Elderly woman did not give her land for mall even in 7 crores, builders made such a mall under compulsion
Woman Forced Mall To Build Around House: This interesting case is from Washington, USA, where builders wanted to buy land for a woman’s house to build a new shopping mall. For this, he also offered 1 million dollars (about Rs 7 crore) to the elderly woman. But the woman turned down his offer, after which she became a ‘hero’ for the locals. Not only this, the developers were forced to build a mall near the woman’s house, due to which this house looks different in the premises of the mall. Let us tell you, this incident happened in the year 2006 in Seattle, Washington.
The woman had bought the house for so much money
This 108 year old house was not very expensive. However, property developers had bought other houses in the area to build a new shopping mall. So he initially offered the woman $750,000 (Rs 5,73,16,875) of land. Later, he increased the amount to $1 million (about Rs 7 crore) to persuade Edith. But Edith was adamant that she would not leave the place, and she even turned down the builders’ offers of crores.
When the woman’s house was surrounded by the shopping mall
Therefore, the builders were forced to leave their house and build a mall, as a result of which the woman’s house is still standing proudly right in the middle of the five-storey complex of the mall. According to the Seattle Times, 84-year-old Edith Macefield bought this land in the year 1952 for $3,750 (Rs 2,86,637).
The house still stands in the middle of the mall
But there is another part to this story as well. In fact, Edith became friends with the man who was the construction manager of the mall (Berry Martin) in 2006. The two became so close that when Edith died in 2008, they left their home for Martin. But when Martin became unemployed, he sold the house.
That’s why didn’t want to sell the house
Recalling his conversation with Edith, Martin said in an interview, “Many people think that she was against development, but it was not at all.” In fact, she did not want to go through the process of settling again. Later, the house also became the inspiration for Disney’s famous film Up! However, it was later revealed that the production of this film had started in the year 2004 itself. Whereas selling the house is after that.
