Demolish Sears!

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Bob Jones REALTOR

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@CathyMaurice-l4c 2 ай бұрын

Sears catered to an older group and I loved that store. Nothing left in the mall now for us older folks.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 2 ай бұрын

Hi User. They were a good store. Maybe something new they get to fill the spot will be better! We can hope. :)

@ericdigeratu 2 ай бұрын

In the US we only have 9 Sears locations left 😢 They’re still open all over Mexico due to different ownership

@bobjonesrealtor7756 2 ай бұрын

Hi Eric. Yeah. When Hudson bay bought Simpsons, Sears had to separate due to monolopy laws and it put them in a financial spot. The rest is history. 👍

@eraldway 3 ай бұрын

This building was built like a tank. It was their main warehouse for sears catalog fulfillment in Windsor and area. The warehouse was located on the first floor and part of the second floor. It was designed to carry trucks driven on it. Think of parking garage. This is part of why it's being torn down. These buildings would be impossible to modify in an economical way.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 3 ай бұрын

Hi Eraldway. Good insight intio the construction. I can see your point. Thanks for sharing. 👍

@suestracks 3 ай бұрын

Bob, I just want to thank you for all of the effort that you have undertaken at your own expense and the great amount of time spent on these videos. I am 70 years old and have known this area my whole life. I never knew that the quarry was so huge and that it had ties to MsGregor, also, the awesome views of the new bridge.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 3 ай бұрын

Hi Sue. You are more than welcome. I'm a boomer, too. Born in 53. Moved to Essex County when I was 14. I've been a REALTOR since 1985, but I love my hobbies, too. I do appreciate your acknowledgement of the time and effort involved, Sue. I started posting videos hoping to build an income stream for when I retire. I think I could have picked something easier, but I'm having fun. Thank you for the kind words.:)

@suestracks 3 ай бұрын

@@bobjonesrealtor7756 You are very welcome. I have forwarded them to friends to watch as well as both of my daughters. We all enjoy them. Building an income stream on here will take some time but I guess you just have to plug away. You sure do hard work on these, I can't imagine the hours to film and then edit them all. Best of luck to you in your endeavours.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Sue. I appreciate your support!:)

@theroadnottaken9378 3 ай бұрын

thanks for the update Bob, I I see this as an oportunity for some affordable housing development, also seeing Zalevs in the distance is a reminder that the city really needs to address this eyesore and major polluter.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 3 ай бұрын

Hi theroadnottaken. Thank you, and your welcome.:) Put in a Dr. office and pharmacy and you have a fifteen minute city! Zalevs that would be an interesting video, thanks for the idea. I worked there as a kid for about a week. Great post.

@eraldway 3 ай бұрын

Don’t expect housing in the mall site. Also, if you personally owned a property, would you focus on affordable housing, or something that will actually give you a return to your investment?

@bobjonesrealtor7756 3 ай бұрын

A casino then:)

@rollinwithunclepete824 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Bob. Getting to see parts of Windsor not on the usual tourist trails.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 3 ай бұрын

You got it, Uncle Pete. 😎👍

@robertqman5751 3 ай бұрын

There you go stirring up some memories again Bob ... lol. I remember when "The Mall" first opened. It was a big deal for Windsor then. Seems to me that area use to be a horse racing track at one time. Also remember a HiHo restaurant being nearby on Howard.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 3 ай бұрын

Hi Robert. I'm not sure what was there prior. I'm glad it brings back memories, however. :) Yeah the Devonshire was was the place.

@torchandhammer 3 ай бұрын

They just tore down the Sears in the Mall over here in Ann Arbor, Michigan too. There's a new building going up already that will be a large grocery store, focusing on things from local farmers.

@johnjones1645 3 ай бұрын

That would be a wonderful thing to see go into the new building. Local farmers work their butts off doing what they love, but with far too little support from locals. Hug a farmer today. 🥰

@Go_for_it652 3 ай бұрын

80 percent of todays wealth was created by past generations . 50 years from now people will look back at the construction of the Gordie Howe bridge and create new ideas .

@bobjonesrealtor7756 3 ай бұрын

That would be very cool.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 3 ай бұрын

Hi torchandhammer. That would be a cool use of some of the space for sure. It'll boil down to best use to increase the bottom line i'm sure.

@charlesbaran1106 3 ай бұрын

I miss Sears and its product lines. It's been noted that Sears was the Amazon of its time, with customers throughout the continent ordering from the catalogs. Too bad it couldn't carry that into the digital age.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 3 ай бұрын

Hi Charles. They had the right concept with the catalogs. I remember waiting for the Christmas catalog to check out the toys. Lol.

@aegiswing 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, pretty much. Amazon but you have to drive to the warehouse 😂

@bobjonesrealtor7756 2 ай бұрын

👍

@Shawnerr 2 ай бұрын

I heard there's a rumor about a maintenance tunnel connecting the main building to the auto service building. A long time ago, they had to seal it off because thieves would break into the auto service building and gain entry into the main building. I spoke to Guest Services at the mall yesterday (while purchasing an old Sears brick lol) and they never heard of such a thing. Maybe its just a made-up story. They did admit that there is a tunnel that runs under the mall itself.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 2 ай бұрын

Hi Shawnerr. Can't say I've ever heard that story before, but who knows!:) How much are Sears Bricks going for now a days? Great post! Thanks for sharing.

@Shawnerr 2 ай бұрын

@@bobjonesrealtor7756 $20.00 cash at the Guest Services Desk. You're choice of numbered bricks.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Shawnerr! Do you think they will sell them all? Depending on the size of the brick they are making a fortune. 1000 brick = 20,000.00 dollars. 1000 brick would cover approx. a 14ft by ten foot area. Has to be more than thirty thousand bricks on the facade of the building. 20. x 30,000 = 600,000. Take 100,000 for reclaiming the brick and 100,000 to buy and number the clean brick (both high in my opinion but I'm just guessing at this game. = a 400, 000. dollar profit. Maybe I should should be selling bricks! Lol.

@Shawnerr 2 ай бұрын

@@bobjonesrealtor7756 It's quite possible, as there is so much local history and love for that building. It truly is an end of an Era for brick and mortar stores, thanks to online shopping and whatnot. Even from an architectural standpoint, you will never see department stores built like that again, let alone apartment buildings or any other commercial building for that matter.

@FoolsAmongUs 3 ай бұрын

I was there. I am from Dearborn Heights, and that SEARS was pretty good if I remember correctly. The Casinos are not far from there either.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 3 ай бұрын

Hi FoolsAmoungUs. Yes, it was a decent place. The casino is about 3.5 miles from the Devonshire. Not too far.

@donovanarchimedes1347 2 ай бұрын

Nice idea, but I played it at 2x speed and it was still too long & slow moving. Edit it down to 3 minutes and make it tight like a news story.

@bobjonesrealtor7756 2 ай бұрын

Hi Donovan. I love constructive criticism, and this is good advice. I will work on it. Thanks for the help. This channel is a work in progress, as they all are I guess, however I will consider any advice if it can make me a better creator. Thanks again for the insight.😎👍