nM * ^ ill leases of students; Lyn Hensel, associate legal xnunr.l. /"! .. P. I . vv/uiisci, vjiciiu vjcuiitiii, cuuuciu uuvcrnmcnx president; Greg Williams of Residential Life Services and Don Miles, of University Bookstore, are on the committee. They were chosen "based upon involvement, or potential involvement, or representation on campus," Denton said. THE COMMITTEE reviewed the proposals and interviewed the travel shops, dry cleaners and secretarial services, he said. However, in some cases only one committee member interviewed the merchant, such as Miles intertfiatiiA/l fVio flrwirpr chrtn mprfh^nt V1WWVU U1V I IV" VI Jl IV/p IIIVI VHMiii. "The committee pretty much went with its own natural leadership on its own feeling of the area. For instance, in the cleaning area, Glenn German took a particular interest in the cleaning. He did indepth review of cleaners," Denton said. Seventy merchants inquired about the mall, out only eight were decided on as we either weeded them out or they changed their minds," he said. In the interviews "we're looking for stability, uniqueness, marketing efforts and commitment to a youthful market," Denton said. TKrt iar^?v~j=k nii;an r\ f i tic iiicituauia wtit 51VV11 tiiwav ui oiuic space to lease on a first-come, first-serve basis. "WE ASKED the merchants for three choices of where they wanted to be, and we matched their first choices with the schematic and that's pretty well the way it worked out. So we had no nrohlem with who wanted to be where," he said. The largest of the shops will be the cleaners,and the smallest the flower shop,not considering the ticket outlet. Denton said the profits from rental fees will be used to pay off the $300,000 the university has spent on renovations, and after that, the profits will be turned over to the university general fund. MEETING ? fig 3 Spur ?V i i M^D1 t S * Kg Games Tournaments %8f ;how Spinal Tap VWJ 1 ? Dunking Booth ?rK ontests Campus Skate HXr H vW SRAM 'IPNIONSv.