OLATHE — Crews are tearing down a suburban Kansas City mall nearly 20 years after the $110 million, 812,000-square-foot structure opened.

The Kansas City Star reports that demolition of the Great Mall of the Great Plains began Monday in Olathe. The “value center” offered a mix of stores selling merchandise at bargain prices. But it quickly went downhill after drawing nearly 1 million visitors during its first month of operations in August 1997.

It closed in September 2015 after many national brands pulled out, and smaller retailers closed or relocated. Demolition is expected to take about six months.

The owners are the Great Olathe Center LLC, an entity of the Van Tuyl Group. They haven’t determined the next use for the site. Burlington Coat Factory will remain open during the demolition.