(8-a.m. News) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Some business owners at a western Iowa mall say they’re upset at being forced out of the building by the end of the year. Officials say the Mall of the Bluffs on the east side of Council Bluffs is being acquired so Menards can demolish it and build a new home improvement center.

Bryon Beins co-owns Madness Haunted House, and he told The Daily Nonpareil that he received a letter from Woodsonia Real Estate Group of Omaha, Nebraska, on Nov. 18, telling him that he had to move out of the mall by Dec. 31. He says he intends to fight the eviction. Beins says there isn’t enough time for him and his business partner to find a new location, tear down everything at the mall and move.

Spokesmen for Woodsonia and Menards were not immediately available for comment.