Monday, July 06, 2009
The Latest Update:
The "soft opening" of our
The "soft opening" of our
MORE HOOSIER MALLS section
-posted July 6th-
is now complete!
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A newly-created rendering
of WASHINGTON SQUARE MALL's
L.S. Ayres anchor store
now accompanies the article.
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Special Features:
*Malls Of The Mid-Century
A Mid-Mod mall almanac
[June 2009 archive]
*James Rouse's Malls Cavalcade
An 11-mall tribute to
Maryland's mall mentor.
[June 2009 archive]
*DC's First Malls Cavalcade
[June 2009 archive]
*DC's First Malls Cavalcade
Featuring 5 '50s & '60s malls in the
Virginia-Maryland metropolis.
[March 2009 archive]
*Gallery of Dead Department Stores
*Gallery of Dead Department Stores
Renderings of several national
nd regional stores-no-more.
[February 2009 archive]
*City Center Centres Cavalcade
*City Center Centres Cavalcade
An 8 article section about America's
Mid-20th century urban renewal malls.
[March 2009 archive]
*Sac-Town Centers
*Sac-Town Centers
The 6 suburban, Mid-century malls
in California's Capital.
[January 2009 archive]
*The Lost Malls of Clearwater-St. Pete
Defunct malls on Florida's Pinellas Peninsula.
[October 2008 archive]
*DeBartolo's Malls Cavalcade
Remembering the early malls built by the
*The Lost Malls of Clearwater-St. Pete
Defunct malls on Florida's Pinellas Peninsula.
[October 2008 archive]
*DeBartolo's Malls Cavalcade
Remembering the early malls built by the
mid-20th century's most prolific developer!
[October 2008 archive]
*Massachusetts' Golden Triangle Cavalcade
Spotlighting the 5 malls in
[October 2008 archive]
*Massachusetts' Golden Triangle Cavalcade
Spotlighting the 5 malls in
New England's largest retail region.
[September 2008 archive]
*Victor Gruen's Malls Cavalcade
Commemorating the Father of the American Mall!
[May 2008 archive]
*Mallmakers Cavalcade
Spotlighting the nation's top 5 shopping mall operators.
[March 2008 archive]
*Early Malls Cavalcade (1950-1953)
Detailing the first "mall" shopping centers in America.
[February 2007 archive]
*Merged Malls Cavalcade
Where 2 malls became one!
[October 2007 archive]
[September 2008 archive]
*Victor Gruen's Malls Cavalcade
Commemorating the Father of the American Mall!
[May 2008 archive]
*Mallmakers Cavalcade
Spotlighting the nation's top 5 shopping mall operators.
[March 2008 archive]
*Early Malls Cavalcade (1950-1953)
Detailing the first "mall" shopping centers in America.
[February 2007 archive]
*Merged Malls Cavalcade
Where 2 malls became one!
[October 2007 archive]
Other Features:
*Retail Terminology
Definitions for the retail jargon used on the site.
[June 2008 Archive]
*The Dales of Minneapolis-St. Paul
[August 2008 archive]
*Chicago's First Malls Cavalcade
[January 2008 archive]
*Long Island's First Malls Cavalcade
[December 2007 archive]
*Southern California's Fashion Squares Cavalcade
[December 2007 archive]
*Atlanta's Edge City Centers
[April 2008 archive]
*Cin-Day Center Mall
The mall that never was
[March 2008 Archive]
*The Lost Malls Of Denver
[January 2008 Archive]
*The Lost Malls Of Phoenix
[September 2007 Archive]
*The Lost Malls Of Los Angeles County
[May 2007 archive]
*The Lost Malls Of San Francisco-Oakland
[May 2007 archive]
*The Lost Malls Of Atlanta
[June 2008 archive]
*The Lost Malls of Huntsville, Alabama
[April 2007 archive]
Welcome To The
Mall Hall Of Fame!
Below, you will find a list of the inducted malls. These are listed by the states they are located in. A note: original names and (political jurisdiction) locations are used.
In brackets [ ] is the name of the BLOG ARCHIVE that a shopping center's information / posts will be found in [October '06, April '07, July '09, etcetera].
ALABAMA:
*Eastwood Mall, Birmingham [Nov. '06]
*Heart Of Huntsville Mall, Huntsville [April '07]
*Dunnavant's Mall, Huntsville [April '07]
*The Mall, Huntsville [April '07]
*Bel Air Mall, Mobile [Feb. '08]
*Parkway City Mall, Huntsville [April '07]
ALASKA:
*Nugget Mall, Juneau [March '07]
*Dimond Center, Anchorage [Nov. '07]
ARIZONA:
*Park Central Center, Phoenix [August '07]
*Maryvale Shopping City, Phoenix [Sept. '07]
*Chris-Town Mall, Phoenix [Dec. '06]
*Scottsdale Fashion Square, Scottsdale [Oct. '07]
*Sears-Rhodes Center, Phoenix [Sept. '07]
*Thomas Mall, Phoenix [Sept. '07]
*Tower Plaza, Phoenix [Sept. '07]
*Tri-City Mall, Mesa [Sept. '07]
*Los Arcos Mall, Scottsdale [Sept. '07]
*Metrocenter, Phoenix [Aug. '07]
*Valley West Mall, Glendale [Sept. '07]
*Camelview Plaza, Scottsdale [Oct. '07]
ARKANSAS:
*Park Plaza, Little Rock [May '09]
*University Mall, Little Rock [April '07]
*Central Mall, Fort Smith [Aug. '08]
CALIFORNIA:
-LOS ANGELES-
*Broadway-Crenshaw Center [Jan. '07]
*Lakewood Center, Lakewood [Feb. '07]
*Whittier Quad, Whittier [May '07]
*Pomona Valley Center, Pomona [May '07]
*Whittwood Center, Whittier [May '07]
*Los Altos Center, Long Beach [May '07]
*Eastland Center, West Covina [May '07]
*La Mirada Center, La Mirada [May '07]
*Sears Center, El Monte [May '07]
*Del Amo Center, Torrance [Oct. '07]
*Sherman Oaks Fashion Square [Dec '07]
*Fallbrook Square [May '07]
*Topanga Plaza [May '08]
*Century Square [July '07]
*Del Amo Fashion Square, Torrance [Oct. '07/Dec. '07]
*Los Cerritos Center, Cerritos [Dec. '08]
*Northridge Fashion Center [Dec. '08]
*Puente Hills Mall, City Of Industry [May '07]
*Hawthorne Plaza, Hawthorne [May '07]
*Del Amo Fashion Center, Torrance [Oct. '07]
-ORANGE COUNTY-
*Broadway Center, Anaheim [Feb. '08]
*Bullock's Fashion Square, Santa Ana [Dec. '07]
*Huntington Center, Huntington Beach [Jan '07]
*South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa [May '08]
*Fashion Island, Newport Beach [Dec. '08]
*La Habra Fashion Square, La Habra [Dec. '07]
-RIVERSIDE COUNTY-
*Riverside Plaza, Riverside [May '08]
-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
*Central City Mall, San Bernardino [May '08]
-SAN FRANCISCO / OAKLAND-
*Westlake Center, Daly City [May '07]
*Stonestown Center [Feb. '07]
*Hillsdale Center, San Mateo [April '08]
*Bayfair Center, San Leandro [May '08]
*El Cerrito Plaza, El Cerrito [May '07]
*Larwin Plaza, Vallejo [May '07]
*Southland Center, Hayward [Feb. '08]
*Eastmont Mall [May '07]
*Sunvalley Mall, Concord/Pleasant Hill [April '08]
*Alcosta Mall, San Ramon [May '07]
*Fremont Fashion Square, Fremont [May '07]
-SACRAMENTO-
*Country Club Centre, Sacramento County [Jan. '09]
*Arden Fair Center [Jan.'09]
*Country Club Plaza, Sacramento County [Jan. '09]
*Southgate Center, Sacramento County [Jan. '09]
*Florin Mall, Sacramento County [Jan. '09]
*Sunrise Mall, Citrus Heights [Jan. '09]
-SAN DIEGO-
*College Grove Center [Feb. '07]
*Mission Valley Center [March '09]
*Grossmont Center, La Mesa [March '09]
*Chula Vista Center, Chula Vista [March '09]
*Escondido Village Mall, Escondido [Jan. '07]
*Plaza Camino Real, Carlsbad [March '09]
*Fashion Valley Center [March '09]
-SAN JOSE-
*Valley Fair Center [Oct. '07/May '08]
*Stevens Creek Plaza, Santa Clara [Oct. '07]
*Valley Fair, San Jose/Santa Clara, CA [Oct. '07]
COLORADO:
*Cherry Creek Center, Denver [Feb. '07]
*University Hills Center, Denver [Jan. '08]
*Lakeside Center, Lakeside [Jan. '08]
*Westland Center, Jefferson County [Jan. '08]
*Crossroads Mall, Boulder [Jan. '08]
*Bear Valley Mall, Denver [Jan. '08]
*Villa Italia Mall, Jefferson County [Jan. '08]
*North Valley Mall, Adams County [Jan. '08]
*Cinderella City Mall, Englewood [Jan. '08]
*Northglenn Mall, Adams County [Jan. '08]
*Buckingham Square Mall, Aurora [Jan. '08]
*Southglenn Mall, Arapahoe County [Jan. '08]
CONNECTICUT:
*Connecticut Post Center, Milford [April '07]
*Trumbull Shopping Park, Trumbull [March '08]
*Chapel Square Mall, New Haven [March '09]
*Westfarms Mall, Farmington & West Hartford [Nov. '07]
DELAWARE:
*Concord Mall, New Castle County [April '09]
*Christiana Mall, New Castle County [April '09]
FLORIDA:
-FT. LAUDERDALE / HOLLYWOOD-
*Sunrise Center (Galleria) [March '08]
*Hollywood Mall [July '07]
-JACKSONVILLE-
*Normandy Mall [Oct. '08]
*Regency Square Mall [Feb. '08]
-MIAMI / DADE-
*163rd Street Center [Nov. '07]
*Dadeland Center [July '07]
-ORLANDO-
*Colonial Plaza [July '07]
-TAMPA BAY-
*Cortez Plaza, Bradenton [Nov. '06]
*WestShore Plaza, Tampa [July '07]
*Gateway Mall, St. Petersburg [Oct. '08]
*Sunshine Mall, Clearwater [Oct. '08]
*Tyrone Square Mall, St. Petersburg [Oct. '08]
*Clearwater Mall, Clearwater [Oct. '08]
*Pinellas Square, Pinellas Park [Oct. '08]
-WEST PALM BEACH-
*Palm Beach Mall [Oct. '08]
GEORGIA:
*Stewart-Lakewood Center, Atlanta [June '08]
*Lenox Square Center, Atlanta [April '08]
*Cobb County Center, Cobb County [June '08]
*Columbia Mall, Dekalb County [June '08]
*Ansley Mall, Atlanta [June '08]
*North Dekalb Center, Dekalb County [Nov. '08]
*Greenbriar Center, Atlanta [Nov. '08]
*Buford Clairmont Mall, Dekalb County [June '08]
*Phipps Plaza, Atlanta [April '08]
*South Dekalb Mall, Dekalb County [Nov. '08]
*Perimeter Mall, Dekalb County [April '08]
*Northlake Mall, Dekalb County [Nov. '08]
*Cumberland Mall, Cobb County [April '08]
*Peachtree Center Mall, Atlanta [March '09]
*Parkaire Mall, Cobb County [June '08]
*Augusta Mall, Augusta [June '09]
HAWAII:
*Ala Moana Center, Honolulu County [April '09]
*Pearlridge Center, Honolulu County [April '09]
*Ka'ahumanu Center, Maui County [April '09]
IDAHO:
*Karcher Mall, Nampa [April '09]
*Palouse Mall, Moscow [April '09]
*Lewiston Center Mall, Lewiston [April '09]
ILLINOIS:
-CHICAGO-
*Park Forest Plaza, Park Forest [Jan. '08]
*Evergreen Plaza, Evergreen Park [Jan. '08]
*Old Orchard Center, Skokie [Jan. '08]
*Hillside Center, Hillside [Jan. '08]
*Golf Mill Center, Niles [Jan. '08]
*Randhurst Mall, Mt. Prospect [May '08]
*Ford City Mall [July '07]
*Dixie Square Mall, Harvey [Jan. '08]
*Yorktown Center, Lombard [May '08]
*Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg [June '08]
*Lakehurst Mall, Waukegan [May '08]
-SAINT LOUIS AREA-
*St. Clair Square, Fairview Heights [Oct. '08]
INDIANA:
*Woodmar Center, Hammond [July '09]
*Eastgate Center, Indianapolis [Feb. '07]
*Glendale Center, Indianapolis [May '08]
*Washington Square, Evansville [July '09]
*Mounds Mall, Anderson [March '08]
*Lafayette Square, Indianapolis [July '09]
*Honey Creek Square, Terre Haute [July '09]
*Southtown Mall, Fort Wayne [July '09]
IOWA:
*Merle Hay Plaza, Des Moines [March '07]
*Duck Creek Plaza, Bettendorf [March '08]
*Lindale Plaza, Cedar Rapids [Aug. '08]
KANSAS:
*Mission Center, Mission [April '07]
*White Lakes Mall, Topeka [March '08]
*Oak Park Mall, Overland Park [June '09]
KENTUCKY:
*The Mall, St. Matthews [June '09]
*Turfland Mall, Lexington [July '08]
*Florence Mall, Florence [Nov. '07]
LOUISIANA:
*Lakeside Center, Jefferson Parish [May '09]
*Alexandria Mall, Alexandria [March '07]
*Oakwood Center, Gretna [Sept. '07]
MAINE:
*Maine Mall, Portland [March '07]
*Bangor Mall, Bangor [May '08]
MARYLAND:
-BALTIMORE-
*Mondawmin Center, Baltimore (City) [June '09]
*Harundale Mall, Glen Burnie [June '09]
*Glen Burnie Mall, Glen Burnie [Oct. '08]
*Mall In Columbia, Howard County [June '09]
-WASHINGTON, D.C.-
*Prince George's Plaza, Hyattsville [March '09]
*Wheaton Plaza, Montgomery County [March '09]
*Iverson Mall, Prince George's County [Oct. '06]
*Montgomery Mall, Montgomery County [March '09]
MASSACHUSETTS:
*Shoppers' World, Framingham [Feb. '07 & Sept. '08]
*Northshore Center, Peabody [Jan. '09]
*South Shore Plaza, Braintree [Jan. '09]
*Westgate Mall, Brockton [Jan. '09]
*Natick Mall, Natick [Sept. '08]
*Route 30 Mall, Framingham [Sept. '08]
*Liberty Tree Mall, Danvers [Jan. '09]
*Cloverleaf Mall, Natick [Sept. '08]
*Framingham Mall, Framingham [Sept. '08]
MICHIGAN:
*Frandor Center, East Lansing [May '09]
*Rogers Plaza, Wyoming [May '09]
*Genesee Valley Center, Genesee County [May '09]
-DETROIT-
*Northland Center, Southfield [May '08]
*Eastland Center, Harper Woods [May '08]
*Wonderland Center, Livonia [May '09]
*Pontiac Mall, Oakland County [May '09]
*Westland Center, Westland [May '08]
*Fairlane Town Center, Dearborn [May '08]
*Twelve Oaks Mall, Novi [May '08]
MINNESOTA:
*Southdale Center, Edina [May & Aug. '08]
*Apache Plaza, St. Anthony [Sept. '07]
*Brookdale Center, Brooklyn Center [Aug. '08]
*Rosedale Center, Roseville [Aug. '08]
*IDS Crystal Court, Minneapolis [March '09]
*Ridgedale Center, Minnetonka [Aug. '08]
MISSISSIPPI:
*Edgewater Plaza Shopping City, Biloxi [March '07]
*Metrocenter Mall, Jackson [April '09]
MISSOURI:
-SAINT LOUIS-
*Northland Center, Jennings [Oct. '08]
*Crestwood Plaza, Crestwood [Oct. '08]
*River Roads Mall, Jennings [Oct. '08]
*South County Center, St. Louis County [Oct. '08]
*Northwest Plaza, St. Ann [Oct. '08]
*Jamestown Mall, Saint Louis County [Oct. '08]
-KANSAS CITY-
*Antioch Center, Kansas City [May '09]
*Blue Ridge Center, Kansas City [March '07]
*Ward Parkway Center, Kansas City [March '08]
MONTANA:
*Capital Hill Center, Helena [Dec. '08]
*Rimrock Mall, Billings [March '07]
NEBRASKA:
*The Center, Omaha [Feb. '07]
*Crossroads Center, Omaha [Nov. '07]
*Gateway Center, Lincoln [Aug. '08]
NEVADA:
*Charleston Plaza, Las Vegas [May '09]
*Park Lane Center, Reno [Dec. '08]
*The Boulevard, Clark County [Jan. '07]
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
*Belknap Mall, Town Of Belmont [March '07]
*Newington Mall, Newington [May '08]
NEW JERSEY:
-NEW YORK CITY AREA-
*Garden State Plaza, Paramus [May '08]
*Bergen Mall, Paramus & Maywood [March '07]
*Paramus Park Mall, Paramus [June '09]
-PHILADELPHIA AREA-
*Cherry Hill Mall, Cherry Hill Township [May '08]
*Black Horse Pike Center, Borough of Audubon [June '09]
*Moorestown Mall, Moorestown Township [Feb. '08]
NEW MEXICO:
*Winrock Center, Albuquerque [May '08]
*Coronado Center, Albuquerque [March '07]
NEW YORK:
-NEW YORK CITY / LONG ISLAND-
*Great Neck Plaza, Great Neck Plaza [Dec. '07]
*Cross County Center, Yonkers [Oct. '06]
*Roosevelt Field Center, Hempstead [Dec. '07]
*Green Acres Center, Valley Stream [Dec. '07]
*Mid-Island Plaza, Hicksville [Dec. '07]
*Walt Whitman Mall, Huntington Station [Dec. '07]
*South Shore Mall, Bay Shore [Dec. '07]
*Kings Plaza, (Brooklyn) [Jan. '09]
*Staten Island Mall, (Staten Island) [Jan. '09]
*Queens Center, (Queens) [Jan. '09]
-BUFFALO-
*Boulevard Mall, Amherst [July '07]
-ROCHESTER-
*Midtown Plaza [May '08]
*Greecetown Mall, Greece [Oct. '07]
*Long Ridge Mall, Greece [Oct. '07]
*Mall At Greece Ridge Center, Greece [Oct. '07]
NORTH CAROLINA:
*Charlottetown Mall, Charlotte [June '09]
*Asheville Mall, Asheville [Nov. '07]
NORTH DAKOTA:
*Kirkwood Mall, Bismarck [March '07]
*West Acres Mall, Fargo [Dec. '08]
*Columbia Mall, Grand Forks [June '09]
*Gateway Mall, Bismarck [March '07]
OHIO:
-AKRON-
*Summit Mall, Fairlawn [Sept. '08]
*Chapel Hill Mall [Sept. '08]
*Rolling Acres Mall [Sept. '08]
-CANTON-
*Mellett Mall [Sept. '08]
*Belden Village Mall, Stark County [Sept. '08]
-CINCINNATI-
*Swifton Center [Dec. '06]
*Kenwood Plaza, Hamilton County [July '08]
*Tri-County Center, Springdale [Dec. '06]
*Western Woods Mall, Hamilton County [July '08]
*Kenwood Mall, Hamilton County [July '08]
*Beechmont Mall, Hamilton County [July '08]
*Northgate Mall, Hamilton County [July '08]
-CLEVELAND-
*Westgate Center, Fairview Park & Rocky River [Feb. '07]
*Parmatown Center, Parma [July '08]
*Great Lakes Mall, Mentor [Oct. '08]
*Severance Center, Cleveland Heights [July '08]
*Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted [July '08]
*Randall Park Mall, North Randall [July '08]
-COLUMBUS-
*Northland Center, Franklin County [Sept. '08]
*Eastland Mall [Sept. '08]
*Westland Mall, Franklin County [Sept. '08]
-DAYTON-
*Salem Mall, Montgomery County [June '09]
*Dayton Mall, Montgomery County [June '08]
-LIMA-
*Lima Mall, Allen County [Oct. '08]
-MIDDLETOWN / MONROE-
*City Centre Mart [March '09]
*Cin-Day Center Mall [March '08]
-TOLEDO-
*Woodville Mall, Northwood [Sept. '08]
*Franklin Park Mall [Sept. '08]
OKLAHOMA:
*Penn Square Center, Oklahoma City [March '07]
*Woodland Hills Mall, Tulsa [Aug. '08]
OREGON:
*Lloyd Center, Portland [Jan. '07]
*Washington Square Mall, Tigard [March '08]
*Nordstrom Mall / Salem Center, Salem [March '09]
PENNSYLVANIA:
-PHILADELPHIA-
*Levittown Shop-A-Rama, Borough of Tullytown [Feb. '07]
*King Of Prussia Plaza, Upper Merion Township [April '07]
*Plymouth Meeting Mall, Plymouth Township [May '08]
*Gallery On Market East / Gallery II, Philadelphia [March '09]
-PITTSBURGH-
*Northway Mall, Allegheny County [Nov. '06]
*South Hills Village Mall, Bethel Park [Sept. '07]
*Greengate Mall, Greensburg [May '08]
RHODE ISLAND:
*Midland Mall, Warwick [May '08]
*Warwick Mall, Warwick [March '07]
SOUTH CAROLINA:
*Dutch Square Mall, St. Andrews [April '07]
*Westgate Mall, Spartanburg [Nov. '07]
SOUTH DAKOTA:
*Empire Mall, Sioux Falls [March '07]
*Rushmore Mall, Rapid City [Dec. '08]
TENNESSEE:
*Eastgate Center, East Ridge [March '08]
*Southland Mall, Memphis [July '07]
*100 Oaks Mall, Nashville [July '07]
*Northgate Mall, Hixson [Feb. '08]
*West Town Mall, Knoxville [Feb. '08]
TEXAS:
-AUSTIN-
*Hancock Center [June '09]
*Highland Mall [June '09]
-BRYAN / COLLEGE STATION-
*Manor East Mall [June '09]
-DALLAS METROPLEX-
*Big Town Mall, Mesquite [Dec. '06]
*Seminary South Center, Fort Worth [July '08]
*NorthPark Center [Sept. '07]
*Irving Mall, Irving [July '08]
-EL PASO-
*Bassett Center [July '08]
-HOUSTON-
*Gulfgate Shopping City [Oct. '06]
*Meyerland Plaza [July '08]
*Sharpstown Mall [July '08]
*Northwest Mall [June '09]
*The Galleria [June '07]
-SAN ANTONIO-
*Wonderland Shopping City, Balcones Heights [Nov. '07]
*North Star Mall [June '09]
UTAH:
*Cottonwood Mall, Holladay [Feb. '07]
*ZCMI Center Mall, Salt Lake City [March '09]
*Crossroads Plaza, Salt Lake City [March '09]
VERMONT:
*Green Mountain Mall, St. Johnsbury [March '07]
*University Mall, South Burlington [May '08]
VIRGINIA:
-RICHMOND-
*Azalea Mall, Henrico County [Dec. '08]
*Walnut Mall, Petersburg [Dec. '08]
*Cloverleaf Mall, Chesterfield County [Dec. '08]
-VIRGINIA BEACH-
*Pembroke Mall [Dec. '08]
-WASHINGTON, D.C.-
*7 Corners Center, Falls Church [March '09]
*Landmark Center, Alexandria [March '09]
*Tysons Corner Center, Fairfax County [Nov. '07]
*Crystal City Shops, Arlington [March '07]
WASHINGTON:
*Bellevue Shopping Square, King County [Aug. '08]
*Northgate Center, Seattle [Feb. 07 & Aug. '08]
*Aurora Village Center, King County [Aug. '08]
*NorthTown Center, Spokane [March '08]
*Tacoma Mall, Tacoma [Aug. '08]
*Southcenter Mall, Tukwila [Aug. '08]
WEST VIRGINIA:
*Middletown Mall, Marion County [April '09]
*Grand Central Mall, Vienna [April '09]
*Raleigh Mall, Beckley [April '09]
WISCONSIN:
*Valley Fair Center, Appleton [Nov. '06]
*Capitol Court Center, Milwaukee [Sept. '07]
*Mayfair Center, Wauwatosa [Aug. '07]
WYOMING:
*White Mountain Mall, Rock Springs [March '07]
Mall Hall Of Fame!
Below, you will find a list of the inducted malls. These are listed by the states they are located in. A note: original names and (political jurisdiction) locations are used.
In brackets [ ] is the name of the BLOG ARCHIVE that a shopping center's information / posts will be found in [October '06, April '07, July '09, etcetera].
