In 1954, WESTGATE CENTER encompassed around 511,000 leasable square feet and contained forty-four stores and services. It was surrounded by a "sea of parking," with space for 3,600 autos. WESTGATE was one of the first shopping hubs in the nation to feature two anchor department stores. Other bi-anchor contemporaries would have been Yonkers, New York's CROSS COUNTY CENTER and Chicagoland's PARK FOREST PLAZA.

WESTGATE CENTER TENANTS 1954:

HALLE BROTHERS COMPANY (with Westgate Gallery Restaurant and Antoinne Beauty Salon) / FEDERAL department store / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / KROGER supermarket / PICK-N-PAY supermarket / GRAY DRUG (with luncheonette) / MARSHALL DRUG (with luncheonette) / Cleveland Fabric Shop / Cole's Qualicraft Shoes / Engel-Fetzer / Handy's Select Meats / Hanny's / Harden Scientific Shoes / Henry's Shoe Service / Hirkala's Shop of Gifts / Hough Bakeries / Jack & Jill Kiddie Shop / Joe Portaro Beauty Salon / Kaase Bake Shops / Lerner Shops ladies' wear / Marlen Jewelers / National City Bank / Richman Brothers men's wear / Sherwin-Williams Paints / Shuttler's men's wear / Singer Sewing Center / Southside Federal Savings / Stouffer's Restaurant / Stone Shoes / The Mullaire Company / The Record Shop / Turney Hardware / Wilhelmy's Flowers / Winkelman's ladies' wear