Between September 1983 and October 1984, the open-air strip center was given a 25 million dollar overhaul. It reemerged as a so-called "Ultra Mall". A 5-plex cinema eventually opened in lower level space. By 1986, the 140-store CRESTWOOD PLAZA was one of -if not- the largest enclosed malls in Greater St. Louis.

An aerial view of the newly-refurbished CRESTWOOD PLAZA. The complex now spanned over 900,000 leasable square feet.
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