ALABAMA:
*Eastwood Mall, Birmingham [Nov. '06]
*Heart Of Huntsville Mall, Huntsville [April '07]
*Dunnavant's Mall, Huntsville [April '07]
*The Mall, Huntsville [April '07]
*Bel Air Mall, Mobile [Feb. '08]
*Parkway City Mall, Huntsville [April '07]
ALASKA:
*Nugget Mall, Juneau [March '07]
*Dimond Center, Anchorage [Nov. '07]
ARIZONA:
*Park Central Center, Phoenix [August '07]
*Maryvale Shopping City, Phoenix [Sept. '07]
*Chris-Town Mall, Phoenix [Dec. '06]
*Scottsdale Fashion Square, Scottsdale [Oct. '07]
*Sears-Rhodes Center, Phoenix [Sept. '07]
*Thomas Mall, Phoenix [Sept. '07]
*Tower Plaza, Phoenix [Sept. '07]
*Tri-City Mall, Mesa [Sept. '07]
*Los Arcos Mall, Scottsdale [Sept. '07]
*Metrocenter, Phoenix [Aug. '07]
*Valley West Mall, Glendale [Sept. '07]
*Camelview Plaza, Scottsdale [Oct. '07]
ARKANSAS:
*Park Plaza, Little Rock [May '09]
*University Mall, Little Rock [April '07]
*Central Mall, Fort Smith [Aug. '08]
CALIFORNIA:
-LOS ANGELES-
*Broadway-Crenshaw Center [Jan. '07]
*Lakewood Center, Lakewood [Feb. '07]
*Whittier Quad, Whittier [May '07]
*Pomona Valley Center, Pomona [May '07]
*Whittwood Center, Whittier [May '07]
*Los Altos Center, Long Beach [May '07]
*Eastland Center, West Covina [May '07]
*La Mirada Center, La Mirada [May '07]
*Sears Center, El Monte [May '07]
*Del Amo Center, Torrance [Oct. '07]
*Sherman Oaks Fashion Square [Dec '07]
*Fallbrook Square [May '07]
*Topanga Plaza [May '08]
*Century Square [July '07]
*Del Amo Fashion Square, Torrance [Oct. '07/Dec. '07]
*Los Cerritos Center, Cerritos [Dec. '08]
*Northridge Fashion Center [Dec. '08]
*Puente Hills Mall, City Of Industry [May '07]
*Hawthorne Plaza, Hawthorne [May '07]
*Del Amo Fashion Center, Torrance [Oct. '07]
-ORANGE COUNTY-
*Broadway Center, Anaheim [Feb. '08]
*Bullock's Fashion Square, Santa Ana [Dec. '07]
*Huntington Center, Huntington Beach [Jan '07]
*South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa [May '08]
*Fashion Island, Newport Beach [Dec. '08]
*La Habra Fashion Square, La Habra [Dec. '07]
-RIVERSIDE COUNTY-
*Riverside Plaza, Riverside [May '08]
-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
*Central City Mall, San Bernardino [May '08]
-SAN FRANCISCO / OAKLAND-
*Westlake Center, Daly City [May '07]
*Stonestown Center [Feb. '07]
*Hillsdale Center, San Mateo [April '08]
*Bayfair Center, San Leandro [May '08]
*El Cerrito Plaza, El Cerrito [May '07]
*Larwin Plaza, Vallejo [May '07]
*Southland Center, Hayward [Feb. '08]
*Eastmont Mall [May '07]
*Sunvalley Mall, Concord/Pleasant Hill [April '08]
*Alcosta Mall, San Ramon [May '07]
*Fremont Fashion Square, Fremont [May '07]
-SACRAMENTO-
*Country Club Centre, Sacramento County [Jan. '09]
*Arden Fair Center [Jan.'09]
*Country Club Plaza, Sacramento County [Jan. '09]
*Southgate Center, Sacramento County [Jan. '09]
*Florin Mall, Sacramento County [Jan. '09]
*Sunrise Mall, Citrus Heights [Jan. '09]
-SAN DIEGO-
*College Grove Center [Feb. '07]
*Mission Valley Center [March '09]
*Grossmont Center, La Mesa [March '09]
*Chula Vista Center, Chula Vista [March '09]
*Escondido Village Mall, Escondido [Jan. '07]
*Plaza Camino Real, Carlsbad [March '09]
*Fashion Valley Center [March '09]
-SAN JOSE-
*Valley Fair Center [Oct. '07/May '08]
*Stevens Creek Plaza, Santa Clara [Oct. '07]
*Valley Fair, San Jose/Santa Clara, CA [Oct. '07]
COLORADO:
*Cherry Creek Center, Denver [Feb. '07]
*University Hills Center, Denver [Jan. '08]
*Lakeside Center, Lakeside [Jan. '08]
*Westland Center, Jefferson County [Jan. '08]
*Crossroads Mall, Boulder [Jan. '08]
*Bear Valley Mall, Denver [Jan. '08]
*Villa Italia Mall, Jefferson County [Jan. '08]
*North Valley Mall, Adams County [Jan. '08]
*Cinderella City Mall, Englewood [Jan. '08]
*Northglenn Mall, Adams County [Jan. '08]
*Buckingham Square Mall, Aurora [Jan. '08]
*Southglenn Mall, Arapahoe County [Jan. '08]
CONNECTICUT:
*Connecticut Post Center, Milford [April '07]
*Trumbull Shopping Park, Trumbull [March '08]
*Chapel Square Mall, New Haven [March '09]
*Westfarms Mall, Farmington & West Hartford [Nov. '07]
DELAWARE:
*Concord Mall, New Castle County [April '09]
*Christiana Mall, New Castle County [April '09]
FLORIDA:
-FT. LAUDERDALE / HOLLYWOOD-
*Sunrise Center (Galleria) [March '08]
*Hollywood Mall [July '07]
-JACKSONVILLE-
*Normandy Mall [Oct. '08]
*Regency Square Mall [Feb. '08]
-MIAMI / DADE-
*163rd Street Center [Nov. '07]
*Dadeland Center [July '07]
-ORLANDO-
*Colonial Plaza [July '07]
-TAMPA BAY-
*Cortez Plaza, Bradenton [Nov. '06]
*WestShore Plaza, Tampa [July '07]
*Gateway Mall, St. Petersburg [Oct. '08]
*Sunshine Mall, Clearwater [Oct. '08]
*Tyrone Square Mall, St. Petersburg [Oct. '08]
*Clearwater Mall, Clearwater [Oct. '08]
*Pinellas Square, Pinellas Park [Oct. '08]
-WEST PALM BEACH-
*Palm Beach Mall [Oct. '08]
GEORGIA:
*Stewart-Lakewood Center, Atlanta [June '08]
*Lenox Square Center, Atlanta [April '08]
*Cobb County Center, Cobb County [June '08]
*Columbia Mall, Dekalb County [June '08]
*Ansley Mall, Atlanta [June '08]
*North Dekalb Center, Dekalb County [Nov. '08]
*Greenbriar Center, Atlanta [Nov. '08]
*Buford Clairmont Mall, Dekalb County [June '08]
*Phipps Plaza, Atlanta [April '08]
*South Dekalb Mall, Dekalb County [Nov. '08]
*Perimeter Mall, Dekalb County [April '08]
*Northlake Mall, Dekalb County [Nov. '08]
*Cumberland Mall, Cobb County [April '08]
*Peachtree Center Mall, Atlanta [March '09]
*Parkaire Mall, Cobb County [June '08]
*Augusta Mall, Augusta [June '09]
HAWAII:
*Ala Moana Center, Honolulu County [April '09]
*Pearlridge Center, Honolulu County [April '09]
*Ka'ahumanu Center, Maui County [April '09]
IDAHO:
*Karcher Mall, Nampa [April '09]
*Palouse Mall, Moscow [April '09]
*Lewiston Center Mall, Lewiston [April '09]
ILLINOIS:
-CHICAGO-
*Park Forest Plaza, Park Forest [Jan. '08]
*Evergreen Plaza, Evergreen Park [Jan. '08]
*Old Orchard Center, Skokie [Jan. '08]
*Hillside Center, Hillside [Jan. '08]
*Golf Mill Center, Niles [Jan. '08]
*Randhurst Mall, Mt. Prospect [May '08]
*Ford City Mall [July '07]
*Dixie Square Mall, Harvey [Jan. '08]
*Yorktown Center, Lombard [May '08]
*Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg [June '08]
*Lakehurst Mall, Waukegan [May '08]
-SAINT LOUIS AREA-
*St. Clair Square, Fairview Heights [Oct. '08]
INDIANA:
*Woodmar Center, Hammond [July '09]
*Eastgate Center, Indianapolis [Feb. '07]
*Glendale Center, Indianapolis [May '08]
*Washington Square, Evansville [July '09]
*Mounds Mall, Anderson [March '08]
*Lafayette Square, Indianapolis [July '09]
*Honey Creek Square, Terre Haute [July '09]
*Southtown Mall, Fort Wayne [July '09]
IOWA:
*Merle Hay Plaza, Des Moines [March '07]
*Duck Creek Plaza, Bettendorf [March '08]
*Lindale Plaza, Cedar Rapids [Aug. '08]
KANSAS:
*Mission Center, Mission [April '07]
*White Lakes Mall, Topeka [March '08]
*Oak Park Mall, Overland Park [June '09]
KENTUCKY:
*The Mall, St. Matthews [June '09]
*Turfland Mall, Lexington [July '08]
*Florence Mall, Florence [Nov. '07]
LOUISIANA:
*Lakeside Center, Jefferson Parish [May '09]
*Alexandria Mall, Alexandria [March '07]
*Oakwood Center, Gretna [Sept. '07]
MAINE:
*Maine Mall, Portland [March '07]
*Bangor Mall, Bangor [May '08]
MARYLAND:
-BALTIMORE-
*Mondawmin Center, Baltimore (City) [June '09]
*Harundale Mall, Glen Burnie [June '09]
*Glen Burnie Mall, Glen Burnie [Oct. '08]
*Mall In Columbia, Howard County [June '09]
-WASHINGTON, D.C.-
*Prince George's Plaza, Hyattsville [March '09]
*Wheaton Plaza, Montgomery County [March '09]
*Iverson Mall, Prince George's County [Oct. '06]
*Montgomery Mall, Montgomery County [March '09]
MASSACHUSETTS:
*Shoppers' World, Framingham [Feb. '07 & Sept. '08]
*Northshore Center, Peabody [Jan. '09]
*South Shore Plaza, Braintree [Jan. '09]
*Westgate Mall, Brockton [Jan. '09]
*Natick Mall, Natick [Sept. '08]
*Route 30 Mall, Framingham [Sept. '08]
*Liberty Tree Mall, Danvers [Jan. '09]
*Cloverleaf Mall, Natick [Sept. '08]
*Framingham Mall, Framingham [Sept. '08]
MICHIGAN:
*Frandor Center, East Lansing [May '09]
*Rogers Plaza, Wyoming [May '09]
*Genesee Valley Center, Genesee County [May '09]
-DETROIT-
*Northland Center, Southfield [May '08]
*Eastland Center, Harper Woods [May '08]
*Wonderland Center, Livonia [May '09]
*Pontiac Mall, Oakland County [May '09]
*Westland Center, Westland [May '08]
*Fairlane Town Center, Dearborn [May '08]
*Twelve Oaks Mall, Novi [May '08]
MINNESOTA:
*Southdale Center, Edina [May & Aug. '08]
*Apache Plaza, St. Anthony [Sept. '07]
*Brookdale Center, Brooklyn Center [Aug. '08]
*Rosedale Center, Roseville [Aug. '08]
*IDS Crystal Court, Minneapolis [March '09]
*Ridgedale Center, Minnetonka [Aug. '08]
MISSISSIPPI:
*Edgewater Plaza Shopping City, Biloxi [March '07]
*Metrocenter Mall, Jackson [April '09]
MISSOURI:
-SAINT LOUIS-
*Northland Center, Jennings [Oct. '08]
*Crestwood Plaza, Crestwood [Oct. '08]
*River Roads Mall, Jennings [Oct. '08]
*South County Center, St. Louis County [Oct. '08]
*Northwest Plaza, St. Ann [Oct. '08]
*Jamestown Mall, Saint Louis County [Oct. '08]
-KANSAS CITY-
*Antioch Center, Kansas City [May '09]
*Blue Ridge Center, Kansas City [March '07]
*Ward Parkway Center, Kansas City [March '08]
MONTANA:
*Capital Hill Center, Helena [Dec. '08]
*Rimrock Mall, Billings [March '07]
NEBRASKA:
*The Center, Omaha [Feb. '07]
*Crossroads Center, Omaha [Nov. '07]
*Gateway Center, Lincoln [Aug. '08]
NEVADA:
*Charleston Plaza, Las Vegas [May '09]
*Park Lane Center, Reno [Dec. '08]
*The Boulevard, Clark County [Jan. '07]
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
*Belknap Mall, Town Of Belmont [March '07]
*Newington Mall, Newington [May '08]
NEW JERSEY:
-NEW YORK CITY AREA-
*Garden State Plaza, Paramus [May '08]
*Bergen Mall, Paramus & Maywood [March '07]
*Paramus Park Mall, Paramus [June '09]
-PHILADELPHIA AREA-
*Cherry Hill Mall, Cherry Hill Township [May '08]
*Black Horse Pike Center, Borough of Audubon [June '09]
*Moorestown Mall, Moorestown Township [Feb. '08]
NEW MEXICO:
*Winrock Center, Albuquerque [May '08]
*Coronado Center, Albuquerque [March '07]
NEW YORK:
-NEW YORK CITY / LONG ISLAND-
*Great Neck Plaza, Great Neck Plaza [Dec. '07]
*Cross County Center, Yonkers [Oct. '06]
*Roosevelt Field Center, Hempstead [Dec. '07]
*Green Acres Center, Valley Stream [Dec. '07]
*Mid-Island Plaza, Hicksville [Dec. '07]
*Walt Whitman Mall, Huntington Station [Dec. '07]
*South Shore Mall, Bay Shore [Dec. '07]
*Kings Plaza, (Brooklyn) [Jan. '09]
*Staten Island Mall, (Staten Island) [Jan. '09]
*Queens Center, (Queens) [Jan. '09]
-BUFFALO-
*Boulevard Mall, Amherst [July '07]
-ROCHESTER-
*Midtown Plaza [May '08]
*Greecetown Mall, Greece [Oct. '07]
*Long Ridge Mall, Greece [Oct. '07]
*Mall At Greece Ridge Center, Greece [Oct. '07]
NORTH CAROLINA:
*Charlottetown Mall, Charlotte [June '09]
*Asheville Mall, Asheville [Nov. '07]
NORTH DAKOTA:
*Kirkwood Mall, Bismarck [March '07]
*West Acres Mall, Fargo [Dec. '08]
*Columbia Mall, Grand Forks [June '09]
*Gateway Mall, Bismarck [March '07]
OHIO:
-AKRON-
*Summit Mall, Fairlawn [Sept. '08]
*Chapel Hill Mall [Sept. '08]
*Rolling Acres Mall [Sept. '08]
-CANTON-
*Mellett Mall [Sept. '08]
*Belden Village Mall, Stark County [Sept. '08]
-CINCINNATI-
*Swifton Center [Dec. '06]
*Kenwood Plaza, Hamilton County [July '08]
*Tri-County Center, Springdale [Dec. '06]
*Western Woods Mall, Hamilton County [July '08]
*Kenwood Mall, Hamilton County [July '08]
*Beechmont Mall, Hamilton County [July '08]
*Northgate Mall, Hamilton County [July '08]
-CLEVELAND-
*Westgate Center, Fairview Park & Rocky River [Feb. '07]
*Parmatown Center, Parma [July '08]
*Great Lakes Mall, Mentor [Oct. '08]
*Severance Center, Cleveland Heights [July '08]
*Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted [July '08]
*Randall Park Mall, North Randall [July '08]
-COLUMBUS-
*Northland Center, Franklin County [Sept. '08]
*Eastland Mall [Sept. '08]
*Westland Mall, Franklin County [Sept. '08]
-DAYTON-
*Salem Mall, Montgomery County [June '09]
*Dayton Mall, Montgomery County [June '08]
-LIMA-
*Lima Mall, Allen County [Oct. '08]
-MIDDLETOWN / MONROE-
*City Centre Mart [March '09]
*Cin-Day Center Mall [March '08]
-TOLEDO-
*Woodville Mall, Northwood [Sept. '08]
*Franklin Park Mall [Sept. '08]
OKLAHOMA:
*Penn Square Center, Oklahoma City [March '07]
*Woodland Hills Mall, Tulsa [Aug. '08]
OREGON:
*Lloyd Center, Portland [Jan. '07]
*Washington Square Mall, Tigard [March '08]
*Nordstrom Mall / Salem Center, Salem [March '09]
PENNSYLVANIA:
-PHILADELPHIA-
*Levittown Shop-A-Rama, Borough of Tullytown [Feb. '07]
*King Of Prussia Plaza, Upper Merion Township [April '07]
*Plymouth Meeting Mall, Plymouth Township [May '08]
*Gallery On Market East / Gallery II, Philadelphia [March '09]
-PITTSBURGH-
*Northway Mall, Allegheny County [Nov. '06]
*South Hills Village Mall, Bethel Park [Sept. '07]
*Greengate Mall, Greensburg [May '08]
RHODE ISLAND:
*Midland Mall, Warwick [May '08]
*Warwick Mall, Warwick [March '07]
SOUTH CAROLINA:
*Dutch Square Mall, St. Andrews [April '07]
*Westgate Mall, Spartanburg [Nov. '07]
SOUTH DAKOTA:
*Empire Mall, Sioux Falls [March '07]
*Rushmore Mall, Rapid City [Dec. '08]
TENNESSEE:
*Eastgate Center, East Ridge [March '08]
*Southland Mall, Memphis [July '07]
*100 Oaks Mall, Nashville [July '07]
*Northgate Mall, Hixson [Feb. '08]
*West Town Mall, Knoxville [Feb. '08]
TEXAS:
-AUSTIN-
*Hancock Center [June '09]
*Highland Mall [June '09]
-BRYAN / COLLEGE STATION-
*Manor East Mall [June '09]
-DALLAS METROPLEX-
*Big Town Mall, Mesquite [Dec. '06]
*Seminary South Center, Fort Worth [July '08]
*NorthPark Center [Sept. '07]
*Irving Mall, Irving [July '08]
-EL PASO-
*Bassett Center [July '08]
-HOUSTON-
*Gulfgate Shopping City [Oct. '06]
*Meyerland Plaza [July '08]
*Sharpstown Mall [July '08]
*Northwest Mall [June '09]
*The Galleria [June '07]
-SAN ANTONIO-
*Wonderland Shopping City, Balcones Heights [Nov. '07]
*North Star Mall [June '09]
UTAH:
*Cottonwood Mall, Holladay [Feb. '07]
*ZCMI Center Mall, Salt Lake City [March '09]
*Crossroads Plaza, Salt Lake City [March '09]
VERMONT:
*Green Mountain Mall, St. Johnsbury [March '07]
*University Mall, South Burlington [May '08]
VIRGINIA:
-RICHMOND-
*Azalea Mall, Henrico County [Dec. '08]
*Walnut Mall, Petersburg [Dec. '08]
*Cloverleaf Mall, Chesterfield County [Dec. '08]
-VIRGINIA BEACH-
*Pembroke Mall [Dec. '08]
-WASHINGTON, D.C.-
*7 Corners Center, Falls Church [March '09]
*Landmark Center, Alexandria [March '09]
*Tysons Corner Center, Fairfax County [Nov. '07]
*Crystal City Shops, Arlington [March '07]
WASHINGTON:
*Bellevue Shopping Square, King County [Aug. '08]
*Northgate Center, Seattle [Feb. 07 & Aug. '08]
*Aurora Village Center, King County [Aug. '08]
*NorthTown Center, Spokane [March '08]
*Tacoma Mall, Tacoma [Aug. '08]
*Southcenter Mall, Tukwila [Aug. '08]
WEST VIRGINIA:
*Middletown Mall, Marion County [April '09]
*Grand Central Mall, Vienna [April '09]
*Raleigh Mall, Beckley [April '09]
WISCONSIN:
*Valley Fair Center, Appleton [Nov. '06]
*Capitol Court Center, Milwaukee [Sept. '07]
*Mayfair Center, Wauwatosa [Aug. '07]
WYOMING:
*White Mountain Mall, Rock Springs [March '07]
Shopping Mall Milestones In The USA:
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Although the info on this blog is as accurate as I have been able to
make it, there are instances of conflicting or insufficient information,
or oversights on my part
*
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please feel free to post and let me know. I will make any changes
necessary. Moreover, I will be more than glad to list you as a
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The original layout of HONEY CREEK SQUARE, following the
August 1970 dedication of its Terra Haute-based Roots anchor
store. The fully-enclosed complex housed 384,400 leasable
square feet.
August 1973 and the center's first expansion comes inline. This
consisted of a 70,380 square foot Meis and nine stores and services.
Now, both of Terre Haute's hometown department stores had
shopping mall branch locations.
1981 and the mall's 200,000 square foot expansion is opened. This
included a 140,300 square foot Penney's and approximately eleven
inline stores. The mall now housed 680,000 leasable square feet.
A name change from HONEY CREEK SQUARE to HONEY CREEK MALL
was implemented as part of the complex's 1992 renovation.
Photo from http://www.waymarking.com/
The east-facing facade and Main Entrance, seen here, were given
remodelings during the 1992 and 2007 mall makeovers.
Photo from Wikipedia / "Bedford"
A present day plan of HONEY CREEK MALL. Over the years, two
of its anchors have been rebranded and a food court was fashioned
from vacated store space. The center enjoys its position as the only
major shopping center in the region. This insulates it from the"mall-
o-caust" that has decimated so many of its mid-century counterparts
across the nation.
HONEY CREEK SQUARE
South Honey Creek Drive and West Honey Creek Parkway
Terre Haute, Indiana
Tera Haute's first -and only- major shopping mall was designed by the firm of Ewing Miller and Associates and developed by Evansville's Guthrie May.
Originally known as HONEY CREEK SQUARE, the single-level complex was centered on a 52 acre site, 2.2 miles south of the urban core. At the time, the mall was within the confines of Vigo County's Honey Creek Township.
Encompassing approximately 384,400 leasable square feet, the shopping center's stores opened for business between 1968 and 1970. The original anchors were a 1-level (108,600 square foot) Sears and 1-level (177,000 square foot), Terre Haute-based Roots.
Charter stores at HONEY CREEK SQUARE included Hillman Jewelers, Hooks Drugs, The Gap, Spencer Gifts and Waldenbooks.
A 1-level (70,300 square foot), Terre Haute-based Meis was added to the complex, as a third anchor, in August 1973. It was joined by a 1-level (140,300 square foot) J.C. Penney in 1981.
Inline store space built along with these two expansions increased the GLA of the complex to 680,800 square feet. The center, and its acreage, were annexed into the City of Terre Haute in 1983.
Department store rebrandings commenced in 1989, when Dayton-based Elder-Beerman moved into the Meis space. In 1998, Fairfield, Ohio-based Mercantile Stores, which owned the two Roots locations, was acquired by Dillard's.
Little Rock's retailer sold the Roots division to May Company / Famous-Barr, with Roots stores eventually being rebranded by Indianapolis-based L.S. Ayres. The HONEY CREEK location was "Macy-ated" September 9, 2006.
The first major renovation, completed in 1992, had added the 9-bay Food Courtyard in previously-existing space. Moreover, the eastern-facing front of the mall was given a facelift, with exterior-entranced storefronts. A new name was also bestowed on the shopping center; HONEY CREEK MALL.
Chattanooga-based CBL and Associates purchased the property in April 2004. Three year later, they completed a remodeling, comprised of new flooring, lighting, restrooms and entryways. The renewed retail complex was dedicated November 9, 2007.
Sources:
"Honey Creek Mall" article on Wikipedia
Vigo County, Indiana property tax assessor website
www.honeycreekmall.com
www.tribstar.com
South Honey Creek Drive and West Honey Creek Parkway
Terre Haute, Indiana
Tera Haute's first -and only- major shopping mall was designed by the firm of Ewing Miller and Associates and developed by Evansville's Guthrie May.
Originally known as HONEY CREEK SQUARE, the single-level complex was centered on a 52 acre site, 2.2 miles south of the urban core. At the time, the mall was within the confines of Vigo County's Honey Creek Township.
Encompassing approximately 384,400 leasable square feet, the shopping center's stores opened for business between 1968 and 1970. The original anchors were a 1-level (108,600 square foot) Sears and 1-level (177,000 square foot), Terre Haute-based Roots.
Charter stores at HONEY CREEK SQUARE included Hillman Jewelers, Hooks Drugs, The Gap, Spencer Gifts and Waldenbooks.
A 1-level (70,300 square foot), Terre Haute-based Meis was added to the complex, as a third anchor, in August 1973. It was joined by a 1-level (140,300 square foot) J.C. Penney in 1981.
Inline store space built along with these two expansions increased the GLA of the complex to 680,800 square feet. The center, and its acreage, were annexed into the City of Terre Haute in 1983.
Department store rebrandings commenced in 1989, when Dayton-based Elder-Beerman moved into the Meis space. In 1998, Fairfield, Ohio-based Mercantile Stores, which owned the two Roots locations, was acquired by Dillard's.
Little Rock's retailer sold the Roots division to May Company / Famous-Barr, with Roots stores eventually being rebranded by Indianapolis-based L.S. Ayres. The HONEY CREEK location was "Macy-ated" September 9, 2006.
The first major renovation, completed in 1992, had added the 9-bay Food Courtyard in previously-existing space. Moreover, the eastern-facing front of the mall was given a facelift, with exterior-entranced storefronts. A new name was also bestowed on the shopping center; HONEY CREEK MALL.
Chattanooga-based CBL and Associates purchased the property in April 2004. Three year later, they completed a remodeling, comprised of new flooring, lighting, restrooms and entryways. The renewed retail complex was dedicated November 9, 2007.
Sources:
"Honey Creek Mall" article on Wikipedia
Vigo County, Indiana property tax assessor website
www.honeycreekmall.com
www.tribstar.com
The original footprint of WOODMAR.
The concave complex and its pentagonal
Carson's anchor store were dedicated
in 1954 and '55. At the time, the retail
hub encompassed 200,000 leasable
square feet.
Click on image for a larger view.
WOODMAR CENTER TENANTS 1955:
CARSON PIRIE SCOTT / J.J. NEWBERRY / NATIONAL FOODS / Walgreen Drug / Woodmar Grill / Kinney Shoes / Andes Candies / Mailing's Shoes / Maternity Modes / Ritz Millinery / Chapman Laundry and Dry Cleaners / Benson-Rixon Men's Wear / Einhorn's Women's / Hansel and Gretel Shop / Hoosier State Bank / Lerner Shops / Miles Paint and Wallpaper / O'Connor and Goldberg Shoes / Powell Bakery / Rothchild Women's / The Cotton Shop / Watland's Camera
CARSON PIRIE SCOTT / J.J. NEWBERRY / NATIONAL FOODS / Walgreen Drug / Woodmar Grill / Kinney Shoes / Andes Candies / Mailing's Shoes / Maternity Modes / Ritz Millinery / Chapman Laundry and Dry Cleaners / Benson-Rixon Men's Wear / Einhorn's Women's / Hansel and Gretel Shop / Hoosier State Bank / Lerner Shops / Miles Paint and Wallpaper / O'Connor and Goldberg Shoes / Powell Bakery / Rothchild Women's / The Cotton Shop / Watland's Camera
1966 and WOODMAR CENTER evolves
into WOODMAR MALL. The open-air,
mid-50s complex is sealed-in with steel
and glass mallways and Carson's is
extended, with a mall-accessed addition.
The shopping venue now houses 245,000
leasable square feet.
Click on image for a larger view.
What proved to be the final footprint of
WOODMAR; a depiction dating to 1985.
The mall had seen its second physical
expansion, when a small 30,000 square
foot addition was built on the southeast
corner. Three years later, this area
became part of the Woodmar Cafe Food
Court.
Click on the image for a larger view.
An exterior view of the south end of WOODMAR MALL.
Photo from www.praediumdevelopment.com
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The mall proper and its 3-level Carson Pirie Scott. The store was
given a facelift renovation in 1996, which now seems rather odd,
being how the store was plotted for demolition not more than
10 years later.
Photo from www.praediumdevelopment.com
The Carson's Court, in Hammond, Indiana's mall-no-more.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Prangeway"
The main retail corridor, showing the somewhat makeshift mallway that
was tacked-on to the open strip center in 1966.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Prangeway"
A view taken at the entrance into the Court of Turtles...looking toward
the Cafe Woodmar Food Court and south mall entrance.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Prangeway"
A tentative site plan for a redeveloped
WOODMAR.
Drawing from www.praediumdevelopment.com
A rendering of the new shopping center-to-be...or is it? A change in
ownership of the Chicago-based Carson's chain has resulted in the
delay of construction on the 100,000 square foot store, seen at the
left of this drawing, and its associated WOODMAR shopping center.
Photo from www.praediumdevelopment.com
WOODMAR CENTER
Indianapolis Boulevard and East 165th Street
Hammond, Indiana
One of the earliest regional shopping centers in Chicago's Indiana suburbs was developed by Herbert Heyman and Howard Landau, who were based in the Windy City.
WOODMAR CENTER, situated on 19.7 acres, 1 mile south of downtown Hammond, was anchored by a 2-level (65,000 square foot), Chicago-based Carson Pirie Scott. The store, which was the chain's third branch location, opened November 1, 1954.
Eight stores in the adjacent, single-level strip center were dedicated May 19, 1955, with the full complement of twenty-two stores and services in operation by the end of the year. The 3 million dollar complex encompassed 200,000 leasable square feet.
Charter tenants included Kinney Shoes, Lerner Shops, Maternity Modes and Benson-Rixon Men's Wear. There were also a National Foods supermarket and J.J. Newberry 5 and 10.
The center's first commercial competion came along eleven years later. DIXIE SQUARE MALL [January 2008 archive] held its grand opening in August 1966. This fully-enclosed shopping venue was situated 9.6 miles northwest, in Harvey, Illinois. RIVER OAKS CENTER, an open-air complex located 3.6 miles west, in Calumet City, Illinois, was dedicated in October 1966.
As a keeping up measure, WOODMAR CENTER had embarked on a renovation in late 1965. The open-canopied storefronts had glass-enclosed walkways installed and the Carson's store was expanded, to 110,000 square feet, with a connecting mall entrance and third level.
The newly-enclosed shopping center, now known as WOODMAR MALL, was dedicated in March 1966, with the remodeled Carson's being completed in June.
A subsequent renovation, in 1975, turned the recently-vacated Newberry's (on the north end of the structure) into a 12-store, mini-mall...the Court of Lions.
Three years later, the old supermarket spot (on the mall's south end) was remade into an 8-store "mall within a mall"...the Court of Turtles. New stores included So Fro Fabrics and Foxmoor Casuals.
A prospective expansion of the WOODMAR property, into a 3-anchor, 750,000 square foot retail hub, was abandoned due to the sour, late '70s economy.
A smaller enlargement, built onto the southeast corner in 1982, added five inline stores. This area, and the lunch counter portion of Walgreen Drug, became the 6-bay Woodmar Cafe Food Court in 1985. WOODMAR MALL now encompassed 275,000 leasable square feet and fifty-two stores and services.
The location of the mall, in a largely industrial area, contributed to its decline, along with the closing of several steel plants in the vacinity, which took its toll on the local economy. A new Wal-Mart and supermarket, built on adjoining property to the west of WOODMAR, was the final nail in its coffin.
By the early 1990s, the mall was housing too many vacant spaces. By the end of the decade, its owner, the Woodmar Liability Corporation, was bankrupt. The center was acquired by a Denver-based insurance company, but continued its decline.
A group of California-based investors bought the past its prime property in February 2003, with a redevelopment announced in May. Unfortunately, the project never got off the ground.
The twelve remaining tenants complained about the center's leaking roofs, overflowing sewers and pot-holed parking lot. The mall's management was around only when rents were due.
Northbrook, Illinois-based Praedium Development came on the scene in 2005, with a plan to demolish all of the shopping center, save for Carson's.
The plan was to build a new 127,000 square foot strip center, and 2-level (100,000 square foot) Carson's, and then raze the original Carson's and pave its area as a parking lot. Demolition of the mall structure got underway in February 2006.
