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Sean Reeves, with Grant MacKay Demolition, separates the remains of the Mervyns building while demolishing it at the Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Brandon Memmott, left, and Sean Reeves, both with Grant MacKay Demolition, separate the remains of the Mervyns building while demolishing it at the Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Sean Reeves, with Grant MacKay Demolition, separates the remains of the Mervyns building while demolishing it at the Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Grant MacKay Demolition is tearing down the Mervyns at the Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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From left, Matt Record, Brandon Memmott, and Sean Reeves, all with Grant MacKay Demolition, tear down Mervyns at the Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Brandon Memmott, with Grant MacKay Demolition, separates the remains of the Mervyns building while demolishing it at the Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Grant MacKay Demolition is tearing down Mervyns at the Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Matt Record walks through the debris. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Grant MacKay Demolition is tearing down Mervyns at the Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Sean Reeves, with Grant MacKay Demolition, separates the remains of the Mervyns building while demolishing it at the Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Grant MacKay Demolition is tearing down Mervyns at the Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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WEST VALLEY CITY — Crews on Monday began demolishing the former Mervyns store at Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City. The store has been closed since 2008, the year Mervyns filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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The demolition is expected to take three weeks, and a Larry H. Miller Megaplex theater will eventually be built at the location.

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