MONROEVILLE, Pa. —

Cypress Equities has applied for a $7.5 million grant to demolish Monroeville Mall through Redevelopment Assistance Capital.

In the application, the property would be turned into entertainment, retail, and office space, and areas for public use . Advertisement

Patrons of the mall are left grasping for memories of what it was like during the mall's thriving years.

"When I turned on the news, my reaction was I can't take the kids up there to ride on the train at Christmas time anymore," said Monroeville resident Bill Burke. "I can't take them Christmas shopping up there because that's where they would shop for their parents."

Start-up businesses in the mall complex are wondering, what's next?

"Being a young business, young organization, you know, it takes a year,

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