A snag was encountered when Saks Incorporated sold the Carson's chain to York, Pennsylvania-based Bon Ton Stores in March 2006. At present, it is unclear whether or not Bon Ton will go ahead with plans for the new Carson's location at a reconfigured WOODMAR. This has apparently delayed construction of the new shopping complex
Sources:
http://www.geocities.com/Jaloweplays/woodmar.html / John Arthur Lowe
www.hammonindiana.com
www.labelscar.com
www.praediumdevelopment.com
Indianapolis Boulevard and East 165th Street
Hammond, Indiana
One of the earliest regional shopping centers in Chicago's Indiana suburbs was developed by Herbert Heyman and Howard Landau, who were based in the Windy City.
WOODMAR CENTER, situated on 19.7 acres, 1 mile south of downtown Hammond, was anchored by a 2-level (65,000 square foot), Chicago-based Carson Pirie Scott. The store, which was the chain's third branch location, opened November 1, 1954.
Eight stores in the adjacent, single-level strip center were dedicated May 19, 1955, with the full complement of twenty-two stores and services in operation by the end of the year. The 3 million dollar complex encompassed 200,000 leasable square feet.
Charter tenants included Kinney Shoes, Lerner Shops, Maternity Modes and Benson-Rixon Men's Wear. There were also a National Foods supermarket and J.J. Newberry 5 and 10.
The center's first commercial competion came along eleven years later. DIXIE SQUARE MALL [January 2008 archive] held its grand opening in August 1966. This fully-enclosed shopping venue was situated 9.6 miles northwest, in Harvey, Illinois. RIVER OAKS CENTER, an open-air complex located 3.6 miles west, in Calumet City, Illinois, was dedicated in October 1966.
As a keeping up measure, WOODMAR CENTER had embarked on a renovation in late 1965. The open-canopied storefronts had glass-enclosed walkways installed and the Carson's store was expanded, to 110,000 square feet, with a connecting mall entrance and third level.
The newly-enclosed shopping center, now known as WOODMAR MALL, was dedicated in March 1966, with the remodeled Carson's being completed in June.
A subsequent renovation, in 1975, turned the recently-vacated Newberry's (on the north end of the structure) into a 12-store, mini-mall...the Court of Lions.
Three years later, the old supermarket spot (on the mall's south end) was remade into an 8-store "mall within a mall"...the Court of Turtles. New stores included So Fro Fabrics and Foxmoor Casuals.
A prospective expansion of the WOODMAR property, into a 3-anchor, 750,000 square foot retail hub, was abandoned due to the sour, late '70s economy.
A smaller enlargement, built onto the southeast corner in 1982, added five inline stores. This area, and the lunch counter portion of Walgreen Drug, became the 6-bay Woodmar Cafe Food Court in 1985. WOODMAR MALL now encompassed 275,000 leasable square feet and fifty-two stores and services.
The location of the mall, in a largely industrial area, contributed to its decline, along with the closing of several steel plants in the vacinity, which took its toll on the local economy. A new Wal-Mart and supermarket, built on adjoining property to the west of WOODMAR, was the final nail in its coffin.
By the early 1990s, the mall was housing too many vacant spaces. By the end of the decade, its owner, the Woodmar Liability Corporation, was bankrupt. The center was acquired by a Denver-based insurance company, but continued its decline.
A group of California-based investors bought the past its prime property in February 2003, with a redevelopment announced in May. Unfortunately, the project never got off the ground.
The twelve remaining tenants complained about the center's leaking roofs, overflowing sewers and pot-holed parking lot. The mall's management was around only when rents were due.
Northbrook, Illinois-based Praedium Development came on the scene in 2005, with a plan to demolish all of the shopping center, save for Carson's.
The plan was to build a new 127,000 square foot strip center, and 2-level (100,000 square foot) Carson's, and then raze the original Carson's and pave its area as a parking lot. Demolition of the mall structure got underway in February 2006.
A snag was encountered when Saks Incorporated sold the Carson's chain to York, Pennsylvania-based Bon Ton Stores in March 2006. At present, it is unclear whether or not Bon Ton will go ahead with plans for the new Carson's location at a reconfigured WOODMAR. This has apparently delayed construction of the new shopping complex
Sources:
http://www.geocities.com/Jaloweplays/woodmar.html / John Arthur Lowe
www.hammonindiana.com
www.labelscar.com
www.praediumdevelopment.com
The Hoosier State's first enclosed shopping mall was built
in the southeastern environs of Evansville and opened
during 1963 and '64. The single-level center encompassed
approximately 285,000 leasable square feet. Apparently, its
Sears had moved from a center city location, which had
opened -as the chain's very first freestanding store- in
October 1925.
1969 and WASHINGTON SQUARE is enlarged into a
443,500 square foot shopopolis. Sears was joined by a
second anchor, Lousiville-based Stewart's, and A & P was
shuttered and refitted as additional inline store spaces.
The complex was to enjoy its status as the only mall within
miles for thirteen more years.
A new mall on the block, so to say, opened in 1982. As a "keeping
up with the Jones" (or in this case, the EASTLAND's) measure,
WASHINGTON SQUARE was given a comprehensive remodeling.
Sears was enlarged, a food court installed in previously-existing
space and the mall proper given an interior and exterior facelift.
The identity of a third anchor store, built on the east side of the
structure, is elusive. Would anyone out there care to recall what it
was?
WASHINGTON SQUARE MALL
South Green River Road and Washington Avenue
Evansville, Indiana
The first shopping mall in "Eville" was also the Hoosier State's first enclosed shopping center. WASHINGTON SQUARE MALL, developed by Erie Investments, was built on 32.5 acres, located 4.2 miles southeast of Evansville's center city.
Comprised of a single retail level, the 285,000 square foot mall opened for business during 1963 and '64. It was anchored by a 2-level (174,800 square foot) Sears and an A and P supermarket.
Charter tenants included Levinson's Men's Wear, Woolsey's Toys, Kinney Shoes, Schlutz's, Schmitt Photo and Lib's Candies.
Its first expansion, which came inline in 1969, saw the A & P structure sectioned into smaller store spaces. A 23,000 square foot store block was added to the mall's southeast corner and a 2-level (134,900 square foot), Louisville-based Stewart Dry Goods was built on the south end of the complex.
WASHINGTON SQUARE now encompassed 443,500 leasable square feet. A cinematic venue, the Washington Square II twin, opened inside the mall in 1975.
The Stewart's store, a division of New York City-based Associated Dry Goods, was merged with (and rebranded by) Indianapolis-based L.S. Ayres in 1980.
Commercial competition, shopping mall-wise, came along in 1982. EASTLAND MALL, developed by Des Moines-based General Growth Properties, was located 1.3 miles northwest of WASHINGTON SQUARE. The newer center siphoned-off a great deal of trade from its older counterpart.
As a countermeasure, WASHINGTON SQUARE was given a 30 million dollar renovation in 1986 and '87. Sears was enlarged into a 195,000 square foot operation and a third anchor store (encompassing 50,000 square feet) was built onto the mall's east side.
Moreover, the existing complex was given an interior and exterior facelift...which included the installation of a Teflon tent-covered food court. The mall now housed 513,700 leasable square feet. Its renewal was successful for a time, but eventually EASTLAND MALL prevailed.
WASHINGTON SQUARE went through a succession of owners during the 1980's and '90s. In the spring of 1991, mall management shot themselves in the foot, so to say, by instituting a 10 dollar "mall walkers registration fee". After receiving national media attention -all negative- the fee was dropped in August.
This was followed by the shuttering of L.S. Ayres, on January 19, 1992. Dayton-based Elder-Beerman was recruited to lease the vacant store space; opening for business October 16, 1993.
Elder-Beerman pulled out of the mall in December 2000. Filling the vacancy proved challenging. Evansville's Eugene Hahn and Paul Kite acquired the shopping center in March 2002.
They took it upon themselves to retenant the empty anchor spot and opened a Values Unlimited discount outlet, in a portion of the store, in October 2004. The endeavor was unsuccessful and the space was vacated again in March 2007.
There was talk of the local Bethel Temple Church leasing the empty anchor in April 2009. So far, this hasn't taken place.
Since the turn of the century, tenants in the shopping venue have come and gone. A shift toward medical-oriented leasings, in 2004, filled some of the mall's vacancies. Moreover, the local Civic Theatre's Underground at the Annex live performance venue is bringing business into the shopping complex.
Sources:
"Washington Square" article on Wikipedia
http://movie-theatre.org
www.civic.evansville.net
Vandergurgh County, Indiana property tax assessor website
South Green River Road and Washington Avenue
Evansville, Indiana
The first shopping mall in "Eville" was also the Hoosier State's first enclosed shopping center. WASHINGTON SQUARE MALL, developed by Erie Investments, was built on 32.5 acres, located 4.2 miles southeast of Evansville's center city.
Comprised of a single retail level, the 285,000 square foot mall opened for business during 1963 and '64. It was anchored by a 2-level (174,800 square foot) Sears and an A and P supermarket.
Charter tenants included Levinson's Men's Wear, Woolsey's Toys, Kinney Shoes, Schlutz's, Schmitt Photo and Lib's Candies.
Its first expansion, which came inline in 1969, saw the A & P structure sectioned into smaller store spaces. A 23,000 square foot store block was added to the mall's southeast corner and a 2-level (134,900 square foot), Louisville-based Stewart Dry Goods was built on the south end of the complex.
WASHINGTON SQUARE now encompassed 443,500 leasable square feet. A cinematic venue, the Washington Square II twin, opened inside the mall in 1975.
The Stewart's store, a division of New York City-based Associated Dry Goods, was merged with (and rebranded by) Indianapolis-based L.S. Ayres in 1980.
Commercial competition, shopping mall-wise, came along in 1982. EASTLAND MALL, developed by Des Moines-based General Growth Properties, was located 1.3 miles northwest of WASHINGTON SQUARE. The newer center siphoned-off a great deal of trade from its older counterpart.
As a countermeasure, WASHINGTON SQUARE was given a 30 million dollar renovation in 1986 and '87. Sears was enlarged into a 195,000 square foot operation and a third anchor store (encompassing 50,000 square feet) was built onto the mall's east side.
Moreover, the existing complex was given an interior and exterior facelift...which included the installation of a Teflon tent-covered food court. The mall now housed 513,700 leasable square feet. Its renewal was successful for a time, but eventually EASTLAND MALL prevailed.
WASHINGTON SQUARE went through a succession of owners during the 1980's and '90s. In the spring of 1991, mall management shot themselves in the foot, so to say, by instituting a 10 dollar "mall walkers registration fee". After receiving national media attention -all negative- the fee was dropped in August.
This was followed by the shuttering of L.S. Ayres, on January 19, 1992. Dayton-based Elder-Beerman was recruited to lease the vacant store space; opening for business October 16, 1993.
Elder-Beerman pulled out of the mall in December 2000. Filling the vacancy proved challenging. Evansville's Eugene Hahn and Paul Kite acquired the shopping center in March 2002.
They took it upon themselves to retenant the empty anchor spot and opened a Values Unlimited discount outlet, in a portion of the store, in October 2004. The endeavor was unsuccessful and the space was vacated again in March 2007.
There was talk of the local Bethel Temple Church leasing the empty anchor in April 2009. So far, this hasn't taken place.
Since the turn of the century, tenants in the shopping venue have come and gone. A shift toward medical-oriented leasings, in 2004, filled some of the mall's vacancies. Moreover, the local Civic Theatre's Underground at the Annex live performance venue is bringing business into the shopping complex.
Sources:
"Washington Square" article on Wikipedia
http://movie-theatre.org
www.civic.evansville.net
Vandergurgh County, Indiana property tax assessor website
A 1969 physical layout of the first enterior mall in Greater Indianapolis.
At the time, the mall extended for 934,300 leasable square feet and
housed somewhere around eight-four stores and services. One of these
was a mall-connected Kroger. This was to be one of the last American
"shopping mall" supermarkets.
A vintage view of Center Court at LAFAYETTE SQUARE, peering
northwest, into the Sears Wing. Looking back on the late '60s, when
this shot was taken, it seems that nearly everything -interior decor,
outfits worn by Doris Day on her TV series or graphic design elements-
was done in shades of orange and hues of deep brown..."earth tones"
as we referred to it. This is readily apparent in this photograph.
Photo from Malls of America Blogspot
1975 and LAFAYETTE SQUARE grows into a million+ square foot
operation. Two anchor stores, Columbus-based Lazarus and Indy-
based L.S. Ayres, are added and a second cinema complex is built as a
southeastern outparcel.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE TENANTS 1985:
WILLIAM H. BLOCK COMPANY (with outparcel Auto Center) / SEARS (with outparcel Auto Center) / J.C. PENNEY / F. and R. LAZARUS / L.S. AYRES / AFNB / Athlete's Foot Shoes / Athletic Department / Bacharach Men's Wear / Baker's Shoes / Baldwin Music / Bermans Leather / Bresler's 33 Flavors Ice Cream / Brockman Hallmark / Brooks / Buster Brown Shoes / Butler Shoes / Camelot Music / Card America / Card Cage / Carousel Snack Bar / Casual Corner / Charlie's Restaurant / Chess King / Cinema Theatre I and II / Claire's Boutique / Cookie Factory / Crawford's Bakery / DaVinci Jewelers / Deck The Walls / Docktor's Pets / Edrich Men's Wear / Fannie Mae Candies / Feminine Accents / Flagg Brothers Shoes / Florsheim Shoes / Fun-N-Games / Gallenkamp Shoes / The Gap / Gemstone Jewelry / GNC / Goodman Jewelers / Goodyear Tire and Auto / Hair Event / Hanover Shoes / Harry Levinson / Hickory Farms of Ohio / His Place / Hot Sam Pretzels / Hot Shots Photo / J. Riggings Men's Wear / Jean Nicole / Joan Barri Bags / JoAnn Fabrics - Singer Sewing Center / Kay Jewelers / Kimmel Shoe Repair / Kinney Shoes / Lafayette Square Cinemas III, IV and V (outparcel) / Lerner Shops / The Limited / Limited Express / Lowrey Organ / Luca Pizza / Marroti Shoes / MCL Cafeteria / Merry Go Round / Merle Norman Cosmetics / Morrow's Nuts / Mother To Be / National Health and Nutrition / National Record Mart / National Uniform / Naturalizer Shoes / Osterman Jewelers / Orange Julius / Parklane Hosiery / Paul Harris / Piercing Pagoda / The Pine Factory / Radio Shack / Rave / Red Cross Shoes / Rost Jewelers / Silver and Gold Trading Company / Spencer Gifts / Stuart's Women's / Super X Drug / Sycamore Shop / Tammey Jewelers / Tes Optical / Things Remembered / Thom McAn Shoes / The Tinder Box / Top Hat / Vitamin World / Waldenbooks / Wendy's / York Steak House / Your Father's Moustache / Youthland / Zales Jewelers
A late '80s plan of the mall. By this time, Lazarus had moved from the
northeast corner to a spot on Center Court, formerly inhabited by
Indy's William H. Block. The original Lazarus space was retenanted by
Ward's soon after. This store lasted until 1998.
WILLIAM H. BLOCK COMPANY (with outparcel Auto Center) / SEARS (with outparcel Auto Center) / J.C. PENNEY / F. and R. LAZARUS / L.S. AYRES / AFNB / Athlete's Foot Shoes / Athletic Department / Bacharach Men's Wear / Baker's Shoes / Baldwin Music / Bermans Leather / Bresler's 33 Flavors Ice Cream / Brockman Hallmark / Brooks / Buster Brown Shoes / Butler Shoes / Camelot Music / Card America / Card Cage / Carousel Snack Bar / Casual Corner / Charlie's Restaurant / Chess King / Cinema Theatre I and II / Claire's Boutique / Cookie Factory / Crawford's Bakery / DaVinci Jewelers / Deck The Walls / Docktor's Pets / Edrich Men's Wear / Fannie Mae Candies / Feminine Accents / Flagg Brothers Shoes / Florsheim Shoes / Fun-N-Games / Gallenkamp Shoes / The Gap / Gemstone Jewelry / GNC / Goodman Jewelers / Goodyear Tire and Auto / Hair Event / Hanover Shoes / Harry Levinson / Hickory Farms of Ohio / His Place / Hot Sam Pretzels / Hot Shots Photo / J. Riggings Men's Wear / Jean Nicole / Joan Barri Bags / JoAnn Fabrics - Singer Sewing Center / Kay Jewelers / Kimmel Shoe Repair / Kinney Shoes / Lafayette Square Cinemas III, IV and V (outparcel) / Lerner Shops / The Limited / Limited Express / Lowrey Organ / Luca Pizza / Marroti Shoes / MCL Cafeteria / Merry Go Round / Merle Norman Cosmetics / Morrow's Nuts / Mother To Be / National Health and Nutrition / National Record Mart / National Uniform / Naturalizer Shoes / Osterman Jewelers / Orange Julius / Parklane Hosiery / Paul Harris / Piercing Pagoda / The Pine Factory / Radio Shack / Rave / Red Cross Shoes / Rost Jewelers / Silver and Gold Trading Company / Spencer Gifts / Stuart's Women's / Super X Drug / Sycamore Shop / Tammey Jewelers / Tes Optical / Things Remembered / Thom McAn Shoes / The Tinder Box / Top Hat / Vitamin World / Waldenbooks / Wendy's / York Steak House / Your Father's Moustache / Youthland / Zales Jewelers
A late '80s plan of the mall. By this time, Lazarus had moved from the
northeast corner to a spot on Center Court, formerly inhabited by
Indy's William H. Block. The original Lazarus space was retenanted by
Ward's soon after. This store lasted until 1998.
A much more current view of Center Court.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Prangeway"
The racetrack-themed Food Court and Burlington Coat Factory; a 1999
rebranding of Montgomery Ward that rebranded the circa-1974 Lazarus.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Prangeway"
The Sears mall entrance. This store, a circa-'69 charter anchor, was
shuttered in January 2009.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Prangeway"
Photo from www.specialtyretail.com
One comes, one goes...recent anchor store revisions at LAFAYETTE
SQUARE. The Xscape, in the first photo, filled the Lazarus space
vacated in 2003, which housed a church for some years. The shot
directly above shows the Macy's that took over the Ayres that was
added to the mall in 1975.
Photo from www.shoplafayettemall.com
Today's LAFAYETTE SQUARE. Indy's original interior mall perseveres,
although it is no longer the destination center of days gone by. Two new
anchors came inline, in late 2008, to fill vacancies made by Penney's and
Lazarus. However, Macy's (C) and Sears (A) pulled out early in the next
year, leaving vacancies still unfilled. The old Murphy's spot (B) was a
Waccamaw Pottery between the mid-1990s and 2001. Steve and Barry's
operated a store there between 2006 and 2008. This area is presently
vacant, as well.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE
Lafayette Road and West 38th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana
The first interior mall in Indianapolis was developed by the Youngstown, Ohio-based Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation. The single-level complex was centered on a 113 acre site, situated 4.8 miles northwest of downtown "Indy". The mall proper opened for business in August 1968, with some anchors and stores coming inline in 1969.
Originally encompassing 934,300 leasable square feet and approximately eighty-four stores and services, LAFAYETTE SQUARE was anchored by a 2-level (150,000 square foot), Indianapolis-based William H. Block, 2-level (230,000 square feet) Sears and 2-level (100,000 square foot) J.C. Penney.
Its junior anchors were a Kroger supermarket, G.C. Murphy 5 and 10 and single-screen, mallway-accessed cinema (eventually twinned). Charter tenants included Camelot Music, Spencer Gifts, Claire's Boutique, Goodyear Tire and Auto and Super X Drug.
The mall was expanded during 1974 and '75. A 2-level (134,000 square foot), Columbus-based Lazarus was built on the northeast corner. This addition featured a court area with eight inline stores, including J. Riggings, Osterman Jewelers, Charlie's Restaurant and Radio Shack.
Kroger, on the mall's southeast corner, was razed and replaced by a 2-level (160,000 square foot), Indianapolis-based L.S. Ayres. Moreover, a tri-screen, outparcel cinema was constructed at the southeast corner of the mall site. This was accessed by a bridge spanning a creek and connecting with the cinema and its parking area.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE now housed 1,214,300 leasable square feet and one hundred and four stores and services.
Retail rivals were aplenty in Indianapolis. GLENDALE CENTER, 6.5 miles northeast, opened in 1958. GREENWOOD CENTER, 4.4 miles southeast, was completed in 1966. CASTLETON SQUARE, 10.2 miles northeast, began business in 1972. WASHINGTON SQUARE, 13.4 miles southeast, came along in 1974 and FASHION MALL AT KEYSTONE, 8.8 miles northeast, in 1978.
Anchor store alterations commenced in 1987, with the conversion of Block's to a new Lazarus location. The first (opened in 1974) was shuttered and retenanted by Montgomery Ward. This store lasted until 1998. Burlington Coat Factory moved in in May 1999.
By this time, LAFAYETTE SQUARE had started to decline. Its first tier tenants were gradually replaced by more and more local, mom and pop-type stores and discount outlets. The shopping venue, rather infamous for car jackings, shootings and muggings, became known as "Lafayette Scare" for a time.
Moreover, commercial competition was provided by new shopping complexes in the metropolis. These included CIRCLE CENTER, one of the few successful center city redevelopment malls in America(dedicated in 1995); PLAINFIELD COMMONS SQUARE, a lifestyle venue 10 miles southwest, in Plainfield, Indiana (completed in 1995) and CLAY TERRACE SQUARE, a power center 13.2 miles northeast, in Carmel, Indiana (opened in 2004).
The G.C. Murphy space, vacated in 1993, operated as a Myrtle Beach-based Waccamaw Pottery until shutting down in June 2001. Port Washington, New York-based Steve and Barry's University Sportswear leased the building between 2006 and 2008.
Lazarus locked its doors for good in April 2003. Its first level was utilized as the New Life Worship Center, a 2,500 seat sanctuary. The church eventually relocated. Its spot was retenanted by the first prototype Xscape location, in December 2008. As a matter of note, Xscape is an indoor amusement park, which includes tiny tot rides, a go kart track, mini bowling and a 4-D motion-ride experience.
J.C. Penney pulled out of the mall in December 2003. The building sat vacant until a New York City-based Shoppers World discount outlet opened, in November 2008.
The good news of two new anchor space leasings was dimmed by announcements of two that would soon be shuttered. L.S. Ayres, "Macy-ated" in September 2006, closed in January 2009. Sears, a 1969 charter tenant, moved out in the same month. These stores remain vacant to this day.
Indianapolis' Simon Property Group acquired LAFAYETTE SQUARE with their 1996 buyout of DeBartolo. In December 2007, they sold the mall to the New York City-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation.
Sources:
"Lafayette Square" article on Wikipedia
www.deadmalls.com / Comment post by "Cory"
www.specialtyretail.com
www.acrealty.com
Lafayette Road and West 38th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana
The first interior mall in Indianapolis was developed by the Youngstown, Ohio-based Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation. The single-level complex was centered on a 113 acre site, situated 4.8 miles northwest of downtown "Indy". The mall proper opened for business in August 1968, with some anchors and stores coming inline in 1969.
Originally encompassing 934,300 leasable square feet and approximately eighty-four stores and services, LAFAYETTE SQUARE was anchored by a 2-level (150,000 square foot), Indianapolis-based William H. Block, 2-level (230,000 square feet) Sears and 2-level (100,000 square foot) J.C. Penney.
Its junior anchors were a Kroger supermarket, G.C. Murphy 5 and 10 and single-screen, mallway-accessed cinema (eventually twinned). Charter tenants included Camelot Music, Spencer Gifts, Claire's Boutique, Goodyear Tire and Auto and Super X Drug.
The mall was expanded during 1974 and '75. A 2-level (134,000 square foot), Columbus-based Lazarus was built on the northeast corner. This addition featured a court area with eight inline stores, including J. Riggings, Osterman Jewelers, Charlie's Restaurant and Radio Shack.
Kroger, on the mall's southeast corner, was razed and replaced by a 2-level (160,000 square foot), Indianapolis-based L.S. Ayres. Moreover, a tri-screen, outparcel cinema was constructed at the southeast corner of the mall site. This was accessed by a bridge spanning a creek and connecting with the cinema and its parking area.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE now housed 1,214,300 leasable square feet and one hundred and four stores and services.
Retail rivals were aplenty in Indianapolis. GLENDALE CENTER, 6.5 miles northeast, opened in 1958. GREENWOOD CENTER, 4.4 miles southeast, was completed in 1966. CASTLETON SQUARE, 10.2 miles northeast, began business in 1972. WASHINGTON SQUARE, 13.4 miles southeast, came along in 1974 and FASHION MALL AT KEYSTONE, 8.8 miles northeast, in 1978.
Anchor store alterations commenced in 1987, with the conversion of Block's to a new Lazarus location. The first (opened in 1974) was shuttered and retenanted by Montgomery Ward. This store lasted until 1998. Burlington Coat Factory moved in in May 1999.
By this time, LAFAYETTE SQUARE had started to decline. Its first tier tenants were gradually replaced by more and more local, mom and pop-type stores and discount outlets. The shopping venue, rather infamous for car jackings, shootings and muggings, became known as "Lafayette Scare" for a time.
Moreover, commercial competition was provided by new shopping complexes in the metropolis. These included CIRCLE CENTER, one of the few successful center city redevelopment malls in America(dedicated in 1995); PLAINFIELD COMMONS SQUARE, a lifestyle venue 10 miles southwest, in Plainfield, Indiana (completed in 1995) and CLAY TERRACE SQUARE, a power center 13.2 miles northeast, in Carmel, Indiana (opened in 2004).
The G.C. Murphy space, vacated in 1993, operated as a Myrtle Beach-based Waccamaw Pottery until shutting down in June 2001. Port Washington, New York-based Steve and Barry's University Sportswear leased the building between 2006 and 2008.
Lazarus locked its doors for good in April 2003. Its first level was utilized as the New Life Worship Center, a 2,500 seat sanctuary. The church eventually relocated. Its spot was retenanted by the first prototype Xscape location, in December 2008. As a matter of note, Xscape is an indoor amusement park, which includes tiny tot rides, a go kart track, mini bowling and a 4-D motion-ride experience.
J.C. Penney pulled out of the mall in December 2003. The building sat vacant until a New York City-based Shoppers World discount outlet opened, in November 2008.
The good news of two new anchor space leasings was dimmed by announcements of two that would soon be shuttered. L.S. Ayres, "Macy-ated" in September 2006, closed in January 2009. Sears, a 1969 charter tenant, moved out in the same month. These stores remain vacant to this day.
Indianapolis' Simon Property Group acquired LAFAYETTE SQUARE with their 1996 buyout of DeBartolo. In December 2007, they sold the mall to the New York City-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation.
Sources:
"Lafayette Square" article on Wikipedia
www.deadmalls.com / Comment post by "Cory"
www.specialtyretail.com
www.acrealty.com
The original SOUTHTOWN footprint. The mall spanned around 567,000
leasable square feet, with three anchor stores, a 60,000 square foot
Murphy's 5 and dime and single-screen cinema.
Center Court, in the circa-'69 part of the mall.
Photo from www.deadmalls.com
This photo, taken shortly before the mall's 2004 wrecking ball reno-
vation, shows the pristine state of its late '60s, "Mid-Mod"decor. In
a way, it was fortunate that the mall fell upon hard times so early in
its history, else all of these design features would surely have been
smeared over with newer, gaudy-glitzy, 1980s and '90s touches. If
only the mall (and all of its historic architecture) could have been
left standing...
Photo from www.deadmalls.com
A more recent floor plan of SOUTHTOWN, which includes the South-
west Wing addition (indicated in gray). In retrospect, it appears that
it might have been better had this expansion never been built. Within
a few years of its dedication, the mall was in a downward spiral that it
never escaped from. A new Sears, added as a fourth anchor, could
have waited a while and simply moved into the "Monkey Wards",
vacated the year after the Southwest Wing -and new Sears- were
completed.
Photo from www.deadmalls.com
*
Two shots of the Southwest Wing, added to the mall in 1981 and '82. The
first shows the fountained court area which linked the new addition with
the original, circa-1969 structure. The photo directly above includes a
view of The Patio Food Court.
Photo from www.deadmalls.com
SOUTHTOWN MALL
Lafayette Road / US 27 and South Anthony Road
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Metropolitan Fort Wayne's first fully-enclosed shopping venue, GLENBROOK SQUARE, was completed in 1966. Indianapolis' Melvin Simon and Associates (today's Simon Property Group) developed the area's second shopping mall, which was built on an 86 acre site, 4.3 miles south of the center city and 6.7 miles south of GLENBROOK SQUARE.
SOUTHTOWN MALL was dedicated in July 1969. The single-level complex encompassed 567,000 leasable square feet and was anchored by a 1-level (100,000 square foot) Montgomery Ward and 1-level (114,000 square foot), Fort Wayne-based Wolf and Dessauer.
