Wrecking crews have started taking down Plano's Collin Creek Mall.

The 37-year-old shopping center on U.S. Highway 75 is being redeveloped into a $1 billion mixed-use project.

But first, demolition teams have to raze most of the old, two-story shopping mall.

Project developer Mehrdad Moayedi said demolition started this week. "It's taken a long time to get here, but we are underway," Moayedi said.

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