MetroNational begins demolition of former Sears location at Memorial City Mall

Five decades after its opening, the building that was once home to Memorial City Mall’s Sears location will soon be gone for good. Developers said that in its place will stand a new outdoor lifestyle and retail district within Memorial City.

Construction crews began demolishing the building at 303 Memorial City Way on the morning of Aug. 11. With passersby and construction workers looking on, an excavator tore through brick and steel, pulling the building apart. Soon, all that will remain of the…