A 2-level (183,000 square foot) J.C. Penney was completed soon after the mall opened. The Wolf and Dessauer chain was acquired by Indianapolis-based L.S. Ayres in 1969. They rebranded the store within a few years of the buyout.
Inline stores in the original SOUTHTOWN included Lane Bryant, Waldenbooks, Kinney Shoes, Patterson-Fletcher, Richman Brothers and an MCL Cafeteria.
A 60,000 square foot G.C. Murphy operated in the center as a junior anchor. The mall also included the single-screen Southtown Cinema. The venue was twinned in 1972 and expanded into a triplex in 1982.
The enlargement of the cinema, into the Southtown I-II-III, coincided with a major addition to the mall. A southwest Wing was constructed, which was built through a vacated G.C. Murphy. It extended to a 1-level (95,700 square foot) Sears.
New inline stores included GNC, Casual Corner, Maurice's, Card Cage, Thom McAn Shoes, Malek's Ice Cream and Service Merchandise. In addition, there was The Patio Food Court. When the construction dust settled in late 1982, SOUTHTOWN MALL encompassed 858,100 leasable square feet.
Unfortunately, the addition couldn't have been built as a worse time. International Harvester, a major employer for the region, eliminated 10,000 jobs during 1982, leaving the south side of the city, and SOUTHTOWN MALL, in dire straights. The new Southwest Wing was never fully-leased.
The mall entered a downward spiral that it never recovered from. Montgomery Ward became the first anchor store to pull out, on April 15, 1983. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin-based Kohl's stepped in to fill 70,000 square feet of the empty store space. Spiece, an apparel retailer, leased the remaining 30,000 square feet.
Richman Brothers, Old Mill Pottery and Spiece were shuttered in 1992. After a three year vacancy, Kohl's opened a prototype Outlet Store in the old Spiece space. This operation was short-lived.
1997 was an especially brutal year for SOUTHTOWN. L.S. Ayres, who had planned on shuttering their store in 1992, decided to continue on until the lease expired. The store closed for good July 31, 1997. J.C. Penney had shut down June 28. Service Merchandise moved on at around the same time. MCL served its last meal in August.
On March 6, 1999, Kohl's locked its doors, reopening the following day in the newly-completed APPLE GLEN CROSSING lifestyle center, located 5.5 miles northwest of SOUTHTOWN. This left the meandering, 800,000 square foot mall with only Sears and a smattering of smaller retailers.
Simon, after considering various renovation scenarios, finally disposed of the moribund mall in July 1998; the buyer being the rather infamous absentee mall-lord, North Carolina's Heywood Whichard. Within two years, he was $222,000 in arears for property taxes.
The shopping complex was put on the auction block in March 1999; no one made a bid on the property. Its sale was confounded by revelations of asbestos in the older structures and eight underground storage tanks not in compliance with more recent federal standards.
It appeared that progress toward redevelopment was being made in June 2000, when two local land developers made an offer to buy the mall for its delinquent taxes. However, this effort was stymied by years of litigation between the de facto proprietor of the property and the City of Fort Wayne.
Meanwhile, Sears was shuttered January 26, 2002. The mall, itself, was shut down February 1, 2003. The city government condemned the property and took possession. The wrecking ball was brought in in August 2004, leaving only the old Penney's Auto Center standing.
The site was redeveloped with a 1-level (225,000 square foot) Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based Menard's Home Improvement Center and 1-level (217,000 square foot) Wal-Mart SuperCenter. Menard's held it's grand opening March 20, 2006, with Wal-Mart coming inline September 20.
A strip center structure, the SHOPPES AT SOUTHTOWN, was also built, which included T-Mobile, Great Clips and Star Financial Bank.
Sources:
www.deadmalls.com / Posts by Robert Gaul, Michael Woehnker and Ross
www.movie-theatre.org
www.cityoffortwayne.org
Lafayette Road / US 27 and South Anthony Road
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Metropolitan Fort Wayne's first fully-enclosed shopping venue, GLENBROOK SQUARE, was completed in 1966. Indianapolis' Melvin Simon and Associates (today's Simon Property Group) developed the area's second shopping mall, which was built on an 86 acre site, 4.3 miles south of the center city and 6.7 miles south of GLENBROOK SQUARE.
SOUTHTOWN MALL was dedicated in July 1969. The single-level complex encompassed 567,000 leasable square feet and was anchored by a 1-level (100,000 square foot) Montgomery Ward and 1-level (114,000 square foot), Fort Wayne-based Wolf and Dessauer.
A 2-level (183,000 square foot) J.C. Penney was completed soon after the mall opened. The Wolf and Dessauer chain was acquired by Indianapolis-based L.S. Ayres in 1969. They rebranded the store within a few years of the buyout.
Inline stores in the original SOUTHTOWN included Lane Bryant, Waldenbooks, Kinney Shoes, Patterson-Fletcher, Richman Brothers and an MCL Cafeteria.
A 60,000 square foot G.C. Murphy operated in the center as a junior anchor. The mall also included the single-screen Southtown Cinema. The venue was twinned in 1972 and expanded into a triplex in 1982.
The enlargement of the cinema, into the Southtown I-II-III, coincided with a major addition to the mall. A southwest Wing was constructed, which was built through a vacated G.C. Murphy. It extended to a 1-level (95,700 square foot) Sears.
New inline stores included GNC, Casual Corner, Maurice's, Card Cage, Thom McAn Shoes, Malek's Ice Cream and Service Merchandise. In addition, there was The Patio Food Court. When the construction dust settled in late 1982, SOUTHTOWN MALL encompassed 858,100 leasable square feet.
Unfortunately, the addition couldn't have been built as a worse time. International Harvester, a major employer for the region, eliminated 10,000 jobs during 1982, leaving the south side of the city, and SOUTHTOWN MALL, in dire straights. The new Southwest Wing was never fully-leased.
The mall entered a downward spiral that it never recovered from. Montgomery Ward became the first anchor store to pull out, on April 15, 1983. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin-based Kohl's stepped in to fill 70,000 square feet of the empty store space. Spiece, an apparel retailer, leased the remaining 30,000 square feet.
Richman Brothers, Old Mill Pottery and Spiece were shuttered in 1992. After a three year vacancy, Kohl's opened a prototype Outlet Store in the old Spiece space. This operation was short-lived.
1997 was an especially brutal year for SOUTHTOWN. L.S. Ayres, who had planned on shuttering their store in 1992, decided to continue on until the lease expired. The store closed for good July 31, 1997. J.C. Penney had shut down June 28. Service Merchandise moved on at around the same time. MCL served its last meal in August.
On March 6, 1999, Kohl's locked its doors, reopening the following day in the newly-completed APPLE GLEN CROSSING lifestyle center, located 5.5 miles northwest of SOUTHTOWN. This left the meandering, 800,000 square foot mall with only Sears and a smattering of smaller retailers.
Simon, after considering various renovation scenarios, finally disposed of the moribund mall in July 1998; the buyer being the rather infamous absentee mall-lord, North Carolina's Heywood Whichard. Within two years, he was $222,000 in arears for property taxes.
The shopping complex was put on the auction block in March 1999; no one made a bid on the property. Its sale was confounded by revelations of asbestos in the older structures and eight underground storage tanks not in compliance with more recent federal standards.
It appeared that progress toward redevelopment was being made in June 2000, when two local land developers made an offer to buy the mall for its delinquent taxes. However, this effort was stymied by years of litigation between the de facto proprietor of the property and the City of Fort Wayne.
Meanwhile, Sears was shuttered January 26, 2002. The mall, itself, was shut down February 1, 2003. The city government condemned the property and took possession. The wrecking ball was brought in in August 2004, leaving only the old Penney's Auto Center standing.
The site was redeveloped with a 1-level (225,000 square foot) Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based Menard's Home Improvement Center and 1-level (217,000 square foot) Wal-Mart SuperCenter. Menard's held it's grand opening March 20, 2006, with Wal-Mart coming inline September 20.
A strip center structure, the SHOPPES AT SOUTHTOWN, was also built, which included T-Mobile, Great Clips and Star Financial Bank.
Sources:
www.deadmalls.com / Posts by Robert Gaul, Michael Woehnker and Ross
www.movie-theatre.org
www.cityoffortwayne.org
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
A 20th Century Shopping Mall Timeline:
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Photos from: Wikipedia / "Slo-mo"and www.hpvillage.com
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Photos from: Wikipedia / "Slo-mo"and www.hpvillage.com
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Photos from: Malls of America Blogspot, www.shopsofsaddlecreek.com
and www.centro.com.au
FOR THE RECORD BOOKS:
Facts and Figures About America's Mid-20th Century Shopping Malls
THE LARGEST:
*In 2009, the largest mid-20th century shopping mall is the 2.4 million square foot GALLERIA in Houston Texas. Its first phase was completed in November 1970. The complex was expanded in 1971, 1976-1977, 1986 and 2003.
*The largest shopping mall anchor store ever built is the 511,500 square foot J.L. Hudson location in Southfield, Michigan's NORTHLAND CENTER. The 4-level store opened in March 1954. It was rebranded by Marshall Field's in 2001 and Macy's in 2006.
*Macy's, at Long Island, New York's ROOSEVELT FIELD CENTER, would be the next contender. This store, opened in August 1956, originally encompassed 3 levels and 343,000 square feet. In 1963, a 4th level was added. The square footage of the structure was increased to 428,000.
The Largest US Shopping malls in...
1956:
(all open-air)
1. ROOSEVELT FIELD CENTER, Town of Hempstead, NY
2. NORTHLAND CENTER, Southfield, MI
3. LAKEWOOD CENTER, Lakewood, CA
4. CROSS COUNTY CENTER, Yonkers, NY
5. OLD ORCHARD CENTER, Skokie, IL
1960:
(all open-air)
1. GARDEN STATE PLAZA, Paramus, NJ
2. ROOSEVELT FIELD CENTER, Town of Hempstead, NY
3. NORTHLAND CENTER, Southfield, MI
4. BERGEN MALL, Paramus & Maywood, NJ
5. LLOYD CENTER, Portland, OR
1968:
(all fully-enclosed)
1. CINDERELLA CITY, Englewood, CO
AND
1. YORKTOWN CENTER, Lombard, IL
2. SUNVALLEY MALL, Concord & Pleasant Hill, CA
3. RANDHURST CENTER, Mount Prospect, IL
AND
3. TYSONS CORNER CENTER, McLean, VA
4. ROOSEVELT FIELD CENTER, Town of Hempstead, NY
1973:
(all fully-enclosed)
1. WOODFIELD MALL, Schaumburg, IL
2. ROOSEVELT FIELD MALL, Town of Hempstead, NY
3. METROCENTER MALL, Phoenix, AZ
4. CINDERELLA CITY MALL, Englewood, CO
AND
4. YORKTOWN CENTER, Lombard, IL
5. SUNVALLEY MALL, Concord & Pleasant Hill, CA
2009:
(all fully-enclosed)
1. MALL OF AMERICA, Bloomington MN
2. AVENTURA MALL, Dade County, FL
3. THE GALLERIA, Houston, TX
4. SAWGRASS MILLS, Sunrise, FL
5. ROOSEVELT FIELD MALL, Town of Hempstead, NY
FIRST AND FOREMOST:
-Malls In General-
*Seattle's NORTHGATE CENTER is considered to be the first (quote / unquote) "shopping mall" in the nation. At the time of its opening in April 1950, the open-air complex consisted of a single retail level and service basement.
*America's first shopping mall with two levels of retail was Framingham, Massachusetts' SHOPPERS' WORLD. The open-air complex came inline in October 1951.
*The first regional-class, fully-enclosed, 2-level shopping mall was Edina, Minnesota's SOUTHDALE CENTER. Its grand opening was held in October 1956.
*The earliest 2-anchor shopping malls in the nation were WESTGATE CENTER, Fairview Park, Ohio (bi-anchored in February 1954); PARK FOREST PLAZA, Park Forest, Illinois (bi-anchored in March 1955) and CROSS COUNTY CENTER, Yonkers, New York (bi-anchored in September 1955).
*The earliest 3-anchor shopping mall was Mount Prospect, Illinois' RANDHURST CENTER, dedicated in August 1962.
*With the completion of its first expansion in 1967, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota's BROOKDALE CENTER became the nation's first 4-anchor shopping mall.
*Phoenix, Arizona's METROCENTER was the earliest 5-anchor shopping mall in the United States. The complex opened in October 1973.
-Shopping Center Cinemas-
*America's first shopping mall movie house was dedicated in September 1951, at Seattle, Washington's NORTHGATE CENTER.
*The first twin cinema in a shopping mall was dedicated at Kansas City, Missouri's WARD PARKWAY CENTER, in July 1963.
*The nation's earliest shopping mall four-plex came inline at La Habra, California's FASHION SQUARE in August 1969.
MISCELLANEOUS MALL FACTS:
*The earliest shopping mall parking garage was dedicated at THE CENTER, in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1955.
*The first shopping mall food court opened in 1971 at Philadelphia's PLYMOUTH MEETING MALL. This venture, a rather unsuccessful enterprise, was repeated -with greater success- at New Jersey's PARAMUS PARK MALL in 1974.
Facts and Figures About America's Mid-20th Century Shopping Malls
THE LARGEST:
*In 2009, the largest mid-20th century shopping mall is the 2.4 million square foot GALLERIA in Houston Texas. Its first phase was completed in November 1970. The complex was expanded in 1971, 1976-1977, 1986 and 2003.
*The largest shopping mall anchor store ever built is the 511,500 square foot J.L. Hudson location in Southfield, Michigan's NORTHLAND CENTER. The 4-level store opened in March 1954. It was rebranded by Marshall Field's in 2001 and Macy's in 2006.
*Macy's, at Long Island, New York's ROOSEVELT FIELD CENTER, would be the next contender. This store, opened in August 1956, originally encompassed 3 levels and 343,000 square feet. In 1963, a 4th level was added. The square footage of the structure was increased to 428,000.
The Largest US Shopping malls in...
1956:
(all open-air)
1. ROOSEVELT FIELD CENTER, Town of Hempstead, NY
2. NORTHLAND CENTER, Southfield, MI
3. LAKEWOOD CENTER, Lakewood, CA
4. CROSS COUNTY CENTER, Yonkers, NY
5. OLD ORCHARD CENTER, Skokie, IL
1960:
(all open-air)
1. GARDEN STATE PLAZA, Paramus, NJ
2. ROOSEVELT FIELD CENTER, Town of Hempstead, NY
3. NORTHLAND CENTER, Southfield, MI
4. BERGEN MALL, Paramus & Maywood, NJ
5. LLOYD CENTER, Portland, OR
1968:
(all fully-enclosed)
1. CINDERELLA CITY, Englewood, CO
AND
1. YORKTOWN CENTER, Lombard, IL
2. SUNVALLEY MALL, Concord & Pleasant Hill, CA
3. RANDHURST CENTER, Mount Prospect, IL
AND
3. TYSONS CORNER CENTER, McLean, VA
4. ROOSEVELT FIELD CENTER, Town of Hempstead, NY
1973:
(all fully-enclosed)
1. WOODFIELD MALL, Schaumburg, IL
2. ROOSEVELT FIELD MALL, Town of Hempstead, NY
3. METROCENTER MALL, Phoenix, AZ
4. CINDERELLA CITY MALL, Englewood, CO
AND
4. YORKTOWN CENTER, Lombard, IL
5. SUNVALLEY MALL, Concord & Pleasant Hill, CA
2009:
(all fully-enclosed)
1. MALL OF AMERICA, Bloomington MN
2. AVENTURA MALL, Dade County, FL
3. THE GALLERIA, Houston, TX
4. SAWGRASS MILLS, Sunrise, FL
5. ROOSEVELT FIELD MALL, Town of Hempstead, NY
FIRST AND FOREMOST:
-Malls In General-
*Seattle's NORTHGATE CENTER is considered to be the first (quote / unquote) "shopping mall" in the nation. At the time of its opening in April 1950, the open-air complex consisted of a single retail level and service basement.
*America's first shopping mall with two levels of retail was Framingham, Massachusetts' SHOPPERS' WORLD. The open-air complex came inline in October 1951.
*The first regional-class, fully-enclosed, 2-level shopping mall was Edina, Minnesota's SOUTHDALE CENTER. Its grand opening was held in October 1956.
*The earliest 2-anchor shopping malls in the nation were WESTGATE CENTER, Fairview Park, Ohio (bi-anchored in February 1954); PARK FOREST PLAZA, Park Forest, Illinois (bi-anchored in March 1955) and CROSS COUNTY CENTER, Yonkers, New York (bi-anchored in September 1955).
*The earliest 3-anchor shopping mall was Mount Prospect, Illinois' RANDHURST CENTER, dedicated in August 1962.
*With the completion of its first expansion in 1967, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota's BROOKDALE CENTER became the nation's first 4-anchor shopping mall.
*Phoenix, Arizona's METROCENTER was the earliest 5-anchor shopping mall in the United States. The complex opened in October 1973.
-Shopping Center Cinemas-
*America's first shopping mall movie house was dedicated in September 1951, at Seattle, Washington's NORTHGATE CENTER.
*The first twin cinema in a shopping mall was dedicated at Kansas City, Missouri's WARD PARKWAY CENTER, in July 1963.
*The nation's earliest shopping mall four-plex came inline at La Habra, California's FASHION SQUARE in August 1969.
MISCELLANEOUS MALL FACTS:
*The earliest shopping mall parking garage was dedicated at THE CENTER, in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1955.
*The first shopping mall food court opened in 1971 at Philadelphia's PLYMOUTH MEETING MALL. This venture, a rather unsuccessful enterprise, was repeated -with greater success- at New Jersey's PARAMUS PARK MALL in 1974.
The first shopping mall Macy's:
San Mateo, California's Hillsdale Center
San Fran's second shopping mall was anchored by the 200,000 square
foot department store seen above, which opened in November 1954. By
building it in a mall, the Macy's San Francisco division beat it's New York
City-based counterpart by two years. The first New York "mall Macy's"
was dedicated -in August 1956- at Long Island's ROOSEVELT FIELD
CENTER.
See April 2008 archive for the complete article
San Mateo, California's Hillsdale Center
San Fran's second shopping mall was anchored by the 200,000 square
foot department store seen above, which opened in November 1954. By
building it in a mall, the Macy's San Francisco division beat it's New York
City-based counterpart by two years. The first New York "mall Macy's"
was dedicated -in August 1956- at Long Island's ROOSEVELT FIELD
CENTER.
See April 2008 archive for the complete article
The first shopping mall Sears and Roebuck:
Framingham, Massachusetts' Shoppers' World
Chicago-based Sears opened a store at America's second shopping mall
in 1951. The catalogue and appliance-format location was in operation
until 1966. Here we see the primary anchor of Greater Boston's
SHOPPERS' WORLD center, the spaceship-shaped Jordan Marsh.
See September 2008 archive for the complete article
Framingham, Massachusetts' Shoppers' World
Chicago-based Sears opened a store at America's second shopping mall
in 1951. The catalogue and appliance-format location was in operation
until 1966. Here we see the primary anchor of Greater Boston's
SHOPPERS' WORLD center, the spaceship-shaped Jordan Marsh.
See September 2008 archive for the complete article
Monday, June 22, 2009
The first full-line shopping mall Sears:
Denver, Colorado's Cherry Creek Center
Colorado's first shopping mall opened between 1953 and 1955. A
133,400 square foot Sears -across the avenue and connected via
pedestrian tunnel- was completed in 1954. The store was renovated
and worked into a new, high-end mixed-use complex, known as
CLAYTON LANE, in 2004.
Photo from www.claytonlaneretail.com
See February 2007 archive for the complete article
Denver, Colorado's Cherry Creek Center
Colorado's first shopping mall opened between 1953 and 1955. A
133,400 square foot Sears -across the avenue and connected via
pedestrian tunnel- was completed in 1954. The store was renovated
and worked into a new, high-end mixed-use complex, known as
CLAYTON LANE, in 2004.
Photo from www.claytonlaneretail.com
See February 2007 archive for the complete article
The first shopping mall J.C. Penney:
Sacramento, California's Country Club Centre
The Penney's Chain opened several new stores during the intitial
malling of America. The first to be located in a shopping mall-type
complex opened in 1952. Stores of this format were smaller, dry
goods-only operations of 28,000 to 60,000 square feet.
Photo Malls of America Blogspot
See January 2009 archive for the complete article
Sacramento, California's Country Club Centre
The Penney's Chain opened several new stores during the intitial
malling of America. The first to be located in a shopping mall-type
complex opened in 1952. Stores of this format were smaller, dry
goods-only operations of 28,000 to 60,000 square feet.
Photo Malls of America Blogspot
See January 2009 archive for the complete article
A vintage view of the mallway at BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER.
Obviously, that's a Woolworth in the foreground. Farther back we see
a bit of roof signage proclaiming Penney's. Although the store was a full-
line location, it did not have an outparcel Auto Center. This concept
would come to fruition two years later with the opening of the chain's
first "new look" store, in Philly's KING OF PRUSSIA PLAZA.
Photo from www.boroughofaudubon.com
BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER was completed in late 1961 and encom-
passed 497,000 leasable square feet. Over its forty-three years of
existence, the complex was never enclosed and climate-controlled.
An aerial of today's AUDUBON CROSSING complex, which replaced the
mid-century BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER in 2004. The AUDUBON
COMMONS complex, seen in the upper left corner, predated the BLACK
HORSE PIKE CENTER. It escaped the wrecking ball and was renovated
at the same time as the old open-air mall was redeveloped.
Photo from www.live.com
BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER
Black Horse Pike and West Nicholson Road
Borough of Audubon (Camden County), New Jersey
In the 1950s, the J.C. Penney chain was based in New York City. The retailer had expanded into the suburbs, with an early shopping center format store opening in Sacramento's COUNTRY CLUB CENTRE in 1952.
This store was a dry-goods-only operation, dealing in men and women's apparel, fashion accessories, linens and the like. These stores measured in the neighborhood of 28,000 to 60,000 square feet.
Examples would include Penney's at LOS ALTOS CENTER (1955), in Long Beach, 163rd STREET CENTER (1956), near Miami, GREEN ACRES CENTER (1956), outside New York City and BIG TOWN MALL (1959), near Dallas.
With the dawn of the 1960s came a new concept. J.C. Penney decided to build new, full-line stores in suburban malls and strip centers. These locations would offer the aforementioned soft lines, but would also sell home appliances, furniture, electronics, sporting goods, paint and hardware.
The first such store opened November 16, 1961 at Camden County, New Jersey's BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER. This J.C. Penney encompassed 72,200 leasable square feet on its main level. A basement included additional sales area.
The BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER, itself, was situated on 33 acres, located 4.9 miles southeast of Centre City Philadelphia, on land that was formerly a part of the Fromm Farm.
The 497,000 square foot, open-air mall consisted of a single level of retail. In addition to J.C. Penney, it was anchored by a New York City-based E.J. Korvette discount mart, with an F.W. Woolworth 5 and 10 as its junior anchor.
The complex was soon outclassed by several large interior malls built in its vacinity. These were CHERRY HILL MALL (1961) [May 2008 archive], 4.8 miles northeast, in Camden County; MOORESTOWN MALL (1963) [February 2008 archive], 7 miles northeast, in Burlington County; ECHELON MALL (1970), 5.2 miles southeast, in Camden County and DEPTFORD MALL (1975), 3.9 miles southwest, in Gloucester County.
BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER persevered, but its Korvette's went bust in 1980. It was soon replaced by a Columbus, Ohio-based Woolco, which turned out to be a poor choice for a replacement, as this chain folded in January 1983.
Next came a Braintree, Massachusetts-based Bradlees discount mart. This location lasted until 2001. Its closure was joined by the shuttering of J.C. Penney in the same year. Woolworth had been gone for nearly four years, leaving the mall with only twelve operational stores.
The owners of the property, the Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based Wolfson Verrichia Group, decided that a complete reconstruction of the aging shopping center was in order. An adjacent (110,000 square foot) cluster of stores, anchored by an Acme supermarket, was also redeveloped.
The original sections of BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER were razed in 2004 with a groundbreaking, for a new complex, held September 14, 2004.
Dubbed AUDUBON CROSSING, the open-air retail hub was anchored by a freestanding, 1-level (137,000 square foot) Wal-Mart, freestanding Staples and freestanding Pep Boys automotive center (which had been a part of the original BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER). Two strip center store blocks included tenants such as Avenue, Payless ShoeSource, Dot's and Deb Shops.
The entire complex, encompassing 475,000 leasable square feet, was completed in the summer of 2005. The adjacent, Acme-anchored complex, redeveloped simultaneously, was renamed AUDUBON COMMONS. It was also dedicated in the summer of 2005.
Sources:
www.departmentstorehistory.net
www.boroughofaudubon.com
www.retailtraffic.com
Black Horse Pike and West Nicholson Road
Borough of Audubon (Camden County), New Jersey
In the 1950s, the J.C. Penney chain was based in New York City. The retailer had expanded into the suburbs, with an early shopping center format store opening in Sacramento's COUNTRY CLUB CENTRE in 1952.
This store was a dry-goods-only operation, dealing in men and women's apparel, fashion accessories, linens and the like. These stores measured in the neighborhood of 28,000 to 60,000 square feet.
Examples would include Penney's at LOS ALTOS CENTER (1955), in Long Beach, 163rd STREET CENTER (1956), near Miami, GREEN ACRES CENTER (1956), outside New York City and BIG TOWN MALL (1959), near Dallas.
With the dawn of the 1960s came a new concept. J.C. Penney decided to build new, full-line stores in suburban malls and strip centers. These locations would offer the aforementioned soft lines, but would also sell home appliances, furniture, electronics, sporting goods, paint and hardware.
The first such store opened November 16, 1961 at Camden County, New Jersey's BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER. This J.C. Penney encompassed 72,200 leasable square feet on its main level. A basement included additional sales area.
The BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER, itself, was situated on 33 acres, located 4.9 miles southeast of Centre City Philadelphia, on land that was formerly a part of the Fromm Farm.
The 497,000 square foot, open-air mall consisted of a single level of retail. In addition to J.C. Penney, it was anchored by a New York City-based E.J. Korvette discount mart, with an F.W. Woolworth 5 and 10 as its junior anchor.
The complex was soon outclassed by several large interior malls built in its vacinity. These were CHERRY HILL MALL (1961) [May 2008 archive], 4.8 miles northeast, in Camden County; MOORESTOWN MALL (1963) [February 2008 archive], 7 miles northeast, in Burlington County; ECHELON MALL (1970), 5.2 miles southeast, in Camden County and DEPTFORD MALL (1975), 3.9 miles southwest, in Gloucester County.
BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER persevered, but its Korvette's went bust in 1980. It was soon replaced by a Columbus, Ohio-based Woolco, which turned out to be a poor choice for a replacement, as this chain folded in January 1983.
Next came a Braintree, Massachusetts-based Bradlees discount mart. This location lasted until 2001. Its closure was joined by the shuttering of J.C. Penney in the same year. Woolworth had been gone for nearly four years, leaving the mall with only twelve operational stores.
The owners of the property, the Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based Wolfson Verrichia Group, decided that a complete reconstruction of the aging shopping center was in order. An adjacent (110,000 square foot) cluster of stores, anchored by an Acme supermarket, was also redeveloped.
The original sections of BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER were razed in 2004 with a groundbreaking, for a new complex, held September 14, 2004.
Dubbed AUDUBON CROSSING, the open-air retail hub was anchored by a freestanding, 1-level (137,000 square foot) Wal-Mart, freestanding Staples and freestanding Pep Boys automotive center (which had been a part of the original BLACK HORSE PIKE CENTER). Two strip center store blocks included tenants such as Avenue, Payless ShoeSource, Dot's and Deb Shops.
The entire complex, encompassing 475,000 leasable square feet, was completed in the summer of 2005. The adjacent, Acme-anchored complex, redeveloped simultaneously, was renamed AUDUBON COMMONS. It was also dedicated in the summer of 2005.
Sources:
www.departmentstorehistory.net
www.boroughofaudubon.com
www.retailtraffic.com
The first shopping mall Montgomery Ward:
The venerable Chicago-based retailer opened their LAKESIDE CENTER
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Denver, Colorado's Lakeside Center
The venerable Chicago-based retailer opened their LAKESIDE CENTER
location in August 1958. The store encompassed two levels and 80,000
square feet.
Photo www.pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com
See January 2008 archive for the complete article
Photo www.pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com
See January 2008 archive for the complete article
The primary anchor of HANCOCK CENTER, a 147,800 square foot Sears.
Photo from http://www.pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com/
A 1964 physical layout of Austin's first shopping mall. In addition to
Sears, it was anchored by the first shopping mall-connected Dillard's
location. This store was in operation until 1990.
