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Judge Puts Elkview's Marooned Crossings Mall in Receivership

A federal judge says a third-party officer will oversee construction of a replacement bridge at a Kanawha County shopping center after the old bridge was washed away by floods.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnston in Charleston placed the Elkview Crossings mall in receivership Tuesday. Court-appointed officer Martin Perry will put the culvert bridge project out for bid and oversee its construction. Details of Perry’s role in the mall’s operations are still being worked out.

About 500 people lost their jobs at a hotel, restaurants, gas stations, stores and other businesses after the bridge was washed out by flooding June 23.

The replacement cost of the bridge is about $700,000.

No Bridge Work Yet for Elkview's Crossings Mall

About 500 people remain out of work because a flood-damaged bridge crucial to accessing a marooned Elkview mall has not yet been repaired.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports a hotel, restaurants, gas stations, stores and other businesses in the Crossing Mall, including Kmart and Kroger, are still inaccessible. There are no signs of construction to replace the culvert that was swept away by raging floodwater on June 23.

County officials say they have tried contacting property owner Bill Abruzzino, of Naples, Florida, but he has not returned their calls.

In the wake of the flooding, Plaza Management Facilities Maintenance Director Beth Abruzzino had said construction was slated to begin Aug. 1.

The newspaper could not reach Bill Abruzzino or Beth Abruzzino for comment.

Elkview Shopping Center Can't Reopen for at Least 2 Months

Elkview residents will have to wait at least two more months for a shopping center to reopen after an access bridge collapsed earlier last month during massive flash-flooding.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports a new bridge to Crossings Mall isn’t expected to be completed for at least another eight weeks.

Beth Abruzzino, director of facilities maintenance for Plaza Management, told shopping center tenants in an email that the ownership expects construction to begin within a week and take eight weeks.

In the month since the floods, little progress has been made on the bridge that connects customers and employees to restaurants, gas stations, convenience stores and a hotel in the shopping center.

Abruzzino says the reason for the delay was that the bridge had to be permitted by multiple agencies.

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