HANCOCK CENTER, as it was configured following its first renovation,
done in 1991. The southeast store block had been bulldozed and the
inner Courtyard stripped of its flora, fauna and fountains. Unfortunatrly.
these changes did not result in a retail resuscitation of the complex. It
would be demalled six years later.
The humongous -90,200 square foot- H-E-B SuperStore that anchors
today's HANCOCK CENTER. It replaced a 60,700 square foot location
in the original, open-air mall.
Photo from www.regencycenters.com
HANCOCK CENTER, circa-2009. The structures outlined in blue
are sections of the original shopping center that were renovated
and worked into the power center-format complex dedicated in
1998.
HANCOCK CENTER
East 41st and Red River Streets
Austin, Texas
By February 1964, Little Rock-based Dillard's Department Stores had five locations, which operated under the names Mayer and Schmidt, Brown-Dunkin and Gus Blass. These stores were located in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
A sixth store, the first to open under the (quote / unquote) Dillard's banner and the first to be located in a shopping mall, came inline in May 1964.
Encompassing 2-levels and 88,000 square feet, the store was one of two anchors at Austin, Texas' new HANCOCK CENTER, the city's first shopping mall. The 500,000 square foot, open-air complex was built by Chicago-based Homart Development (a Sears subsidiary) and sat on 34 acres, located 2 miles northeast of the Texas State Capitol.
Its primary anchor was a 2-level (147,800 square foot) Sears. The single-level center included Wyatt's Cafeteria, Sommers Drug, Leons, the El Chico Restaurant, a G.C. Murphy 5 and 10 and H-E-B (Howard E. Butt) supermarket. There was also a subterannean Town Hall community center.
Subsequent shopping malls in the ever-expanding Austin metropolis were HIGHLAND MALL (1971) [June 2009 archive], 1.6 miles north; WESTGATE MALL (1972-1997), 6.6 miles southwest; NORTHCROSS MALL (1975), 3.9 miles northwest and BARTON CREEK SQUARE (1981), 5.7 miles southwest.
The proximity of HIGHLAND MALL created a great deal of commercial competition for HANCOCK CENTER. Fairly well hemmed-in by its location on a small 34 acre site, the mall was physically expanded only once; the H-E-B grocery doubled its size, with a 30,600 square foot northern extension, during the late 1970s.
HANCOCK CENTER's Dillard's location was shuttered in early 1990. Homart relinquished ownership of the mall in April; the buyer being Bethesda, Maryland-based Interstate Equities. They initiated a 10 million dollar renovation in July 1991.
An 88,000 square foot block of stores on the southeast, which had housed Sommers Drug, was demolished. Remaining exteriors were spruced-up and the fountains and flower beds of the original mall were removed and grassed-over.
Unfortunately, the shopping center did not enjoy a retail renewal and slipped into decline once again. A second renovation commenced in February 1997. This time around, 143,100 square feet of retail area was knocked down.
The existing Sears, its outparcel Auto Center, the original H-E-B structure and a two small sections of stores were retained and remodeled. A 90,200 square foot H-E-B Superstore was built, along with three open-air store blocks.
H-E-B commenced operations at its new location March 21, 1998. The remainder of the new-style, new urbanism-inspired complex was dedicated soon after.
HANCOCK CENTER now encompassed 410,400 leasable square feet and housed tenants such as Petco, 24 Hour Fitness and Bath and Body Works. The shopping venue was acquired by Jacksonville. Florida-based Regency Centers in 1999.
Sources:
http://companies.jrank.org/pages/1297/Dillard-S-Inc.html
Austin Chronicle / Feb 14, 1997 / "Hancock Center, R.I.P. : Everything Old Is New Again at 41st & I-35" / By Mike Clark-Madison
www.ci-austin.us
www.regencycenters.com
East 41st and Red River Streets
Austin, Texas
By February 1964, Little Rock-based Dillard's Department Stores had five locations, which operated under the names Mayer and Schmidt, Brown-Dunkin and Gus Blass. These stores were located in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
A sixth store, the first to open under the (quote / unquote) Dillard's banner and the first to be located in a shopping mall, came inline in May 1964.
Encompassing 2-levels and 88,000 square feet, the store was one of two anchors at Austin, Texas' new HANCOCK CENTER, the city's first shopping mall. The 500,000 square foot, open-air complex was built by Chicago-based Homart Development (a Sears subsidiary) and sat on 34 acres, located 2 miles northeast of the Texas State Capitol.
Its primary anchor was a 2-level (147,800 square foot) Sears. The single-level center included Wyatt's Cafeteria, Sommers Drug, Leons, the El Chico Restaurant, a G.C. Murphy 5 and 10 and H-E-B (Howard E. Butt) supermarket. There was also a subterannean Town Hall community center.
Subsequent shopping malls in the ever-expanding Austin metropolis were HIGHLAND MALL (1971) [June 2009 archive], 1.6 miles north; WESTGATE MALL (1972-1997), 6.6 miles southwest; NORTHCROSS MALL (1975), 3.9 miles northwest and BARTON CREEK SQUARE (1981), 5.7 miles southwest.
The proximity of HIGHLAND MALL created a great deal of commercial competition for HANCOCK CENTER. Fairly well hemmed-in by its location on a small 34 acre site, the mall was physically expanded only once; the H-E-B grocery doubled its size, with a 30,600 square foot northern extension, during the late 1970s.
HANCOCK CENTER's Dillard's location was shuttered in early 1990. Homart relinquished ownership of the mall in April; the buyer being Bethesda, Maryland-based Interstate Equities. They initiated a 10 million dollar renovation in July 1991.
An 88,000 square foot block of stores on the southeast, which had housed Sommers Drug, was demolished. Remaining exteriors were spruced-up and the fountains and flower beds of the original mall were removed and grassed-over.
Unfortunately, the shopping center did not enjoy a retail renewal and slipped into decline once again. A second renovation commenced in February 1997. This time around, 143,100 square feet of retail area was knocked down.
The existing Sears, its outparcel Auto Center, the original H-E-B structure and a two small sections of stores were retained and remodeled. A 90,200 square foot H-E-B Superstore was built, along with three open-air store blocks.
H-E-B commenced operations at its new location March 21, 1998. The remainder of the new-style, new urbanism-inspired complex was dedicated soon after.
HANCOCK CENTER now encompassed 410,400 leasable square feet and housed tenants such as Petco, 24 Hour Fitness and Bath and Body Works. The shopping venue was acquired by Jacksonville. Florida-based Regency Centers in 1999.
Sources:
http://companies.jrank.org/pages/1297/Dillard-S-Inc.html
Austin Chronicle / Feb 14, 1997 / "Hancock Center, R.I.P. : Everything Old Is New Again at 41st & I-35" / By Mike Clark-Madison
www.ci-austin.us
www.regencycenters.com
OAK PARK MALL opened -in 1975- with three anchors; Montgomery
Ward, Stix and Macy's Kansas City. A fourth department store, J.C.
Penney, came inline in 1976. At the time, the mall encompassed
1,128,800 leasable square feet.
1986 and Dillard's opens it first "double-header" combo at OAK PARK
MALL. The center's south anchor had been rebranded as a conventional
Dillard's in 1984. With the chain's buyout of Macy's Kansas City, in late
1985, the north anchor is refashioned into a "Women's Store". The first
location is reoriented to sell only men's, junior's and children's items.
1998 and the gargantuan 1,128,800 square foot shopopolis grows into
a 1,490,800 square foot megamall. Two existing department stores
are expanded and a fifth anchor -Nordstom- is added.
Nordstrom cemented the mall's position -as the preeminent shopping
venue in metropolitan Kansas City- with its March 1998 grand opening.
Photo from www.thespree.com
A current plan of OAK PARK MALL. Only one small expansion has been
carried out since the major enlargement of 1998. A 2-level -35,000
square foot- Barnes and Noble was added to the northwest corner in
2009. The original mall's east anchor went through a permutation as The
Jones Store before being "Macy-ated" in late 2006.
OAK PARK MALL
West 95th Street and Quivira Road
Overland Park, Kansas
As a result of their aggressive department store chain acquisitions in the mid-1980s, Dillard's found themselves with two anchor locations in metro Kansas City's OAK PARK MALL.
The first store, originally a St. Louis-based Stix, Baer and Fuller, had been rebranded by the Little Rock retailer in 1984. The second, which had opened as a Macy's Kansas City, received its Dillard's nameplate in 1986. The Stix store became "Dillard's South" (the Men's Store); Macy's Kansas City morphed into "Dillard's North" (the Women's Store).
And so, the Dillard's "double-header" format, with two stores operating simultaneously in a single shopping mall, was born. The concept was for the first location to merchandise women's apparel, accesories, cosmetics and home furnishings, with the second store handling men's, junior's and children's apparel.
OAK PARK MALL had been developed by a joint venture of Sherman Dreiseszen, Frank Morgan and Kansas City, Missouri-based Kopaken, White and Blitt. The 2-level shopopolis occupied an 81.8 acre plot, located 10 miles southwest of Kansas City, Kansas' urban core, and was officially dedicated in 1975.
Originally encompassing 960,900 leasable square feet, the shopping center featured three anchors; a 2-level (157,000 square foot) Montgomery Ward, 2-level (174,800 square foot) Macy's Kansas City and 4-level (205,067 square foot), St. Louis-based Stix, Baer and Fuller.
Inline stores included Kay Jewelers, Worth's, Dale's Sports, Naomi's Hallmark and The Gap.
A 2-level (167,800 square foot) J.C. Penney was completed in 1976, which increased the GLA of OAK PARK MALL to 1,128,800 square feet. The mall's first movie house, the Oak Park Mall VI, opened in 1976, as well. It was located adjacent to the northeast parking area.
Rival malls included WARD PARKWAY CENTER (1959), 5.9 miles northeast, in Kansas City, Missouri; METCALF SOUTH CENTER (1967), 2.7 miles east, also in Overland Park; BANNISTER MALL (1980), 10.2 miles east, in Kansas City, Missouri and -finally- GREAT MALL OF THE GREAT PLAINS (1997), 8.3 miles southwest, in Olathe, Kansas.
OAK PARK MALL got its second cinematic venue in November 1985, with the dedication of the 6-screen Oak Park Plaza. The outparcel theater was adjacent to the southwest parking area.
The center received a 2 million dollar facelift renovation in the fall of 1993. Its original "Mid-Mod" interior features were removed and replaced with a more elegant style of design. This included new marble and tile floors, elevators and exterior entryways.
A large-scale expansion was done four years later. The existing Dillard's North was enlarged to 224,400 square feet and Penney's to 217,800 square feet. A 2-level Southeast Wing was also added. It's 2-level (200,000 square foot) Nordstrom held a grand opening March 6, 1998.
In all, 362,000 square feet was added to the mall. It now housed 1,490,800 leasable square feet with a retail roster of over one hundred and eighty stores and services. It assumed the position of largest mall in metropolitan Kansas City.
The third anchor rebranding, following the Dillard's conversions of 1984 and 1986, took place after the shuttering of Montgomery Ward in April 2001. The store was totally renovated inside and out. It reopened, as a Kansas City, Missouri-based Jones Store, August 14, 2002.
Macy's returned to OAK PARK MALL, following a twenty year hiatus, on September 9, 2006. The Manhattan merchandiser, which had sold its Kansas City division to Dillard's in 1986, acquired -and rebranded- the Jones Store chain in 2006.
The mall -itself- had been sold to Chattanooga-based CBL and Associates in November 2005.
Sources:
"Oak Park Mall" article on Wikipedia
http://companies.jrank.org/pages/1297/Dillard-S-Inc.html
www.cinematreasures.com
http://www.thenewoakparkmall.com/
West 95th Street and Quivira Road
Overland Park, Kansas
As a result of their aggressive department store chain acquisitions in the mid-1980s, Dillard's found themselves with two anchor locations in metro Kansas City's OAK PARK MALL.
The first store, originally a St. Louis-based Stix, Baer and Fuller, had been rebranded by the Little Rock retailer in 1984. The second, which had opened as a Macy's Kansas City, received its Dillard's nameplate in 1986. The Stix store became "Dillard's South" (the Men's Store); Macy's Kansas City morphed into "Dillard's North" (the Women's Store).
And so, the Dillard's "double-header" format, with two stores operating simultaneously in a single shopping mall, was born. The concept was for the first location to merchandise women's apparel, accesories, cosmetics and home furnishings, with the second store handling men's, junior's and children's apparel.
OAK PARK MALL had been developed by a joint venture of Sherman Dreiseszen, Frank Morgan and Kansas City, Missouri-based Kopaken, White and Blitt. The 2-level shopopolis occupied an 81.8 acre plot, located 10 miles southwest of Kansas City, Kansas' urban core, and was officially dedicated in 1975.
Originally encompassing 960,900 leasable square feet, the shopping center featured three anchors; a 2-level (157,000 square foot) Montgomery Ward, 2-level (174,800 square foot) Macy's Kansas City and 4-level (205,067 square foot), St. Louis-based Stix, Baer and Fuller.
Inline stores included Kay Jewelers, Worth's, Dale's Sports, Naomi's Hallmark and The Gap.
A 2-level (167,800 square foot) J.C. Penney was completed in 1976, which increased the GLA of OAK PARK MALL to 1,128,800 square feet. The mall's first movie house, the Oak Park Mall VI, opened in 1976, as well. It was located adjacent to the northeast parking area.
Rival malls included WARD PARKWAY CENTER (1959), 5.9 miles northeast, in Kansas City, Missouri; METCALF SOUTH CENTER (1967), 2.7 miles east, also in Overland Park; BANNISTER MALL (1980), 10.2 miles east, in Kansas City, Missouri and -finally- GREAT MALL OF THE GREAT PLAINS (1997), 8.3 miles southwest, in Olathe, Kansas.
OAK PARK MALL got its second cinematic venue in November 1985, with the dedication of the 6-screen Oak Park Plaza. The outparcel theater was adjacent to the southwest parking area.
The center received a 2 million dollar facelift renovation in the fall of 1993. Its original "Mid-Mod" interior features were removed and replaced with a more elegant style of design. This included new marble and tile floors, elevators and exterior entryways.
A large-scale expansion was done four years later. The existing Dillard's North was enlarged to 224,400 square feet and Penney's to 217,800 square feet. A 2-level Southeast Wing was also added. It's 2-level (200,000 square foot) Nordstrom held a grand opening March 6, 1998.
In all, 362,000 square feet was added to the mall. It now housed 1,490,800 leasable square feet with a retail roster of over one hundred and eighty stores and services. It assumed the position of largest mall in metropolitan Kansas City.
The third anchor rebranding, following the Dillard's conversions of 1984 and 1986, took place after the shuttering of Montgomery Ward in April 2001. The store was totally renovated inside and out. It reopened, as a Kansas City, Missouri-based Jones Store, August 14, 2002.
Macy's returned to OAK PARK MALL, following a twenty year hiatus, on September 9, 2006. The Manhattan merchandiser, which had sold its Kansas City division to Dillard's in 1986, acquired -and rebranded- the Jones Store chain in 2006.
The mall -itself- had been sold to Chattanooga-based CBL and Associates in November 2005.
Sources:
"Oak Park Mall" article on Wikipedia
http://companies.jrank.org/pages/1297/Dillard-S-Inc.html
www.cinematreasures.com
http://www.thenewoakparkmall.com/
A circa-'78 physical layout, showing the configuration of the first mall-
connected Target store. The 120,300 square foot operation served
as an anchor at COLUMBIA MALL for twenty-two years.
COLUMBIA MALL TENANTS 1978:
DAYTON'S / J.C. PENNEY (with outparcel Auto Center) / TARGET / B. Dalton Bookseller / Baker's Shoes / The Better Half / The Body Shop / Braun's / Bridget's / Brooks / Buttrey's Drug / Capezio / Cargo 360 / Casual Corner / Churchill's Florsheim Shoes / Claire's Boutique / County Seat / Craft World / Designs Unlimited / Evenson Hallmark / Fanny Farmer Candies / Footlocker / Foxmoor Casuals / The Great Hotdog Experience / Helzberg Diamonds / Herberger's / Hickory Farms of Ohio / International Restaurant / Jeans West / Joyce Selby / Kids / Kinney Shoes / Morrow's Nut House / Naturalizer Shoes / Nutrition World / Orange Julius / Poppler's / Rings 'N Things / Ruetell's Clothing / Seeger's Fashion Center / Serendipity / Shirley's Maternity / Shirt Works / So-Fro Fabrics / Spencer Gifts / Squash Blossom / Stevenson's / Straus / Strausbaugh's / Stuart's / Susie's Casuals / Team Electronics / Thom McAn Shoes / Town and Country / Wayne David Jewelers / Young America
DAYTON'S / J.C. PENNEY (with outparcel Auto Center) / TARGET / B. Dalton Bookseller / Baker's Shoes / The Better Half / The Body Shop / Braun's / Bridget's / Brooks / Buttrey's Drug / Capezio / Cargo 360 / Casual Corner / Churchill's Florsheim Shoes / Claire's Boutique / County Seat / Craft World / Designs Unlimited / Evenson Hallmark / Fanny Farmer Candies / Footlocker / Foxmoor Casuals / The Great Hotdog Experience / Helzberg Diamonds / Herberger's / Hickory Farms of Ohio / International Restaurant / Jeans West / Joyce Selby / Kids / Kinney Shoes / Morrow's Nut House / Naturalizer Shoes / Nutrition World / Orange Julius / Poppler's / Rings 'N Things / Ruetell's Clothing / Seeger's Fashion Center / Serendipity / Shirley's Maternity / Shirt Works / So-Fro Fabrics / Spencer Gifts / Squash Blossom / Stevenson's / Straus / Strausbaugh's / Stuart's / Susie's Casuals / Team Electronics / Thom McAn Shoes / Town and Country / Wayne David Jewelers / Young America
Photo from "MatchboxND"
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The mall's south anchor, originally a Minneapolis-based Dayton's. The
top photo shows the store with its present-day nameplate. The interior
view below it was taken during the store's five year stint as a Marshall
Field's.
Photo from www.gkdevelopment.com
Photo from "MatchBoxND"
Exterior and interior views of the COLUMBIA MALL Penney's...the
only 1978 anchor that still has its original nameplate.
Photo from www.gkdevelopment.com
Photo from www.petersonconstruction.com
Two shots of the Sears anchor store at COLUMBIA MALL.
Photo from Grand Forks County, North Dakota tax assessor website
A physical layout dating to 2005. The mall featured four anchor
stores for a brief period in the early '00s. Sears joined the fold
in 2000, only to have Target pull the plug and move to larger
quarters in 2001. Marshall Field's was "Macy-ated", along with
the rest of the chain, in September 2006.
COLUMBIA MALL
32nd Avenue South and South Columbia Road
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Minneapolis' Dayton-Hudson Corporation opened its first shopping mall-based Target in 1978. The location was one of three original anchors in Grand Fork's North Dakota's COLUMBIA MALL; a Dayton-Hudson development.
The single-level center, which encompassed 571,800 leasable square feet and fifty-three inline stores, was built on 62.2 acres, 2.6 miles southwest of downtown Grand Forks. Its official grand opening took place August 2, 1978.
In addition to its 1-level (120,300 square foot) Target, COLUMBIA MALL was anchored by a 1-level (99,100 square foot) Dayton's and 1-level (96,500 square foot) J.C. Penney.
Charter tenants in the 20 million dollar shopping venue included Buttrey's Drug, County Seat, Foxmoor Casuals, Seeger's Fashion Center and a small-format, St. Cloud, Minnesota-based Herberger's.
For several years, the only commercial competitor for COLUMBIA MALL was SOUTH FORKS CENTER (1964), located 1 mile northeast, also in Grand Forks.
This retail hub, which eventually became known as SOUTH FORKS PLAZA and -then- GRAND CITIES MALL, was a much smaller operation. It was relegated to secondary shopping center status by the advent of the regional-class COLUMBIA complex.
The only physical expansion of COLUMBIA MALL involved the addition of Sears. The 1-level (108,400 square foot) store, which moved from a 50,000 square foot location at SOUTH FORKS PLAZA, opened August 12, 2000.
This addition increased the GLA of COLUMBIA MALL to 680,200 square feet. The construction project was accompanied by a $925,000 mall facelift, which included new flooring, restrooms and exterior touches.
Four-anchor status at COLUMBIA MALL was short-lived. GRAND FORKS MARKETPLACE, situated 3 tenths of a mile southwest, opened in 2001. The new power-format complex snatched the circa-'78 mall's Target. It reopened, as a "SuperT" operation, March 7, 2001.
The next anchor alteration also occurred early in 2001, when the COLUMBIA MALL Dayton's was rebranded as a Chicago-based Marshall Field's. This store morphed into a Macy's September 9, 2006.
Target (nee Dayton-Hudson) Corporation had sold its interest in COLUMBIA MALL to Barrington, Illinois-based GK development in April 2004. A 2.5 million dollar rehab of the property was soon in the works.
A new Children's Play Area (in the old Target Court) was dedicated in August 2005. The first store in the 7-bay, Dakota Cafes Food Court (installed in previously-existing mall space) opened for business November 3 of the same year.
There was also talk of a 12-screen multiplex, that was supposed to replace the vacant Target. However, the theater never materialized. The store remains vacant to this day.
Sources:
"Columbia Mall" article on Wikipedia
"Grand Cities Mall" article on Wikipedia
Grand Forks County, North Dakota property tax assessor website
www.cinematreasures.com
www.shopcolumbiamall.com
www.gkdevelopment.com
32nd Avenue South and South Columbia Road
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Minneapolis' Dayton-Hudson Corporation opened its first shopping mall-based Target in 1978. The location was one of three original anchors in Grand Fork's North Dakota's COLUMBIA MALL; a Dayton-Hudson development.
The single-level center, which encompassed 571,800 leasable square feet and fifty-three inline stores, was built on 62.2 acres, 2.6 miles southwest of downtown Grand Forks. Its official grand opening took place August 2, 1978.
In addition to its 1-level (120,300 square foot) Target, COLUMBIA MALL was anchored by a 1-level (99,100 square foot) Dayton's and 1-level (96,500 square foot) J.C. Penney.
Charter tenants in the 20 million dollar shopping venue included Buttrey's Drug, County Seat, Foxmoor Casuals, Seeger's Fashion Center and a small-format, St. Cloud, Minnesota-based Herberger's.
For several years, the only commercial competitor for COLUMBIA MALL was SOUTH FORKS CENTER (1964), located 1 mile northeast, also in Grand Forks.
This retail hub, which eventually became known as SOUTH FORKS PLAZA and -then- GRAND CITIES MALL, was a much smaller operation. It was relegated to secondary shopping center status by the advent of the regional-class COLUMBIA complex.
The only physical expansion of COLUMBIA MALL involved the addition of Sears. The 1-level (108,400 square foot) store, which moved from a 50,000 square foot location at SOUTH FORKS PLAZA, opened August 12, 2000.
This addition increased the GLA of COLUMBIA MALL to 680,200 square feet. The construction project was accompanied by a $925,000 mall facelift, which included new flooring, restrooms and exterior touches.
Four-anchor status at COLUMBIA MALL was short-lived. GRAND FORKS MARKETPLACE, situated 3 tenths of a mile southwest, opened in 2001. The new power-format complex snatched the circa-'78 mall's Target. It reopened, as a "SuperT" operation, March 7, 2001.
The next anchor alteration also occurred early in 2001, when the COLUMBIA MALL Dayton's was rebranded as a Chicago-based Marshall Field's. This store morphed into a Macy's September 9, 2006.
Target (nee Dayton-Hudson) Corporation had sold its interest in COLUMBIA MALL to Barrington, Illinois-based GK development in April 2004. A 2.5 million dollar rehab of the property was soon in the works.
A new Children's Play Area (in the old Target Court) was dedicated in August 2005. The first store in the 7-bay, Dakota Cafes Food Court (installed in previously-existing mall space) opened for business November 3 of the same year.
There was also talk of a 12-screen multiplex, that was supposed to replace the vacant Target. However, the theater never materialized. The store remains vacant to this day.
Sources:
"Columbia Mall" article on Wikipedia
"Grand Cities Mall" article on Wikipedia
Grand Forks County, North Dakota property tax assessor website
www.cinematreasures.com
www.shopcolumbiamall.com
www.gkdevelopment.com
The first phase of what would eventually become MANOR EAST MALL.
In 1966, a freestanding Montgomery Ward and Kroger supermarket
open at the intersection of East Villa Maria Road and South Texas
Avenue, in the southeastern environs of Bryan. A drive-in theater
had been on the site previously.
1972 and the shopping options in smalltown Bryan grow exponentially.
The previously-existing Ward's and Kroger are joined by 159,900
square feet of air-conditioned mall. Counting Kroger, the complex
encompasses 235,400 leasable square feet.
In 1981, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart abandoned the
"Discount City" moniker that it had used since its
inception in 1962. The new "Brown-era" logo, seen
above, was the design aesthetic used for "Wally
World's" first shopping mall-connected store, at
Bryan's Texas' MANOR EAST MALL.
1981, and the first shopping mall-connected Wal-Mart opens, as a
third anchor at MANOR EAST MALL. The 83,900 square foot
store was in operation for thirteen years. In 1994, it was replaced
by a new SuperCenter, built 1.3 miles away.
Two views of today's TEJAS CENTER, a redress of MANOR EAST MALL.
A demalling carried out between 2003 and 2006 demolished nearly
half of the mid-century center and replaced it with a power-format complex.
Photos from www.arkitex.com / Arkitex Design Studio
A contemporary site plan of TEJAS CENTER. Structures high-
lighted in blue are sections of the 1972 and 1981 mall that were
substantially remodeled and reoriented with exterior entries.
Drawing from www.stalworthonline.com
MANOR EAST MALL
East Villa Maria Road and South Texas Avenue
Bryan, Texas
Finding an answer to the question "where was the first shopping mall Wal-Mart?" proved quite elusive. An email querie sent to the corporate website resulted in a less-than-helpful, standard form, "check our website" (which had no such information) response.
Readers of the MALL HALL OF FAME submitted several likely candidates. The most plausible, it seems, was a "Brown era" store, which was added to Bryan, Texas's MANOR EAST MALL.
The shopping complex started out with two freestanding stores; a 1-level (57,500 square foot) Montgomery Ward and 1-level (18,000 square foot) Kroger supermarket. These were situated on a 34 acre plot, 1.9 miles southeast of downtown Bryan. Developed by Bryan, Texas' John Culpepper, they opened in 1966.
In 1971-1972, a single-level, fully-enclosed shopping mall was added northeast of the existing Ward's. It was anchored by a 1-level (59,200 square foot) J.C. Penney and included Karmelkorn, The Fair, Orange Julius, Beall's, Britt's and an Eckerd Drug.
Including Ward's and Penney's, MANOR EAST MALL encompassed 217,400 leasable square feet. With its completion, Bryan became the smallest city in the Lonestar State with its own fully-enclosed shopping center.
The complex was expanded with a third anchor store in 1980-1981. Wal-Mart built a 1-level (83,900 square foot) location onto the southeast side of the existing mall, with the Manor East 3 triplex sandwiched between. MANOR EAST MALL now housed 308,100 leasable square feet and fifty-eight stores and services.
Retail rivalry came along in February 1982. POST OAK MALL, located 2.8 miles southeast, in the adjoining community of College Station, encompassed 800,000 leasable square feet and eighty retailers.
An expansion of POST OAK MALL -completed in 1985- snatched J.C. Penney from MANOR EAST. The vacant store in the older mall was retenanted by Food 4 Less and then a 50 Percent Off store before being sectioned into Bealls, Jo-Ann Fabrics and a Life Church.
Wal-Mart relocated to a SuperCenter-format store (located 1.3 miles northeast) in the fall of 1994. Its abandoned space sat vacant for several years. Meanwhile, MANOR EAST declined into a less-than-prestigious property. Adding insult to injury, Montgomery Ward was shuttered in 1997.
Jack Culpepper, son of the mall's original builder, began to envisage a redevelopment of his retail center in 1999. The three phase project got underway in April 2003 and included demolition of 150,000 square feet...comprising the vacant Ward's and two south store blocks of the old interior mall.
The remaining structures were demalled, with stores reoriented with exterior entrances. Modern, creme-colored facades were added. A newly-built (93,000 square foot) H-E-B opened, as a primary anchor, December 12, 2004.
Encompassing 360,000 leasable square feet and thirty-five stores and services, the complex, renamed TEJAS CENTER, was completed in August 2006.
Tenants included JoAnn Fabrics, Bealls, Family Dollar, The Theatre Company (a live-perfomance venue in the old triplex space), Hastings and Gold's Gym.
Sources:
Posts by Jonah Norason
Houston Architecture Information Forum / Posts by "RJC0618", "Iron Tiger" and "Scotch"
www.btutilities.com
http://gen.culpepper.com/
www.stalworthonline.com
Bryan, Texas property tax assessor website
East Villa Maria Road and South Texas Avenue
Bryan, Texas
Finding an answer to the question "where was the first shopping mall Wal-Mart?" proved quite elusive. An email querie sent to the corporate website resulted in a less-than-helpful, standard form, "check our website" (which had no such information) response.
Readers of the MALL HALL OF FAME submitted several likely candidates. The most plausible, it seems, was a "Brown era" store, which was added to Bryan, Texas's MANOR EAST MALL.
The shopping complex started out with two freestanding stores; a 1-level (57,500 square foot) Montgomery Ward and 1-level (18,000 square foot) Kroger supermarket. These were situated on a 34 acre plot, 1.9 miles southeast of downtown Bryan. Developed by Bryan, Texas' John Culpepper, they opened in 1966.
In 1971-1972, a single-level, fully-enclosed shopping mall was added northeast of the existing Ward's. It was anchored by a 1-level (59,200 square foot) J.C. Penney and included Karmelkorn, The Fair, Orange Julius, Beall's, Britt's and an Eckerd Drug.
Including Ward's and Penney's, MANOR EAST MALL encompassed 217,400 leasable square feet. With its completion, Bryan became the smallest city in the Lonestar State with its own fully-enclosed shopping center.
The complex was expanded with a third anchor store in 1980-1981. Wal-Mart built a 1-level (83,900 square foot) location onto the southeast side of the existing mall, with the Manor East 3 triplex sandwiched between. MANOR EAST MALL now housed 308,100 leasable square feet and fifty-eight stores and services.
Retail rivalry came along in February 1982. POST OAK MALL, located 2.8 miles southeast, in the adjoining community of College Station, encompassed 800,000 leasable square feet and eighty retailers.
An expansion of POST OAK MALL -completed in 1985- snatched J.C. Penney from MANOR EAST. The vacant store in the older mall was retenanted by Food 4 Less and then a 50 Percent Off store before being sectioned into Bealls, Jo-Ann Fabrics and a Life Church.
Wal-Mart relocated to a SuperCenter-format store (located 1.3 miles northeast) in the fall of 1994. Its abandoned space sat vacant for several years. Meanwhile, MANOR EAST declined into a less-than-prestigious property. Adding insult to injury, Montgomery Ward was shuttered in 1997.
Jack Culpepper, son of the mall's original builder, began to envisage a redevelopment of his retail center in 1999. The three phase project got underway in April 2003 and included demolition of 150,000 square feet...comprising the vacant Ward's and two south store blocks of the old interior mall.
The remaining structures were demalled, with stores reoriented with exterior entrances. Modern, creme-colored facades were added. A newly-built (93,000 square foot) H-E-B opened, as a primary anchor, December 12, 2004.
Encompassing 360,000 leasable square feet and thirty-five stores and services, the complex, renamed TEJAS CENTER, was completed in August 2006.
Tenants included JoAnn Fabrics, Bealls, Family Dollar, The Theatre Company (a live-perfomance venue in the old triplex space), Hastings and Gold's Gym.
Sources:
Posts by Jonah Norason
Houston Architecture Information Forum / Posts by "RJC0618", "Iron Tiger" and "Scotch"
www.btutilities.com
http://gen.culpepper.com/
www.stalworthonline.com
Bryan, Texas property tax assessor website
A Note:
These facts (or factoids) were assembled using the information that I have on hand. I have gone ahead and established them as accurate, as (in most cases) there was no previously-established precedent.
If you know -for certain- that any corrections are needed, please let me know.
Lastly, I wish to thanks those who submitted info about "Shopping Mall
Firsts", i.e., the first "mall" Dillard's, Dillard's double-header, Wal-Mart, etcetera.
These facts (or factoids) were assembled using the information that I have on hand. I have gone ahead and established them as accurate, as (in most cases) there was no previously-established precedent.
If you know -for certain- that any corrections are needed, please let me know.
Lastly, I wish to thanks those who submitted info about "Shopping Mall
Firsts", i.e., the first "mall" Dillard's, Dillard's double-header, Wal-Mart, etcetera.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Along with Victor Gruen [May 2008 archive], James Rouse helped to change America's mid-20th century landscape. The Post-World War II population shift from the inner city to outlying metro areas brought newly-created satellite cities, with no commercial or municipal centers.
Gruen and Rouse, along with Edward J. DeBartolo [October 2008 archive], John Graham, Jr. and A. Alfred Taubman, devised the shopping mall to fill this void and make suburban life more convenient.
A HUMBLE BEGINNING
James Rouse was born and raised in Maryland. After attending the University of Virginia and graduating -with a law degree- from the University of Maryland, he formed a company to underwrite mortgages.
Serving in the Navy Air Force during World War II, Rouse returned to the mortgage business and quickly expanded services from financing single-family dwellings to funding the construction of apartment complexes and strip shopping centers.
THE JAMES W. ROUSE COMPANY
In 1954, he bought out his partner and reorganized the business under the heading of the James W. Rouse Company, Incorporated. A subsidiary, Community Research and Development, evolved in 1956; its forte being commercial real estate development.
By this time, Rouse's first shopping mall was under construction in the northwestern environs of Baltimore City. Rouse toyed with the idea of building the two-level shopping center as a fully-enclosed structure but, according to him, "lost his nerve". Victor Gruen beat him to the punch, so to say, by designing America's first regional-class, interior mall, which opened, in Edina, Minnesota, on October 8, 1956.
Six days later, Rouse's first mall, MONDAWMIN CENTER, was officially dedicated. Community Research and Development's first shopping complex, HARUNDALE MALL, opened October 1, 1958. This time around, a fully-enclosed complex was constructed; the first of many built by James Rouse and Company during the 1960s and '70s.
Gruen and Rouse, along with Edward J. DeBartolo [October 2008 archive], John Graham, Jr. and A. Alfred Taubman, devised the shopping mall to fill this void and make suburban life more convenient.
A HUMBLE BEGINNING
James Rouse was born and raised in Maryland. After attending the University of Virginia and graduating -with a law degree- from the University of Maryland, he formed a company to underwrite mortgages.
Serving in the Navy Air Force during World War II, Rouse returned to the mortgage business and quickly expanded services from financing single-family dwellings to funding the construction of apartment complexes and strip shopping centers.
THE JAMES W. ROUSE COMPANY
In 1954, he bought out his partner and reorganized the business under the heading of the James W. Rouse Company, Incorporated. A subsidiary, Community Research and Development, evolved in 1956; its forte being commercial real estate development.
By this time, Rouse's first shopping mall was under construction in the northwestern environs of Baltimore City. Rouse toyed with the idea of building the two-level shopping center as a fully-enclosed structure but, according to him, "lost his nerve". Victor Gruen beat him to the punch, so to say, by designing America's first regional-class, interior mall, which opened, in Edina, Minnesota, on October 8, 1956.
Six days later, Rouse's first mall, MONDAWMIN CENTER, was officially dedicated. Community Research and Development's first shopping complex, HARUNDALE MALL, opened October 1, 1958. This time around, a fully-enclosed complex was constructed; the first of many built by James Rouse and Company during the 1960s and '70s.
PLANNED COMMUNITIES
Rouse's first endeavor into urban planning, Baltimore City's mixed-use Village of Cross Keys, was completed in September 1965. Three years previously, the company had embarked upon a series of clandestine property purchases in Howard County, thirteen miles southwest of downtown Baltimore.
News of an entirely new city was announced in October 1963. The self-contained suburb, to be known as Columbia, was to occupy 14,000 acres. It was to feature housing, employment, shopping, schools, healthcare and interfaith churches. Carefull planning, it was said, would consolidate and regulate its development and eliminate racial, economic and religious segregation.
The first of Columbia's ten utopian-type villages, Wilde Lake, was dedicated June 21, 1967. The centerpiece and commercial core of the planned city, MALL IN COLUMBIA, opened for business August 2, 1971.
Rouse's first endeavor into urban planning, Baltimore City's mixed-use Village of Cross Keys, was completed in September 1965. Three years previously, the company had embarked upon a series of clandestine property purchases in Howard County, thirteen miles southwest of downtown Baltimore.
News of an entirely new city was announced in October 1963. The self-contained suburb, to be known as Columbia, was to occupy 14,000 acres. It was to feature housing, employment, shopping, schools, healthcare and interfaith churches. Carefull planning, it was said, would consolidate and regulate its development and eliminate racial, economic and religious segregation.
The first of Columbia's ten utopian-type villages, Wilde Lake, was dedicated June 21, 1967. The centerpiece and commercial core of the planned city, MALL IN COLUMBIA, opened for business August 2, 1971.
Columbia, Maryland's People Tree, a symbol
of community spirit, was used in the logo
for the original MALL IN COLUMBIA. The
artwork was created by Pierre du Fayet.
Photo from Wikipedia / David Levinson
A statue in Columbia commemorates James W. Rouse
(on the right) and his brother Willard. The work was
sculpted by William F. Duffy.
Photo from Wikipedia / Jeff Kubina
MARKETPLACES & DOWNTOWN MALLS
Mr. Rouse's next endeavor would be to attempt to revive the declining downtowns of America's large cities that the Post-War exodus and malling of the nation had created.
His first "festival marketplace" was dedicated in Boston in 1976. FANEUIL HALL MARKETPLACE, an urban renewal redevelopment of an eighteenth century public market, was an astounding success. Other such marketplaces and downtown shopping malls followed.
Mr. Rouse's next endeavor would be to attempt to revive the declining downtowns of America's large cities that the Post-War exodus and malling of the nation had created.
His first "festival marketplace" was dedicated in Boston in 1976. FANEUIL HALL MARKETPLACE, an urban renewal redevelopment of an eighteenth century public market, was an astounding success. Other such marketplaces and downtown shopping malls followed.
Marketplaces 1, 2 and 3;
FANEUIL HALL MARKETPLACE (1976) in Boston
HARBORPLACE (1980) in Baltimore
SANTA MONICA PLACE MALL (1980-2007)
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Marketplaces 4, 5 and 6;
SHOPS OF GRAND AVENUE / GRAND AVENUE MALL (1982) in Milwaukee
SOUTH STREET SEAPORT (1983), in New York City
ST. LOUIS UNION STATION (1983)
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Marketplaces 7, 8 and 9;
RIVERWALK MARKETPLACE (1986), in New Orleans
JACKSONVILLE LANDING (1987), in Jacksonville, Florida
BAYSIDE (1987), in Miami, Florida
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Marketplaces 10, 11 and 12:
UNDERGROUND ATLANTA (1989)
ARIZONA CENTER (1990), in Phoenix
PIONEER PLACE (1990), in Portland, Oregon.
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A PHILANTHROPIC END
James Rouse retired from the presidency of the Rouse Company in 1979, although he retained chairmanship on its Board of Directors. From this point, his life became dedicated to promoting the urban renewal concepts so close to his heart. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in September 1995 and passed away in April 1996.
Now, follow along as we review some of his more important shopping mall projects.
James Rouse retired from the presidency of the Rouse Company in 1979, although he retained chairmanship on its Board of Directors. From this point, his life became dedicated to promoting the urban renewal concepts so close to his heart. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in September 1995 and passed away in April 1996.
Now, follow along as we review some of his more important shopping mall projects.
Rouse's -and Maryland's- first mall, circa-1956. At the time, it was a
bi-level (with basement), 450,000 square foot complex of sixty inline
stores, anchored by a 189,500 square foot Sears.
"Bawlmer's" Metro subway began revenue service in late 1983. Its
inaugural section included a station adjacent to the MONDAWMIN
MALL.
A site plan of the shopping center, as it was configured at the turn of
the century. The original Sears anchor space is shown in dark gray.
The store had been shuttered in 1973. It sat vacant until being
sectioned into smaller retail spaces ten years later.
Renderings of a renovated and expanded MONDAWMIN MALL. A
68 million dollar remodeling project got underway in early 2007 and
was completed in the summer of 2008.
Drawings from www.ggp.com (General Growth Properties)
68 million dollar remodeling project got underway in early 2007 and
was completed in the summer of 2008.
Drawings from www.ggp.com (General Growth Properties)
Two aerial views of the mall. On top, we see the center as it was before
its recent renovation got underway. The bottom view shows the mall in
the midst of reconstruction. The parking garage on the left side of the
center, which was added during an early '80s remodeling, has been
razed. A new Target is being built in its place.
Photos from www.ggp.com (General Growth Properties)
A physical layout of MONDAWMIN MALL, showing its newly-added
stores and reconfigured parking areas. The renovation-expansion of
2007-2008 brought a new Target, as well as a Shoppers Foods and
Pharmacy grocery and A.J. Wright discount apparel outlet.
MONDAWMIN CENTER
Gwynn Falls Parkway and Liberty Heights Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
The James Rouse Company's first shopping center project was built on a 46 acre plot, located 3 miles northwest of Baltimore's center city. At one time a country estate, the site was developed into a 450,000 square foot retail hub, known as MONDAWMIN CENTER, which was dedicated October 14, 1956.
The name MONDAWMIN was derived from a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem about "Mondamin", the Native American spirit of the cornfields. Cartographers charting the city of Baltimore and its neighborhoods eventually added the "w".
At the time, a suburban-type shopping center located so near to a downtown core was heralded as new concept in that which James Rouse later dubbed "urban renewal".
The 2-level -with basement- shopping complex, designed by Pietro Belluschi, was situated around an open-air concourse and anchored by a 3-level (189,500 square foot) Sears on its east and Penn Fruit supermarket on the west.
There were fifty-eight other retailers in the original venue. These included Franklin Simon, Bond Clothes, Lerner Shops, a Food Fair supermarket and G.C. Murphy 5 and 10.
Retail rivals included WESTVIEW CENTER (1958), in Catonsville, REISTERTOWN ROAD PLAZA (1962), in Baltimore City and SECURITY SQUARE MALL (1972) in Baltimore County.
A Baltimore-based real estate company acquired MONDAWMIN CENTER in the mid-1960s. Community Research and Development, the mall-making subsidiary of the James Rouse Company, was -by then- busy building shopping malls (such as Pittsburgh's GREENGATE, Philadelphia's PLYMOUTH MEETING, Dayton's SALEM) and creating the planned community of Columbia, Maryland.
MONDAWMIN was successful through the 1950s and 1960s. It had even been renovated into a fully-enclosed mall by 1971, becoming MONDAWMIN MALL in the process. However, the decline of its surrounding area resulted in its decline, as well.
Sears departed in 1973, with no retailer recruited to fill the cavernous, empty space. By 1978, the center was only 83 percent leased. Rouse and Company bought back the complex in December 1982 and initiated a major renovation of the aging structure.
The vacant Sears was sectioned into several smaller stores, the basement made into additional retail area and a parking deck built onto the west side of the mall. This renewal was capped-off by the opening of Baltimore's initial Charles Center-to-Reistertown Plaza Metro subway line, in November 1983, which included a station stop adjacent to MONDAWMIN MALL.
Moreover, the Social Security Administration and Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles both located regional hub offices as outparcels to the mall. The revitalized shopping mecca rode a wave of success throughout the 1980s, but was in a second state of decline by the late 1990s.
The Rouse Company proposed a second renovation / redevelopment in 1999, but this never came to fruition. What did occur was a reinvention of the Mondawmin Metro Station into a major, bustling transit center, which served to revitalize the area.
With the purchase of the Rouse Company -by Chicago-based General Growth Properties- in 2004, MONDAWMIN MALL was added to the GGP retail center portfolio. General Growth initiated a 225,000 square foot expansion and renovation of the mall in early 2007.
The 68 million dollar project included the construction of a 67,000 square foot Shoppers Food and Pharmacy, dedicated November 17, 2007, as well as a 1-level (127,000 square foot) Target, the chain's first store in Baltimore City. Its grand opening took place July 27, 2008. A 22,000 square foot A.J. Wright discount clothing outlet came inline August 8, 2008.
The existing structure was refitted with widened mallways, glass entrances and new lighting, flooring, restrooms and exterior landscaping. The revitalized MONDAWMIN MALL now encompasses 700,000 leasable square feet and one hundred and eighteen stores and services.
Sources:
www.baltimorestyle.com "From Hope to Heritage: The Story of Mondawmin" / Jamie Michael Kendrick / Maryland Transit Administration / April 2002
www.ggp.com (General Growth Properties)
http://www.stevenswain.blogspot.com/
http://www.mtamaryland.com/
Maryland Department of Taxation website
Gwynn Falls Parkway and Liberty Heights Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
The James Rouse Company's first shopping center project was built on a 46 acre plot, located 3 miles northwest of Baltimore's center city. At one time a country estate, the site was developed into a 450,000 square foot retail hub, known as MONDAWMIN CENTER, which was dedicated October 14, 1956.
The name MONDAWMIN was derived from a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem about "Mondamin", the Native American spirit of the cornfields. Cartographers charting the city of Baltimore and its neighborhoods eventually added the "w".
At the time, a suburban-type shopping center located so near to a downtown core was heralded as new concept in that which James Rouse later dubbed "urban renewal".
The 2-level -with basement- shopping complex, designed by Pietro Belluschi, was situated around an open-air concourse and anchored by a 3-level (189,500 square foot) Sears on its east and Penn Fruit supermarket on the west.
There were fifty-eight other retailers in the original venue. These included Franklin Simon, Bond Clothes, Lerner Shops, a Food Fair supermarket and G.C. Murphy 5 and 10.
Retail rivals included WESTVIEW CENTER (1958), in Catonsville, REISTERTOWN ROAD PLAZA (1962), in Baltimore City and SECURITY SQUARE MALL (1972) in Baltimore County.
A Baltimore-based real estate company acquired MONDAWMIN CENTER in the mid-1960s. Community Research and Development, the mall-making subsidiary of the James Rouse Company, was -by then- busy building shopping malls (such as Pittsburgh's GREENGATE, Philadelphia's PLYMOUTH MEETING, Dayton's SALEM) and creating the planned community of Columbia, Maryland.
MONDAWMIN was successful through the 1950s and 1960s. It had even been renovated into a fully-enclosed mall by 1971, becoming MONDAWMIN MALL in the process. However, the decline of its surrounding area resulted in its decline, as well.
Sears departed in 1973, with no retailer recruited to fill the cavernous, empty space. By 1978, the center was only 83 percent leased. Rouse and Company bought back the complex in December 1982 and initiated a major renovation of the aging structure.
The vacant Sears was sectioned into several smaller stores, the basement made into additional retail area and a parking deck built onto the west side of the mall. This renewal was capped-off by the opening of Baltimore's initial Charles Center-to-Reistertown Plaza Metro subway line, in November 1983, which included a station stop adjacent to MONDAWMIN MALL.
Moreover, the Social Security Administration and Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles both located regional hub offices as outparcels to the mall. The revitalized shopping mecca rode a wave of success throughout the 1980s, but was in a second state of decline by the late 1990s.
The Rouse Company proposed a second renovation / redevelopment in 1999, but this never came to fruition. What did occur was a reinvention of the Mondawmin Metro Station into a major, bustling transit center, which served to revitalize the area.
With the purchase of the Rouse Company -by Chicago-based General Growth Properties- in 2004, MONDAWMIN MALL was added to the GGP retail center portfolio. General Growth initiated a 225,000 square foot expansion and renovation of the mall in early 2007.
The 68 million dollar project included the construction of a 67,000 square foot Shoppers Food and Pharmacy, dedicated November 17, 2007, as well as a 1-level (127,000 square foot) Target, the chain's first store in Baltimore City. Its grand opening took place July 27, 2008. A 22,000 square foot A.J. Wright discount clothing outlet came inline August 8, 2008.
The existing structure was refitted with widened mallways, glass entrances and new lighting, flooring, restrooms and exterior landscaping. The revitalized MONDAWMIN MALL now encompasses 700,000 leasable square feet and one hundred and eighteen stores and services.
Sources:
www.baltimorestyle.com "From Hope to Heritage: The Story of Mondawmin" / Jamie Michael Kendrick / Maryland Transit Administration / April 2002
www.ggp.com (General Growth Properties)
http://www.stevenswain.blogspot.com/
http://www.mtamaryland.com/
Maryland Department of Taxation website
The 2-level, Hochschild-Kohn anchor store; the fifth location in the
Baltimore-based chain. It was in operation until late 1984. It then
reopened as a Baltimore-based Hutzler's.
The Food Fair at HARUNDALE, one of two supermarkets at the
original center. At the time, grocery stores were a common fixture
in American shopping malls. This had changed by the early 1970s.
A circa-'58 site plan of James Rouse's ultra-modern HARUNDALE.
The 350,000 square foot complex was the Rouse Company's second
major shopping center and the second mall in the nation to be
officially referred to as a "mall" (New Jersey's BERGEN MALL
[March 2007 archive] was the first).
The mall's main concourse and Card Mart / Information Booth.
Photo from Malls Of America Blogspot
The South Court area and Sidewalk Cafe.
Photo from www.mdarchives.state.md.us / Marion E. Warren,
photographer
HARUNDALE MALL TENANTS 1958:
Hochschild-Kohn (with beauty salon and Severn Room terrace restaurant) / Community Room (2nd level) / Food Fair Supermarket / G.C. Murphy 5 & 10 (with lunch counter) / S.S. Kresge 5 & 10 (with lunch counter) / Read's Self-Service Drug (with lunch counter and 45 table seating area on the mall), / WNAV "Glass Studio" broadcasting booth / Lerner Shops / Raymond apparel / Bonnie May ladies apparel / Italian Delight Pizzaria / Broger-Gutman's Dry Goods / Gamerman's Toys / Plotkin's Youth-O-Pedic Shoes / Franklin Simon apparel / Calby's boys and young men's apparel / Beltz / Harundale Barber Shop / Cobblers and Cleaners / Card Mart
-In the Harundale Annex / southeast parking area-
Eddie's Supermarket / White Coffee Pot Cafe / Anticipation Maternity / Tony's Sub Shop / Pixie Shop
Hochschild-Kohn (with beauty salon and Severn Room terrace restaurant) / Community Room (2nd level) / Food Fair Supermarket / G.C. Murphy 5 & 10 (with lunch counter) / S.S. Kresge 5 & 10 (with lunch counter) / Read's Self-Service Drug (with lunch counter and 45 table seating area on the mall), / WNAV "Glass Studio" broadcasting booth / Lerner Shops / Raymond apparel / Bonnie May ladies apparel / Italian Delight Pizzaria / Broger-Gutman's Dry Goods / Gamerman's Toys / Plotkin's Youth-O-Pedic Shoes / Franklin Simon apparel / Calby's boys and young men's apparel / Beltz / Harundale Barber Shop / Cobblers and Cleaners / Card Mart
-In the Harundale Annex / southeast parking area-
Eddie's Supermarket / White Coffee Pot Cafe / Anticipation Maternity / Tony's Sub Shop / Pixie Shop
HARUNDALE PLAZA, built on the site of the circa-1958, enclosed mall.
The strip center opened in 1999 and incorporated Value City as its
primary anchor. The store occupied the old Hochschild-Kohn / Hutzler's
space. It was shuttered in April 2008 and soon reopened as a Burlington
Coat Factory.
The SuperFresh Superstore, an anchor of HARUNDALE PLAZA,
harkens back to the Food Fair that operated for several years at
HARUNDALE MALL.
Three recent photos of the renowned HARUNDALE ROCK, which was
a fixture in the Palm Court of the original mall. After its demolition,
the stone was placed in a sheltered area at the new HARUNDALE
PLAZA.
Photos from Jan B.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
HARUNDALE MALL
Ritchie Highway and Aquahart Road
Glen Burnie, Maryland
Ritchie Highway and Aquahart Road
Glen Burnie, Maryland
Noteworthy as the first fully-enclosed, climate-controlled shopping center east of the Mississippi, HARUNDALE MALL was located on a 25 acre tract, 9 miles south of downtown Baltimore.
The 8 million dollar, 350,000 square foot complex was designed by the firm of Rogers, Taliaferro and Lamb. It was the first shopping complex built by Community Research and Development (a subsidiary of the James Rouse Company).
HARUNDALE held its grand opening October 1, 1958, with a great deal of fanfare. Its major anchor was the 2-level (81,700 square foot), Baltimore-based Hochschild-Kohn department store, which occupied the northeast corner. There was also a 1-level (42,000 square foot) G.C. Murphy 5 and 10, S.S. Kresge 5 and 10, 26,000 square foot Food Fair supermarket, Read Drug, Gamerman's Toys and Sidewalk Cafe.
There were thirty-eight other stores and services in the mall proper and annex building, which was in the front parking area. The Harundale Cinema was not physically a part of the enclosed structure, but was located nearby, on Aquahart Road.
The mall was centered on two court areas. The first, the Palm Court, featured a large rock, which was the centerpiece of a tropical planter and fountain. Hochschild-Kohn's Severn Room overlooked the area. This terrace restaurant, and a Community Room, were part of a second level that was accessed from a Palm Court stairway.
The second court had a 35 foot-high bird aviary as its focal point. An urban legend, in circulation a few years after the mall's opening, told of mynah birds that had been taught several off-color words by local teenagers. The "cursing mynahs", and their cage, were eventually removed.
HARUNDALE was the premier shopping destination in the southern environs of "Bawlmer" for several years. The opening of GLEN BURNIE MALL [October 2008 archive] in 1964 did not effect commerce at HARUNDALE, even though the new shopping center was located only 3 miles north.
It wasn't until February 1987 that HARUNDALE faced real retail competition. The new MARLEY STATION MALL was built only 1.5 miles south, and was much larger. It wasn't long before tenants at HARUNDALE began to move to MARLEY.
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Hochschild-Kohn was shuttered in late 1984, with its space being leased by Baltimore-based Hutzler's. This store closed in 1988 and was retenanted by Richmond, Virginia-based Value City in 1989. Most of the original tenants at HARUNDALE had long since vacated.
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The struggling center was acquired by the Columbia, Maryland-based Manekin Corporation, who decided to raze the aging -but historically significant- shopping center. Demolition got underway in March 1998, leaving only the Hochschild-Kohn / Hutzler's / Value City store standing.
The struggling center was acquired by the Columbia, Maryland-based Manekin Corporation, who decided to raze the aging -but historically significant- shopping center. Demolition got underway in March 1998, leaving only the Hochschild-Kohn / Hutzler's / Value City store standing.
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This was incorporated into a new, 218,000 square foot strip center. Known as HARUNDALE PLAZA, it opened in 1999 and was anchored by Value City, Super Fresh Foods and A.J. Wright Family Apparel. Value city was shuttered in early 2008 and soon reopened as a Burlington Coat Factory.
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Today, the PLAZA is owned and operated by Beachwood, Ohio-based Developers Diversified Realty, who acquired it in February 2007.
Today, the PLAZA is owned and operated by Beachwood, Ohio-based Developers Diversified Realty, who acquired it in February 2007.
Sources:
Barbara S. and Jan B., past and present Maryland residents
"Harundale Mall" article on Wikipedia
"Hochschild-Kohn" article on Wikipedia
"Hutzler's" article on Wikipedia
www.city-data.com / Baltimore Forum / "Ecloedl"
The Central Mall at CHARLOTTETOWN. Mr. Rouse's second
fully-enclosed complex was decked-out with flora, fauna and
a fountain. There were also Googie-style, rocketship-shaped
bird aviaries and a Sidewalk Cafe.
Photo from Malls of America Blogspot
The exterior of the complex; the third shopping mall developed by the
James Rouse Company. Much to Rouse's chagrin, the Asheville-based
Bon Marche was only in business for a few years after the mall's 1959
debut. The store space was eventually taken by Charlotte-based
Ivey's.
Photo from www.groceteria.com / David Gwynn
The first interior mall in the Southland. Its twin cinema,
on a site directly north, was one of the first multiple movie
houses in the nation.
An aerial of the shopping center, with the twin-screen Charlottetown
Mall cinemas at top center.
Photo from www.grocerteria.com / David Gwynn
The mall as OUTLET SQUARE. This early '80s remarketing effort
never quite panned out. The shopping center remained in a state of
retail twilight until it was unceremoniously demolished in 2006.
Photo from http://www.groceteria.com/ / David Gwynn
An aerial view of the new METROPOLITAN mixed-use project, a
replacement for the beleaguered CHARLOTTETOWN MALL. The
first phase of the complex opened in October 2007.
Photo from www.colonialprop.com
The "vertically-stacked" Home Depot Expo Design Center and Target,
which anchored the Phase One segment of the METROPOLITAN
development. The Expo Design Center was short-lived. It closed in
April 2009.
Photo from www.cpwadv.com/pr/target
CHARLOTTETOWN MALL
South Independence Boulevard / US 74 and South Kings Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina
The first fully-enclosed shopping center in the Southeast -and fifth regional-class interior mall in the United States- opened in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 28, 1959.
CHARLOTTETOWN MALL was situated on a 10 acre parcel, on the southeastern fringes of Charlotte's center city -or "Uptown"- area. The mall was designed by A.G. Odell, Jr and was the third major retail complex built by the James Rouse Company (under the auspices of its Community Research and Development subsidiary).
The complex had 235,000 leasable square feet and was anchored by a 2-level (45,000 square foot), Asheville-based Bon Marche department store (this North Carolina Bon Marche' had no connection with the Seattle-based retailer of the same name).
Stores were situated around a 2-story-high Central Mall, which featured a fountain, several rocketship-shaped bird cages and planters filled with tropical foliage. There was a Colonial supermarket, Eckerd Drug, P.H. Rose variety store and SW Cafeteria on the mall's first level. The second level had an auditorium and several leased office spaces.
In 1964, the Charlottetown Mall Cinemas opened, which occupied a 6 acre tract, located across Independence Boulevard from the mall. This was one of the nation's first twin-screen movie houses.
By this time, CHARLOTTETOWN MALL'S Bon Marche had gone out of business, with the location being occupied by a Charlotte-based Ivey's department store.
The opening of SOUTHPARK MALL in 1970 and EASTLAND MALL in 1975 had a negative effect on business at CHARLOTTETOWN. Both of the new shopping centers were built within 5 miles of the older mall, and were much larger.
Soon, CHARLOTTETOWN began to decline. It is thought that the completion of the John Belk Freeway / Interstate 277 Loop, in 1981, had a negative effect on CHARLOTTETOWN, as well.
The first renovation of the mall was undertaken in the early 1980s, when its name was officially changed to OUTLET SQUARE. 9 years later, the still-struggling shopping center was re-renovated. Two parking garages were added and a new name adopted; MIDTOWN SQUARE. Unfortunately, this latest remodel and new name did not rejuvinate the 30 year-old shopping mall.
The Ivey's anchor store had been reduced to a clearance center some years before. Eventually, its space became a Burlington Coat Factory. The Colonial supermarket had become a Big Star and then operated under the Harris-Teeter nameplate, until closing for good in 1988.
In 1993, the Charlottetown Mall Cinemas were shuttered. After languishing as a dead mall for several years, MIDTOWN SQUARE also west bust. Both structures were bulldozed in 2006. A mixed-use, retail, condominium and office complex is being built on the sites of the old cinema and shopping mall.
The 225 million dollar METROPOLITAN project was developed by a joint venture of Charlotte-based Pappas Properties / Collette Associates and Birmingham-based Colonial Properties Trust. Its retail segment included a vertically-stacked Home Depot Expo Design Center and Target. This Phase One portion of the project was dedicated in October 2007.
Stores opened as Phase Two were Trader Joe's, Best Buy, Staples, West Elm and Marshalls. These came inline in the fall of 2008, with completion of the entire project scheduled to take place in 2009.
Sources:
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission
Malls Of America Blogspot "Charlottetown Mall" blog [Keith Milford, Groceteria, Rob, Matt from CLT & Anonymous]
Urban Planet.org / North Carolina / Charlotte / "Uptown Living" [Metro.M]
http://www.cinematreasures.com/ / "Charlottetown Mall Cinemas" article [Tommy Conner, JCE, Cantnot]
Groceteria website "Charlotte: The 1960's" article /David Gwynn webmaster
http://www.pappasproperties.com/
Colonial Properties Trust press release / October 3, 2005
South Independence Boulevard / US 74 and South Kings Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina
The first fully-enclosed shopping center in the Southeast -and fifth regional-class interior mall in the United States- opened in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 28, 1959.
CHARLOTTETOWN MALL was situated on a 10 acre parcel, on the southeastern fringes of Charlotte's center city -or "Uptown"- area. The mall was designed by A.G. Odell, Jr and was the third major retail complex built by the James Rouse Company (under the auspices of its Community Research and Development subsidiary).
The complex had 235,000 leasable square feet and was anchored by a 2-level (45,000 square foot), Asheville-based Bon Marche department store (this North Carolina Bon Marche' had no connection with the Seattle-based retailer of the same name).
Stores were situated around a 2-story-high Central Mall, which featured a fountain, several rocketship-shaped bird cages and planters filled with tropical foliage. There was a Colonial supermarket, Eckerd Drug, P.H. Rose variety store and SW Cafeteria on the mall's first level. The second level had an auditorium and several leased office spaces.
In 1964, the Charlottetown Mall Cinemas opened, which occupied a 6 acre tract, located across Independence Boulevard from the mall. This was one of the nation's first twin-screen movie houses.
By this time, CHARLOTTETOWN MALL'S Bon Marche had gone out of business, with the location being occupied by a Charlotte-based Ivey's department store.
The opening of SOUTHPARK MALL in 1970 and EASTLAND MALL in 1975 had a negative effect on business at CHARLOTTETOWN. Both of the new shopping centers were built within 5 miles of the older mall, and were much larger.
Soon, CHARLOTTETOWN began to decline. It is thought that the completion of the John Belk Freeway / Interstate 277 Loop, in 1981, had a negative effect on CHARLOTTETOWN, as well.
The first renovation of the mall was undertaken in the early 1980s, when its name was officially changed to OUTLET SQUARE. 9 years later, the still-struggling shopping center was re-renovated. Two parking garages were added and a new name adopted; MIDTOWN SQUARE. Unfortunately, this latest remodel and new name did not rejuvinate the 30 year-old shopping mall.
The Ivey's anchor store had been reduced to a clearance center some years before. Eventually, its space became a Burlington Coat Factory. The Colonial supermarket had become a Big Star and then operated under the Harris-Teeter nameplate, until closing for good in 1988.
In 1993, the Charlottetown Mall Cinemas were shuttered. After languishing as a dead mall for several years, MIDTOWN SQUARE also west bust. Both structures were bulldozed in 2006. A mixed-use, retail, condominium and office complex is being built on the sites of the old cinema and shopping mall.
The 225 million dollar METROPOLITAN project was developed by a joint venture of Charlotte-based Pappas Properties / Collette Associates and Birmingham-based Colonial Properties Trust. Its retail segment included a vertically-stacked Home Depot Expo Design Center and Target. This Phase One portion of the project was dedicated in October 2007.
Stores opened as Phase Two were Trader Joe's, Best Buy, Staples, West Elm and Marshalls. These came inline in the fall of 2008, with completion of the entire project scheduled to take place in 2009.
Sources:
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission
Malls Of America Blogspot "Charlottetown Mall" blog [Keith Milford, Groceteria, Rob, Matt from CLT & Anonymous]
Urban Planet.org / North Carolina / Charlotte / "Uptown Living" [Metro.M]
http://www.cinematreasures.com/ / "Charlottetown Mall Cinemas" article [Tommy Conner, JCE, Cantnot]
Groceteria website "Charlotte: The 1960's" article /David Gwynn webmaster
http://www.pappasproperties.com/
Colonial Properties Trust press release / October 3, 2005
Mr. Rouse's fourth shopping mall project was built in the northern
environs of San Antonio. The center featured a single anchor store
-Wolff and Marx- and encompassed 250,000 leasable square feet.
A circa-'63 aerial of the shopping center. The Frost Brothers store
was under construction. Work had not yet begun on the twin
cinema.
Photo from City-Data / "940"
A mid-'60s physical layout of NORTH STAR MALL, with the expansion
of 1963 and '64 shown in shades of gray. The first anchor, San Antonio-
based Wolff and Marx, had been joined by another San Antonio-based
retailer, Frost Brothers.
The "Giant Justin's", largest pair of cowboy boots
in the world. The 40 foot high sculpture, by local
artist Bob "Daddy-O" Wade, was installed at the
mall in 1980.
Photo from Wikipedia / "Clipper 471"
Fast forward to 2009 and the current site plan of San Antonio's
meandering mall. The remaining sections of the original 250,000
square foot shopping center are shown in black, with the 1963 and
1969 additions indicated in medium gray. Expansions done in the
mid-1980's are shown in light gray.
NORTH STAR MALL
San Pedro Avenue and West Rector Road
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio and Minneapolis were the first American cities to have more than one fully-enclosed shopping center. In the Alamo City, NORTH STAR MALL opened in September 1960. WONDERLAND SHOPPING CITY [November 2007 archive] was officially dedicated in September 1961.
NORTH STAR MALL was the fourth regional retail hub built by the James Rouse Company; the third endeavor of its Community Research and Development Corporation affiliate.
The complex occupied a 53.9 acre tract, 9 miles north of downtown San Antonio, which was adjacent to a newly-completed stretch of the "Loop 13" Expressway (later known as "Loop I-410 / John Connally Loop").
The grand opening of the shopping mall was held September 23, 1960. At the time, it encompassed 250,000 leasable square feet and housed fifty-three stores and services.
The primary anchor was a 2-level, San Antonio-based Wolff and Marx department store. There were also an H-E-B (Howard E. Butt) supermarket, Walgreen Drug, Guarantee Shoe Store, Mr. Dunderbach's Deli, Pants Parlor apparel, La Fuente Restaurant, Lerner Shops, Pet Pantry, National Shirt Shop and Texas State Optical store.
An eastward expansion, commencing in February 1963 and coming inline the following October, added a 2-level (94,000 square foot), San Antonio-based, Frost Brothers and several new retailers.
On December 25, 1964, the North Star Cinemas complex was completed. It was adjacent to the northeast corner of the mall, but was not connected with the interior mallway.
CENTRAL PARK MALL became the primary competitor of NORTH STAR MALL in 1968. The new complex was built next door, directly across San Pedro Avenue.
A second eastern addition to NORTH STAR MALL, the Phase III / "La Fuente Del Sol" expansion, was completed in 1969. The mallway was built over to a 5-level (204,000 square foot), San Antonio-based Joske's. NORTH STAR MALL now encompassed 800,000 leasable square feet and one hundred and thirteen stores.
The existing twin cinema was incorporated into the enclosed mall at this time and a 2-level parking deck built in the southeast parking area. In 1970, Wolff and Marx, by then owned by the Joske's chain, was sold to (and rebranded by) Tacoma, Washington-based Rhodes Brothers. This, in turn, became a Honolulu-based Liberty House in the mid-1970s.
The next renovation of the complex took place in 1981, when the H-E-B supermarket and Walgreen Drug -on the west end of the mall- were razed and replaced with a 3-level (200,000 square foot), Houston-based, Foley's.
Moreover, in 1982, an underground arcade area was added at the center of the complex, beneath a north entrance. This arcade included a music store, record store and Oshman's Sporting Goods. A parking garage (at the northeast corner of the mall) was completed in 1983.
The fourth addition to NORTH STAR MALL came inline in 1986. A 3-level (178,000 square foot) Marshall Field's was built, along with a 2-level (104,000 square foot) Saks Fifth Avenue. Both stores were situated at the end of newly-constructed, 2-level concourses, with the Marshall Field's wing including a 14-bay Food Court.
Two new parking structures were built, as well. The first at the northwest corner, the second at the southwest. Moreover, the Foley's store was expanded to 250,000 square feet, via a northward extension. With these additions in place, the mall encompassed 1,260,000 leasable square feet and over two hundred stores and services.
Several anchor store changes occurred over the ensuing years. Joske's was rebranded as a Dillard's in 1987. Two years later, Frost Brothers was liquidated. Its former store space became a Mervyn's in 1992. 1997 brought the shuttering of Marshall Fields, which reopened as a Macy's in the same year.
Chicago-based General Growth Properties purchased the Rouse Company in 2004 and assumed ownership of NORTH STAR MALL. In March 2005, they announced a major refurbishment of the center, which was concluded in 2008.
The renovation included comfortable furniture for the common areas of the mall, as well as new tile flooring, landscaping, ceilings and exterior entrances.
During this project, the original Macy's relocated into the former Foley's, which closed as a result of the May / Federated merger of 2005. In mid-2007, J.C. Penney opened a store in the old Marshall Fields / Macy's location.
The most recent anchor alteration involved the shuttering of Mervyn's in late 2008. Thus far, the space has not been retenanted.
Sources:
"North Star Mall" article on Wikipedia
Bexar County, Texas Tax Assessor website
Comment post by Randy
Cinema Treasures / "North Star Cinema" article / submitted by "Outtafocus"
ggp.com (General Growth Properties)
San Pedro Avenue and West Rector Road
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio and Minneapolis were the first American cities to have more than one fully-enclosed shopping center. In the Alamo City, NORTH STAR MALL opened in September 1960. WONDERLAND SHOPPING CITY [November 2007 archive] was officially dedicated in September 1961.
NORTH STAR MALL was the fourth regional retail hub built by the James Rouse Company; the third endeavor of its Community Research and Development Corporation affiliate.
The complex occupied a 53.9 acre tract, 9 miles north of downtown San Antonio, which was adjacent to a newly-completed stretch of the "Loop 13" Expressway (later known as "Loop I-410 / John Connally Loop").
The grand opening of the shopping mall was held September 23, 1960. At the time, it encompassed 250,000 leasable square feet and housed fifty-three stores and services.
The primary anchor was a 2-level, San Antonio-based Wolff and Marx department store. There were also an H-E-B (Howard E. Butt) supermarket, Walgreen Drug, Guarantee Shoe Store, Mr. Dunderbach's Deli, Pants Parlor apparel, La Fuente Restaurant, Lerner Shops, Pet Pantry, National Shirt Shop and Texas State Optical store.
An eastward expansion, commencing in February 1963 and coming inline the following October, added a 2-level (94,000 square foot), San Antonio-based, Frost Brothers and several new retailers.
On December 25, 1964, the North Star Cinemas complex was completed. It was adjacent to the northeast corner of the mall, but was not connected with the interior mallway.
CENTRAL PARK MALL became the primary competitor of NORTH STAR MALL in 1968. The new complex was built next door, directly across San Pedro Avenue.
A second eastern addition to NORTH STAR MALL, the Phase III / "La Fuente Del Sol" expansion, was completed in 1969. The mallway was built over to a 5-level (204,000 square foot), San Antonio-based Joske's. NORTH STAR MALL now encompassed 800,000 leasable square feet and one hundred and thirteen stores.
The existing twin cinema was incorporated into the enclosed mall at this time and a 2-level parking deck built in the southeast parking area. In 1970, Wolff and Marx, by then owned by the Joske's chain, was sold to (and rebranded by) Tacoma, Washington-based Rhodes Brothers. This, in turn, became a Honolulu-based Liberty House in the mid-1970s.
The next renovation of the complex took place in 1981, when the H-E-B supermarket and Walgreen Drug -on the west end of the mall- were razed and replaced with a 3-level (200,000 square foot), Houston-based, Foley's.
Moreover, in 1982, an underground arcade area was added at the center of the complex, beneath a north entrance. This arcade included a music store, record store and Oshman's Sporting Goods. A parking garage (at the northeast corner of the mall) was completed in 1983.
The fourth addition to NORTH STAR MALL came inline in 1986. A 3-level (178,000 square foot) Marshall Field's was built, along with a 2-level (104,000 square foot) Saks Fifth Avenue. Both stores were situated at the end of newly-constructed, 2-level concourses, with the Marshall Field's wing including a 14-bay Food Court.
Two new parking structures were built, as well. The first at the northwest corner, the second at the southwest. Moreover, the Foley's store was expanded to 250,000 square feet, via a northward extension. With these additions in place, the mall encompassed 1,260,000 leasable square feet and over two hundred stores and services.
Several anchor store changes occurred over the ensuing years. Joske's was rebranded as a Dillard's in 1987. Two years later, Frost Brothers was liquidated. Its former store space became a Mervyn's in 1992. 1997 brought the shuttering of Marshall Fields, which reopened as a Macy's in the same year.
Chicago-based General Growth Properties purchased the Rouse Company in 2004 and assumed ownership of NORTH STAR MALL. In March 2005, they announced a major refurbishment of the center, which was concluded in 2008.
The renovation included comfortable furniture for the common areas of the mall, as well as new tile flooring, landscaping, ceilings and exterior entrances.
During this project, the original Macy's relocated into the former Foley's, which closed as a result of the May / Federated merger of 2005. In mid-2007, J.C. Penney opened a store in the old Marshall Fields / Macy's location.
The most recent anchor alteration involved the shuttering of Mervyn's in late 2008. Thus far, the space has not been retenanted.
Sources:
"North Star Mall" article on Wikipedia
Bexar County, Texas Tax Assessor website
Comment post by Randy
Cinema Treasures / "North Star Cinema" article / submitted by "Outtafocus"
ggp.com (General Growth Properties)
New Jersey's Cherry Hill Mall
*
Opening, in October 1961, as the first major interior mall on the East
Coast, South Jersey's CHERRY HILL was the first collaboration
between master mall designer Victor Gruen and James Rouse. It was
the fifth mall built by Mr. Rouse's Company.
Photo from Malls of America Blogspot
*
See May 2008 archive for the complete article
The nucleus from which today's MALL ST. MATTHEWS originated.
In 1962, THE MALL housed 323,196 leasable square feet and was
anchored by Kaufman's of Kentucky, a P.H. Rose variety store and
A and P supermarket.
The first of several expansions was completed in 1969. A 2-level
J.C. Penney was added, along with sixteen new stores. THE MALL
now spanned 552,500 leasable square feet.
The recently-renovated Penney's, added to THE MALL during its
first expansion.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Prange Way"
The mall, following its late 1980s renovation and expansion. There
were now a new -north-facing- Limited / Express Wing and Picnic
Food Court (in the old Rose's spot). By this time, the Kaufman's store
had gone through four nameplate changes. The shopping center, itself,
sported a new moniker, as well.
The sprawling shopping venue in 1998. Two expansions, in 1992-
1995 and 1998, increased the size of the center to 1,094,000 leasable
square feet, with one hundred and forty inline stores. Eleven years
later, the site plan above still serves as a basic footprint of the mall.
However, Lord and Taylor is now a Dillard's Men's. The old Dillard's
Men's is presently vacant and awaiting possible demolition.
The Picnic Food Court, built in what had been a P.H. Rose variety store
in the circa-'62 mall. The culinary complex was dedicated in the mid-
1980s.
Photo from www.labelscar.com/ / "Prange Way"
Lexington, Kentucky-based Dawahares temporarily tenanted the
Lord and Taylor spot, vacated in February 2003. In 2007, the store
was reconfigured into a new Dillard's Men's and Home Store.
Photo from http://www.labelscar.com/ / "Prange Way"
THE MALL
Shelbyville Road / US 60 and Interstate 264
St. Matthews, Kentucky
The first shopping mall in the Commonwealth of Kentucky was located 6 miles east of downtown Louisville, in the suburb of St. Matthews, on a land parcel adjacent to the newly-opened Watterson Expressway / Interstate 264.
Known simply as THE MALL, or SHELBYVILLE ROAD MALL, the single-level, fully-enclosed shopping center was built on land previously comprising the Arterburn Estate. The complex was the sixth mall built by the James Rouse Company; the fifth to be completed by Community Research and Development.
At the grand opening, held March 21, 1962, THE MALL was anchored by a 2-level (124,200 square foot), Louisville-based Kaufman's of Kentucky. There were also a 20,400 square foot A & P supermarket, Taylor Drug, Rodes-Rapier, Davidson's apparel and 1-level (46,200 square foot), North Carolina-based P.H. Rose variety store.
The circa-'62 shopping center encompassed 323,196 leasable square feet and was situated around two court areas. The first -fronting on Kaufman's- featured an oversized chess set. The second -at the P.H. Rose- served as a children's play area.
THE MALL was the only enclosed shopping center in the "Kentuckiana" metropolis until GREENTREE MALL opened, in nearby Clarksville, Indiana in 1968.
The following year, an addition to THE MALL was completed, which included a 2-level (178,400 square foot) J.C. Penney. However, newer malls in the area began to drain business and tenants away.
In 1971, OXMOOR CENTER was built less than a 1 mile east. This was followed by BASHFORD MANOR MALL, located 4 miles to the southwest, which opened in 1973.
Soon, THE MALL was in decline. Kaufman's closed, with Stewart's, another Louisville-based department store, moving in. This lasted a few years and was proceeded by an Indianapolis-based L.S. Ayres in 1985.
In the mid-1980s, a major renovation and expansion of the center began, which included the installation of a Food Court in the old Rose's spot. A new North Wing, including a Limited apparel store, was built on the front of the structure.
Moreover, the recently-vacated L.S. Ayres was expanded by 46,600 square feet. The 170,800 square foot structure was leased to Louisville-based Bacon's in 1989. The newly-remodeled shopping center was now officially known as MALL ST. MATTHEWS. An upturn in business prompted Rouse Company to begin another expansion in 1992.
This included the construction of a new Southwest Wing and third department store. This 2-level (230,000 square foot) building was occupied by Little Rock-based Dillard's in 1995. The retail hub now encompassed 965,000 leasable square feet.
The fifth expansion of MALL ST. MATTHEWS added a 2-level (120,000 square foot) Lord and Taylor and multi-level parking garage. This project was completed in 1998. At this time, Bacon's department stores were absorbed into the Dillard's chain, with the old Bacon's store reopening as a Dillard's Men's location.
With the dawn of the new century came more changes. A deal, whereby Seattle-based Nordstrom was to open a new store at MALL ST. MATTHEWS, fell through in early 2001. Lord and Taylor pulled out of the mall in February 2003.
The mid-'00s brought even more developments. Rouse Company, the builder and owner of the complex, was acquired by Chicago-based General Growth Properties in 2004.
Three years later, Dillard's Men's moved into the old Lord and Taylor, leaving the previous location (in what had been the Kaufman's / Stewart's / Ayres / Bacon's) vacant. The plan was to demolish the structure and replace it with an open-air "lifestyle component".
However, the sluggish economy and financial woes of General Growth Properties have apparently put the brakes on any expansion plans for MALL ST. MATTHEWS.
In 2009, the retail hub encompasses 1,094,000 leasable square feet and one hundred and forty stores and services. It is the Bluegrass State's largest enclosed shopping mall, having 17,078 more leasable square feet than the number two contender, Lexington's FAYETTE MALL.
Sources:
"Mall St. Matthews" article on Wikipedia
"Rose's" article on Wikipedia
"L.S. Ayres" article on Wikipedia
"Dillard's" article on Wikipedia
www.ggp.com (General Growth Properties)
http://www.macerich.com/
Malls Of America Blogspot / "Retro Louisville Malls" / "Anonymous" post
http://www.aboutnordstrom.com/ / "Nordstrom Cancels Plans For Louisville Store" / February 21, 2004
Shelbyville Road / US 60 and Interstate 264
St. Matthews, Kentucky
The first shopping mall in the Commonwealth of Kentucky was located 6 miles east of downtown Louisville, in the suburb of St. Matthews, on a land parcel adjacent to the newly-opened Watterson Expressway / Interstate 264.
Known simply as THE MALL, or SHELBYVILLE ROAD MALL, the single-level, fully-enclosed shopping center was built on land previously comprising the Arterburn Estate. The complex was the sixth mall built by the James Rouse Company; the fifth to be completed by Community Research and Development.
At the grand opening, held March 21, 1962, THE MALL was anchored by a 2-level (124,200 square foot), Louisville-based Kaufman's of Kentucky. There were also a 20,400 square foot A & P supermarket, Taylor Drug, Rodes-Rapier, Davidson's apparel and 1-level (46,200 square foot), North Carolina-based P.H. Rose variety store.
The circa-'62 shopping center encompassed 323,196 leasable square feet and was situated around two court areas. The first -fronting on Kaufman's- featured an oversized chess set. The second -at the P.H. Rose- served as a children's play area.
THE MALL was the only enclosed shopping center in the "Kentuckiana" metropolis until GREENTREE MALL opened, in nearby Clarksville, Indiana in 1968.
The following year, an addition to THE MALL was completed, which included a 2-level (178,400 square foot) J.C. Penney. However, newer malls in the area began to drain business and tenants away.
In 1971, OXMOOR CENTER was built less than a 1 mile east. This was followed by BASHFORD MANOR MALL, located 4 miles to the southwest, which opened in 1973.
Soon, THE MALL was in decline. Kaufman's closed, with Stewart's, another Louisville-based department store, moving in. This lasted a few years and was proceeded by an Indianapolis-based L.S. Ayres in 1985.
In the mid-1980s, a major renovation and expansion of the center began, which included the installation of a Food Court in the old Rose's spot. A new North Wing, including a Limited apparel store, was built on the front of the structure.
Moreover, the recently-vacated L.S. Ayres was expanded by 46,600 square feet. The 170,800 square foot structure was leased to Louisville-based Bacon's in 1989. The newly-remodeled shopping center was now officially known as MALL ST. MATTHEWS. An upturn in business prompted Rouse Company to begin another expansion in 1992.
This included the construction of a new Southwest Wing and third department store. This 2-level (230,000 square foot) building was occupied by Little Rock-based Dillard's in 1995. The retail hub now encompassed 965,000 leasable square feet.
The fifth expansion of MALL ST. MATTHEWS added a 2-level (120,000 square foot) Lord and Taylor and multi-level parking garage. This project was completed in 1998. At this time, Bacon's department stores were absorbed into the Dillard's chain, with the old Bacon's store reopening as a Dillard's Men's location.
With the dawn of the new century came more changes. A deal, whereby Seattle-based Nordstrom was to open a new store at MALL ST. MATTHEWS, fell through in early 2001. Lord and Taylor pulled out of the mall in February 2003.
The mid-'00s brought even more developments. Rouse Company, the builder and owner of the complex, was acquired by Chicago-based General Growth Properties in 2004.
Three years later, Dillard's Men's moved into the old Lord and Taylor, leaving the previous location (in what had been the Kaufman's / Stewart's / Ayres / Bacon's) vacant. The plan was to demolish the structure and replace it with an open-air "lifestyle component".
However, the sluggish economy and financial woes of General Growth Properties have apparently put the brakes on any expansion plans for MALL ST. MATTHEWS.
In 2009, the retail hub encompasses 1,094,000 leasable square feet and one hundred and forty stores and services. It is the Bluegrass State's largest enclosed shopping mall, having 17,078 more leasable square feet than the number two contender, Lexington's FAYETTE MALL.
Sources:
"Mall St. Matthews" article on Wikipedia
"Rose's" article on Wikipedia
"L.S. Ayres" article on Wikipedia
"Dillard's" article on Wikipedia
www.ggp.com (General Growth Properties)
http://www.macerich.com/
Malls Of America Blogspot / "Retro Louisville Malls" / "Anonymous" post
http://www.aboutnordstrom.com/ / "Nordstrom Cancels Plans For Louisville Store" / February 21, 2004
Pittsburgh's Northway Mall
Opening in August 1962 as the first interior mall in the Keystone State,
NORTHWAY MALL was a Rouse Company redevelopment of a circa-
1953 strip shopping center.
Photo from Malls of America Blogspot
See November 2006 archive for the complete article
Opening in August 1962 as the first interior mall in the Keystone State,
NORTHWAY MALL was a Rouse Company redevelopment of a circa-
1953 strip shopping center.
Photo from Malls of America Blogspot
See November 2006 archive for the complete article
Pittsburgh's Greengate Mall
The eighth Rouse retail mecca was the second of
three collaborations between Victor Gruen and
James Rouse. GREENGATE MALL was dedicated
in August of 1965. It had a destiny date with the
wrecking ball in 2003.
Photo from Photo from www.freewebs.com /
"Greengate Mall Revisited"
See May 2008 archive for the complete article
The eighth Rouse retail mecca was the second of
three collaborations between Victor Gruen and
James Rouse. GREENGATE MALL was dedicated
in August of 1965. It had a destiny date with the
wrecking ball in 2003.
Photo from Photo from www.freewebs.com /
"Greengate Mall Revisited"
See May 2008 archive for the complete article
Philadelphia's Plymouth Meeting Mall
The first of two malls opened by James Rouse and Company during
1966, Philly's PLYMOUTH MEETING was officially dedicated in
February. It was the third -and final- Gruen-designed / Rouse-built
shopping complex.
Photo from Malls of America Blogspot
See May 2008 archive for the complete article
The first of two malls opened by James Rouse and Company during
1966, Philly's PLYMOUTH MEETING was officially dedicated in
February. It was the third -and final- Gruen-designed / Rouse-built
shopping complex.
Photo from Malls of America Blogspot
See May 2008 archive for the complete article
Dayton's Salem Mall
Beginning business in October 1966, SALEM MALL retained
its original logo for forty years.
Photo from Innovative Auctions website
Beginning business in October 1966, SALEM MALL retained
its original logo for forty years.
Photo from Innovative Auctions website
A 1970 depiction of the sixty store mall. At its center was a tropical
Garden Court with fountain. Lush foliage was a standard fixture of the
early Rouse malls. A single-screen cinema was an imposing feature at
the front of the complex.
A view of the breezeway leading to one of the
entrances of the mall. Sears is on the right.
Photo from Innovatine Auctions website
An eastward view of the main corridor. This was a part of
the original -circa-1966- mall.
Photo from Innovative Auctions website
The newly-expanded shopping center, in 1982. A Food Court now
occupied its center area and a 2-level concourse -and J.C.Penney-
extended to the north. The complex now encompassed 817,000
leasable square feet, with one hundred and ten stores and services.
Two views of the newer -2-level- mall corridor, added to the original
1-level mall in the early 1980s.
Photos from Wikipedia / Dave Lansing
A rendering of THE LANDMARK, which was plotted to replace
the SALEM MALL. The mid-century center was demolished
(save for Sears) in the summer of 2006. Several hurdles were
encountered, which indefinitely delayed the start of construction
on the new lifestyle project. In fact, it appears likely that it will
never be built.
Drawing from Trotwood Chamber of Commerce
SALEM MALL
Salem Avenue and Shiloh Springs Road
Trotwood, Ohio
SALEM MALL was the Dayton area's first fully-enclosed shopping center. It was situated on a 39.9 acre parcel, 6 miles northwest of downtown and was the tenth regional-class center to be built by the James Rouse Company; the ninth undertaking of its Community Research and Development subsidiary.
The mall opened in October 1966 and, in its early stages, had sixty retailers. It was anchored by a 1-level with basement (121,700 square foot) Sears and 1-level (112,209 square foot), Dayton-based Rike's.
1966 tenants included Camelot Music, Spencer Gifts, Merry-Go-Round, Casual Corner, Mayor's Jewelers, Mayor's Records, The Metropolitan apparel, Cassano's Pizza King, a Liberal supermarket and Hot Shoppes Cafeteria. The single-screen Salem Mall Cinema showed its first feature, Billy Wilder's "The Fortune Cookie", in October 1966.
When originally built, SALEM MALL was located in unincorporated Montgomery County / Madison Township. However, in May 1969, the then-existing Village of Trotwood annexed it. Over the ensuing years, the City of Dayton made several unsuccessful attempts to annex the shopping center, which -at the time- was the second-largest in the region.
A large-scale renovation was completed in 1981. The center Garden Court was gutted. In its place was built a large Food Court, with a bi-level mall concourse extending northward to a 2-level (167,200 square foot) J.C Penney.
Rike's was also expanded into a 196,553 square foot store. The mall now encompassed 817,000 leasable square feet and over one hundred and ten retailers.
The eventual demise of the shopping center was underway by the late 1970s, although this was not apparent at the time. The center's site had been selected due to its proximity to the proposed Wolf Creek Expressway. However, the superhighway was never built and the area surrounding the mall eventually began to decline.
By the late 1990s, SALEM had the dubious distinction of being one of America's original "dead malls".The Rike's anchor had been rebranded as Shillito-Rike's in 1982. Four years later, all Federated Stores in Ohio were put under the Lazarus nameplate.
The store continued under this heading until it was shuttered in 1998. In 2002, it was razed and replaced by Home Depot.
The nearly-deserted mall had gone through a succession of owners by this time. Several attempts were made to secure new tenants.....all met with little or no success. In October 2004, the City of Trotwood purchased SALEM MALL. The center was shuttered and most of it was demolished in the summer of 2006.
Sears is now all that remains of the original center. It, and Home Depot, were to be incorporated into an open-air, lifestyle complex, with shoppes, a 14-screen multiplex cinema, offices, housing units, a public library, a higher education branch campus and new city hall for Trotwood.
This complex, to be known as THE LANDMARK, was originally scheduled for completion in 2008. However, budget problems in the City of Trotwood have resulted in the delay of its construction. It appears likely that the project will be entirely abandoned.
Salem Mall Musings:
This bit of verbage is surely some real "retro retail" reminiscing! I first went to Dayton's mall that was in the winter of 1970. It had opened in 1966....so, when I went to it "way back when", it was only four years old.
SALEM MALL preceded its big sister sibling, the DAYTON MALL (13 miles to the southeast), by three years. DAYTON MALL [June 2008 archive] was an ENORMOUS mega-mall; the first mall of any type that I ever saw, or went to. When I first ventured there in 1969, I was in awe. However, my first trip to SALEM MALL, a year later, found me almost as impressed.
Admittedly, SALEM MALL was very different from DAYTON MALL. SALEM was much smaller (in its early days), and the design and decor of Dayton's two enclosed, suburban shopping centers was dissimilar.
SALEM followed the typical mid-'50s-to-early '60s shopping mall styling, with its fountained, center Garden Court and sunlit, clerestory window corridors. DAYTON MALL, on the other hand, was built to echo the early 1970s concept of a dark, stark, windowless concrete caisson.
Looking at these two examples, as they originally stood, it becomes clear that "vernacular architecture" had changed quite a bit within only three years. This was, after all, the 1960s, when things in America would change radically almost overnight.
SALEM MALL originally had four corridors. All of these began at the Garden Court. The first ran to the Sears anchor store (at the mall's east end). The second ended at a mall entrance, in front of the second anchor store, Rike's (at the mall's west end).
The two other corridors were shorter than the aforementioned. The third extended southward, to the mall's main entrance, in front of the Salem Mall Cinema. The fourth ended at the mall's rear entrance, which was in front of the Liberal supermarket.
The Salem Mall Cinema, at the front of the complex, was a major focal point of the structure. It was quite a large -and imposing- building. Perhaps some younger readers may be suprised to know that, at this time, there was only one screen in the cinema. Virtually every movie theater in this day and age was not a "multiplex" deal. You would have only one screen -and one feature movie- showing in the cinema at a time.
Likewise, in the circa-1970 version of SALEM MALL, there was no Food Court. If you wanted something to eat while hanging out , the best bet would have been to head down toward Sears, go out the rear entrance, and walk to the Cassano's Pizza King, which was located outside of the enclosed structure, on the rear parking lot. There were also restaurants in Sears, Rike's, and a drug store. An MCL Cafeteria was also a prominent feature.
I think the coolest store at the circa-1970 SALEM MALL was East East. It was on the southeast corner of the Garden Court, and was a psychedelic, emporium type of establishment. Here was the place to go for all of your blacklight posters, Buddha incense burners and lava lamps. Sounds archaic now, but that kind of stuff was very much in vogue at the time.
There were two record stores in the mall then; Camelot Music and Mayor's (adjacent to a jewelry store). My only other recollection is of the single-story, Rike's department store, which seemed REALLY small. I'm sure that I felt this way because I was more accustomed to going to the huge 2-level (230,000 square foot) Rike's in the "new" DAYTON MALL.
I moved away from southwestern Ohio in 1972, so I didn't go to SALEM MALL for several years. On my last visit, in the early 1990s, I dined at the Food Court that had been built during the 1981 renovation. I was impressed by how much larger SALEM MALL was, with the addition of the eateries and 2-level concourse.
Still, I think that I liked the original -circa-'60s- mall better.
Sources:
Comment posts by "Thanoss", "Shatzi" and "Anonymous"
http://www.trotwood.org/
http://www.urbanohio.com/
www.deadmalls.com / Comment posts by "Matt", Troy Lightcap, Sidney New and Blake Hutchinson
www.cinematreasures.com / "Salem Mall Cinemas" article, contributed by David Sparks
Salem Avenue and Shiloh Springs Road
Trotwood, Ohio
SALEM MALL was the Dayton area's first fully-enclosed shopping center. It was situated on a 39.9 acre parcel, 6 miles northwest of downtown and was the tenth regional-class center to be built by the James Rouse Company; the ninth undertaking of its Community Research and Development subsidiary.
The mall opened in October 1966 and, in its early stages, had sixty retailers. It was anchored by a 1-level with basement (121,700 square foot) Sears and 1-level (112,209 square foot), Dayton-based Rike's.
1966 tenants included Camelot Music, Spencer Gifts, Merry-Go-Round, Casual Corner, Mayor's Jewelers, Mayor's Records, The Metropolitan apparel, Cassano's Pizza King, a Liberal supermarket and Hot Shoppes Cafeteria. The single-screen Salem Mall Cinema showed its first feature, Billy Wilder's "The Fortune Cookie", in October 1966.
When originally built, SALEM MALL was located in unincorporated Montgomery County / Madison Township. However, in May 1969, the then-existing Village of Trotwood annexed it. Over the ensuing years, the City of Dayton made several unsuccessful attempts to annex the shopping center, which -at the time- was the second-largest in the region.
A large-scale renovation was completed in 1981. The center Garden Court was gutted. In its place was built a large Food Court, with a bi-level mall concourse extending northward to a 2-level (167,200 square foot) J.C Penney.
Rike's was also expanded into a 196,553 square foot store. The mall now encompassed 817,000 leasable square feet and over one hundred and ten retailers.
The eventual demise of the shopping center was underway by the late 1970s, although this was not apparent at the time. The center's site had been selected due to its proximity to the proposed Wolf Creek Expressway. However, the superhighway was never built and the area surrounding the mall eventually began to decline.
By the late 1990s, SALEM had the dubious distinction of being one of America's original "dead malls".The Rike's anchor had been rebranded as Shillito-Rike's in 1982. Four years later, all Federated Stores in Ohio were put under the Lazarus nameplate.
The store continued under this heading until it was shuttered in 1998. In 2002, it was razed and replaced by Home Depot.
The nearly-deserted mall had gone through a succession of owners by this time. Several attempts were made to secure new tenants.....all met with little or no success. In October 2004, the City of Trotwood purchased SALEM MALL. The center was shuttered and most of it was demolished in the summer of 2006.
Sears is now all that remains of the original center. It, and Home Depot, were to be incorporated into an open-air, lifestyle complex, with shoppes, a 14-screen multiplex cinema, offices, housing units, a public library, a higher education branch campus and new city hall for Trotwood.
This complex, to be known as THE LANDMARK, was originally scheduled for completion in 2008. However, budget problems in the City of Trotwood have resulted in the delay of its construction. It appears likely that the project will be entirely abandoned.
Salem Mall Musings:
This bit of verbage is surely some real "retro retail" reminiscing! I first went to Dayton's mall that was in the winter of 1970. It had opened in 1966....so, when I went to it "way back when", it was only four years old.
SALEM MALL preceded its big sister sibling, the DAYTON MALL (13 miles to the southeast), by three years. DAYTON MALL [June 2008 archive] was an ENORMOUS mega-mall; the first mall of any type that I ever saw, or went to. When I first ventured there in 1969, I was in awe. However, my first trip to SALEM MALL, a year later, found me almost as impressed.
Admittedly, SALEM MALL was very different from DAYTON MALL. SALEM was much smaller (in its early days), and the design and decor of Dayton's two enclosed, suburban shopping centers was dissimilar.
SALEM followed the typical mid-'50s-to-early '60s shopping mall styling, with its fountained, center Garden Court and sunlit, clerestory window corridors. DAYTON MALL, on the other hand, was built to echo the early 1970s concept of a dark, stark, windowless concrete caisson.
Looking at these two examples, as they originally stood, it becomes clear that "vernacular architecture" had changed quite a bit within only three years. This was, after all, the 1960s, when things in America would change radically almost overnight.
SALEM MALL originally had four corridors. All of these began at the Garden Court. The first ran to the Sears anchor store (at the mall's east end). The second ended at a mall entrance, in front of the second anchor store, Rike's (at the mall's west end).
The two other corridors were shorter than the aforementioned. The third extended southward, to the mall's main entrance, in front of the Salem Mall Cinema. The fourth ended at the mall's rear entrance, which was in front of the Liberal supermarket.
The Salem Mall Cinema, at the front of the complex, was a major focal point of the structure. It was quite a large -and imposing- building. Perhaps some younger readers may be suprised to know that, at this time, there was only one screen in the cinema. Virtually every movie theater in this day and age was not a "multiplex" deal. You would have only one screen -and one feature movie- showing in the cinema at a time.
Likewise, in the circa-1970 version of SALEM MALL, there was no Food Court. If you wanted something to eat while hanging out , the best bet would have been to head down toward Sears, go out the rear entrance, and walk to the Cassano's Pizza King, which was located outside of the enclosed structure, on the rear parking lot. There were also restaurants in Sears, Rike's, and a drug store. An MCL Cafeteria was also a prominent feature.
I think the coolest store at the circa-1970 SALEM MALL was East East. It was on the southeast corner of the Garden Court, and was a psychedelic, emporium type of establishment. Here was the place to go for all of your blacklight posters, Buddha incense burners and lava lamps. Sounds archaic now, but that kind of stuff was very much in vogue at the time.
There were two record stores in the mall then; Camelot Music and Mayor's (adjacent to a jewelry store). My only other recollection is of the single-story, Rike's department store, which seemed REALLY small. I'm sure that I felt this way because I was more accustomed to going to the huge 2-level (230,000 square foot) Rike's in the "new" DAYTON MALL.
I moved away from southwestern Ohio in 1972, so I didn't go to SALEM MALL for several years. On my last visit, in the early 1990s, I dined at the Food Court that had been built during the 1981 renovation. I was impressed by how much larger SALEM MALL was, with the addition of the eateries and 2-level concourse.
Still, I think that I liked the original -circa-'60s- mall better.
Sources:
Comment posts by "Thanoss", "Shatzi" and "Anonymous"
http://www.trotwood.org/
http://www.urbanohio.com/
www.deadmalls.com / Comment posts by "Matt", Troy Lightcap, Sidney New and Blake Hutchinson
www.cinematreasures.com / "Salem Mall Cinemas" article, contributed by David Sparks
One of the twin malls opened by the Rouse Company in Houston, Texas
in October 1968, NORTHWEST MALL encompassed 794,000 leasable
square feet, with a retail roster of eighty stores.
One of the main entrances into the center. These were remodeled in
1990.
Photo from www.levcor.com
The Center Court and entryway to "The Food Court",
which was also a component of the 1990 renovation.
Photo from www.levcor.com
The mall's Macy's, in better days. The store was damaged
by Hurricane Ike in September 2008. It is unclear whether
Macy's Inc. will reopen the location. The sister store, in
ALMEDA MALL, was also damaged by the storm. It will
return to retailing in September 2009, after a thorough
renovation.
Photo from www.levcor.com
Today's NORTHWEST MALL. Structurally, it differs little from the
circa-1968 center seen above. The only expansion, done in the early
1970s, enlarged the existing Foley's by 89,200 square feet. Of course,
the store line up is quite a bit different than that of the original mall.
NORTHWEST MALL
Hempstead Road / US 290 and Magnum Road
Houston, Texas
The James Rouse Company developed two fully-enclosed shopping malls simultaneously in Houston, Texas. These twin centers, NORTHWEST MALL and ALMEDA MALL, encompassed 794,000 and 797,000 leasable square feet, respectively, and opened in October 1968.
NORTHWEST MALL sat upon a 65.7 acre plot, 5 miles northwest of central Houston. ALMEDA MALL was located 17.8 miles southeast of NORTHWEST. These single-level sibling centers were nearly identical in design and shared the same anchor stores.
A 2-level (209,600 square foot), Houston-based Foley's and 2-level (209,300 square foot) J.C. Penney anchored NORTHWEST MALL. The original complex also included a 1-level (49,500 square foot), Houston-based Battelstein's as a junior anchor.
Inline stores included GNC, Gordon's Jewelers, Farrell's Ice Cream, Margo's, Hallmark Store, Palais Royal and an F.W. Woolworth 5 and 10. An outparcel movie house, the AMC Northwest 4, opened for business December 25, 1969.
The only physical expansion of NORTHWEST MALL was done in the early 1970s, when Foley's was enlarged into a 298,800 square foot operation.
Retail rivals were aplenty in the over-malled Houston metropolis. SHARPSTOWN MALL (1961) [July 2008 archive] was located 7.2 miles southwest; MEMORIAL CITY MALL (1962), 5.4 miles southwest; NORTHLINE MALL (1963) sat 4.7 miles to the northeast and TOWN AND COUNTRY MALL (1983) was 6.2 miles southwest.
Houston's GALLERIA (1970) [June 2007 archive] was situated 4 miles south of NORTHWEST MALL but was such an ultra-upscale operation that the two centers were not in direct competition.
NORTHWEST MALL was given a facelift renovation in 1990, with an 11-bay Food Court installed in the center of the center. New entrances were also included in the project.
Over the years, inline stores came and went at the shopping venue. Bealls (which possibly replaced Battelstein's) was shuttered in February 1989. BizMart, on office supply chain, opened June 20, 1990 and closed in January 1991. Woolworth folded in December 1993. Things really began to falter when J.C. Penney pulled out of the mall in June 2000. Its store space was never reoccupied.
The Rouse Company relinquished ownership of the shopping center in 2002; the buyer being the Columbus, Ohio-based Glimcher Realty Trust. They, in turn, sold the ailing property to Houston-based Levcor in October 2007. A large-scale renovation was planned, that would rework the complex into a mixed-use, lifestyle-type center.
This project was delayed when the mall site was included in an economic redevelopment zone surrounding a "Northwest Mall" passenger station on Houston's prospective US 290 Corridor / Cypress-to-Intermodal Terminal commuter rail line.
NORTHWEST MALL took a hit from Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Its Macy's (a February 2006 rebranding of Foley's) incurred roof damage and closed. At present, the store is still closed. Macy's has been unclear about whether or not it will reopen.
Sources:
"Northwest Mall" article on Wikipedia
www.northwest-mall.com
www.levcor.com
"METRORail" article on Wikipedia
Hempstead Road / US 290 and Magnum Road
Houston, Texas
The James Rouse Company developed two fully-enclosed shopping malls simultaneously in Houston, Texas. These twin centers, NORTHWEST MALL and ALMEDA MALL, encompassed 794,000 and 797,000 leasable square feet, respectively, and opened in October 1968.
NORTHWEST MALL sat upon a 65.7 acre plot, 5 miles northwest of central Houston. ALMEDA MALL was located 17.8 miles southeast of NORTHWEST. These single-level sibling centers were nearly identical in design and shared the same anchor stores.
A 2-level (209,600 square foot), Houston-based Foley's and 2-level (209,300 square foot) J.C. Penney anchored NORTHWEST MALL. The original complex also included a 1-level (49,500 square foot), Houston-based Battelstein's as a junior anchor.
Inline stores included GNC, Gordon's Jewelers, Farrell's Ice Cream, Margo's, Hallmark Store, Palais Royal and an F.W. Woolworth 5 and 10. An outparcel movie house, the AMC Northwest 4, opened for business December 25, 1969.
The only physical expansion of NORTHWEST MALL was done in the early 1970s, when Foley's was enlarged into a 298,800 square foot operation.
Retail rivals were aplenty in the over-malled Houston metropolis. SHARPSTOWN MALL (1961) [July 2008 archive] was located 7.2 miles southwest; MEMORIAL CITY MALL (1962), 5.4 miles southwest; NORTHLINE MALL (1963) sat 4.7 miles to the northeast and TOWN AND COUNTRY MALL (1983) was 6.2 miles southwest.
Houston's GALLERIA (1970) [June 2007 archive] was situated 4 miles south of NORTHWEST MALL but was such an ultra-upscale operation that the two centers were not in direct competition.
NORTHWEST MALL was given a facelift renovation in 1990, with an 11-bay Food Court installed in the center of the center. New entrances were also included in the project.
Over the years, inline stores came and went at the shopping venue. Bealls (which possibly replaced Battelstein's) was shuttered in February 1989. BizMart, on office supply chain, opened June 20, 1990 and closed in January 1991. Woolworth folded in December 1993. Things really began to falter when J.C. Penney pulled out of the mall in June 2000. Its store space was never reoccupied.
The Rouse Company relinquished ownership of the shopping center in 2002; the buyer being the Columbus, Ohio-based Glimcher Realty Trust. They, in turn, sold the ailing property to Houston-based Levcor in October 2007. A large-scale renovation was planned, that would rework the complex into a mixed-use, lifestyle-type center.
This project was delayed when the mall site was included in an economic redevelopment zone surrounding a "Northwest Mall" passenger station on Houston's prospective US 290 Corridor / Cypress-to-Intermodal Terminal commuter rail line.
NORTHWEST MALL took a hit from Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Its Macy's (a February 2006 rebranding of Foley's) incurred roof damage and closed. At present, the store is still closed. Macy's has been unclear about whether or not it will reopen.
Sources:
"Northwest Mall" article on Wikipedia
www.northwest-mall.com
www.levcor.com
"METRORail" article on Wikipedia
Toledo's Franklin Park Mall
The Rouse Company's seventeenth shopping mall was acquired by the
Australia-based Westfield Group in early 2002. The Elephant Bar
bistro seen here opened -as part of a large-scale mall expansion- in
May 2005.
Photo from Lucas County, Ohio AREIS
See September 2008 archive for the complete article
The Rouse Company's seventeenth shopping mall was acquired by the
Australia-based Westfield Group in early 2002. The Elephant Bar
bistro seen here opened -as part of a large-scale mall expansion- in
May 2005.
Photo from Lucas County, Ohio AREIS
See September 2008 archive for the complete article
Austin's Highland Mall
The south anchor of the central Texas center, originally a San Antonio-
based Joske's, became a Dillard's in April 1987.
The south anchor of the central Texas center, originally a San Antonio-
based Joske's, became a Dillard's in April 1987.
The original footprint of Austin's first fully-enclosed mall. The bi-level
shopping venue, which encompassed 859,000 leasable square feet,
was one of three regional malls opened by the Rouse Company in
August 1971. The other two were MALL IN COLUMBIA, in Maryland,
and PERIMETER MALL, north of Atlanta.
A circa-'79 site plan, showing the only expansion that has been done
to the shopping venue. The 213,800 square foot Foley's, built on the
east side of the center, was "Macy-ated" September 9, 2006.
Interior of the dual-level HIGHLAND MALL. Apparently, the center
was given its last renovation in 1987.
Photo from www.ggp.com (General Growth Properties)
Today's HIGHLAND MALL. The center, outpositioned by the newer
and larger BARTON CREEK SQUARE (on the west side of the city), is
losing two anchors -its double Dillard's- sometime in 2009. This will
leave only Macy's to sustain it.
HIGHLAND MALL
Airport Boulevard and East Koenig Lane
Austin, Texas
The first shopping mall in the Lonestar State's capital came inline in 1964. Open-air in configuration, HANCOCK CENTER encompassed 500,000 leasable square feet and was anchored by Sears and Dillard's.
HIGHLAND MALL, the second mall-type center in the environs of Austin, was the eighteenth regional center developed by the James Rouse Company. The fully-enclosed center opened in August 1971 and occupied an 81 acre plot, located 5 miles northeast of the central city. The site was adjacent to the intersection of the Interstate 35 / Interregional Highway and US 290 Freeway.
Originally encompassing 859,000 leasable square feet, the bi-level shopopolis was anchored by a 2-level (233,600 square foot) J.C. Penney, 2-level (80,000 square foot), Austin-based Scarbrough's and 4-level (191,200 square foot) San Antonio-based Joske's.
A 2-level (213,800 square foot), Houston-based Foley's was added to the east side of the existing mall in 1979. With this expansion, the complex encompased 1,072,000 leasable square feet and one hundred and thirty-seven inline stores.
HIGHLAND MALL encountered its first taste of commercial competition in 1975, with the dedication of NORTHCROSS MALL, which was located less that three miles north. The 326,000 square foot center, very much a community-size mall, was no match for the much larger, superregional HIGHLAND.
In 1981, BARTON CREEK SQUARE came along, which had the size and commercial clout to put the hurt on the eleven year-old HIGHLAND. Another northside retail rival, LAKELINE MALL, came inline in 1995.
In a keeping up with BARTON CREEK SQUARE measure, HIGHLAND MALL had been given a full-scale renovation in 1987, which included the installation of new fountains, skylights and landscaping. This kept the mall current...but it was eventually eclipsed by BARTON CREEK, especially after that mall was expanded to over 1,400,000 leasable square feet in 2003.
The first anchor store alteration at HIGHLAND MALL occurred in April 1987, when Joske's stores were acquired -and rebranded- by Dillard's. Likewise, two stores in the Scarbrough's chain were bought by Dillard's in 1992, including the location at HIGHLAND MALL. The former Joske's became a Dillard's Women's. Scarbrough's was reconfigured as a Dillard's Men's and Children's Store.
J.C. Penney pulled out of the mall in 2004, leaving a vacancy that remains to this day. 2004 was also the year that Chicago-based General Growth Properties [March 2008 archive] acquired the holdings of the Rouse Company, which owned a fifty percent share of HIGHLAND MALL.
Ownership of the shopping center consists of a joint venture with Indianapolis' Simon Property Group [March 2008 archive]. Simon had acquired their share in the mall when they bought the portfolio of New York City-based Corporate Property Investors in September 1998.
Along with the economic downturn of the late 2000s came news that Dillard's was planning to close its two HIGHLAND MALL stores in 2009. This would leave the center with three vacant anchors, encompassing 504,800 square feet, or roughly half of the mall's GLA.
The potential shuttering resulted in some rather nasty litigation between the Little Rock-based retailer and the joint owners of the shopping mall. The case has yet to be resolved.
Sources:
www.simon.com
www.ggp.com (General Growth Properties)
Austin Business Journal
"Foley's" article on Wikipedia
Comment post by "ChasRich"
Airport Boulevard and East Koenig Lane
Austin, Texas
The first shopping mall in the Lonestar State's capital came inline in 1964. Open-air in configuration, HANCOCK CENTER encompassed 500,000 leasable square feet and was anchored by Sears and Dillard's.
HIGHLAND MALL, the second mall-type center in the environs of Austin, was the eighteenth regional center developed by the James Rouse Company. The fully-enclosed center opened in August 1971 and occupied an 81 acre plot, located 5 miles northeast of the central city. The site was adjacent to the intersection of the Interstate 35 / Interregional Highway and US 290 Freeway.
Originally encompassing 859,000 leasable square feet, the bi-level shopopolis was anchored by a 2-level (233,600 square foot) J.C. Penney, 2-level (80,000 square foot), Austin-based Scarbrough's and 4-level (191,200 square foot) San Antonio-based Joske's.
A 2-level (213,800 square foot), Houston-based Foley's was added to the east side of the existing mall in 1979. With this expansion, the complex encompased 1,072,000 leasable square feet and one hundred and thirty-seven inline stores.
HIGHLAND MALL encountered its first taste of commercial competition in 1975, with the dedication of NORTHCROSS MALL, which was located less that three miles north. The 326,000 square foot center, very much a community-size mall, was no match for the much larger, superregional HIGHLAND.
In 1981, BARTON CREEK SQUARE came along, which had the size and commercial clout to put the hurt on the eleven year-old HIGHLAND. Another northside retail rival, LAKELINE MALL, came inline in 1995.
In a keeping up with BARTON CREEK SQUARE measure, HIGHLAND MALL had been given a full-scale renovation in 1987, which included the installation of new fountains, skylights and landscaping. This kept the mall current...but it was eventually eclipsed by BARTON CREEK, especially after that mall was expanded to over 1,400,000 leasable square feet in 2003.
The first anchor store alteration at HIGHLAND MALL occurred in April 1987, when Joske's stores were acquired -and rebranded- by Dillard's. Likewise, two stores in the Scarbrough's chain were bought by Dillard's in 1992, including the location at HIGHLAND MALL. The former Joske's became a Dillard's Women's. Scarbrough's was reconfigured as a Dillard's Men's and Children's Store.
J.C. Penney pulled out of the mall in 2004, leaving a vacancy that remains to this day. 2004 was also the year that Chicago-based General Growth Properties [March 2008 archive] acquired the holdings of the Rouse Company, which owned a fifty percent share of HIGHLAND MALL.
Ownership of the shopping center consists of a joint venture with Indianapolis' Simon Property Group [March 2008 archive]. Simon had acquired their share in the mall when they bought the portfolio of New York City-based Corporate Property Investors in September 1998.
Along with the economic downturn of the late 2000s came news that Dillard's was planning to close its two HIGHLAND MALL stores in 2009. This would leave the center with three vacant anchors, encompassing 504,800 square feet, or roughly half of the mall's GLA.
The potential shuttering resulted in some rather nasty litigation between the Little Rock-based retailer and the joint owners of the shopping mall. The case has yet to be resolved.
Sources:
www.simon.com
www.ggp.com (General Growth Properties)
Austin Business Journal
"Foley's" article on Wikipedia
Comment post by "ChasRich"
The Main Level of the original retail complex. The mall
served as the commercial center for Columbia, the Rouse
Company's planned city, which had been dedicated in
June 1967.
