San Diego's Walker Scott chain anchored COLLEGE GROVE CENTER for nearly 27 years. The store, which opened in July 1960, encompassed 160,000 square feet and featured The Helix House Restaurant.
Drawing from Walker Scott Department Stores
The original COLLEGE GROVE CENTER encompassed 450,000 leasable square feet. The 28 million dollar, open-air mall housed the largest Walker Scott in the chain. There were also fifty-nine inline stores, a rooftop heliport and free parking for 6,000 autos.
The 74,000 square foot Mervyn's co-anchored the COLLEGE GROVE mall for 31 years.
COLLEGE GROVE CENTER TENANTS 1960:
WALKER SCOTT (with Beauty Salon and Helix House restaurant) / J.C. PENNEY / J.J. NEWBERRY 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / F. W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / SAFEWAY supermarket / Bishop's Sportswear / Bond Clothes / C. H. Baker Shoes / Charles Hair Stylists / College Grove Carpets / College Grove Goumet / Ellis Brothers men's wear / Evelyn's Wigdom / Firestone Tire & Auto / Gallenkamp Shoes / Guthrie's Children's Shop / Hammel's Camera / House of Fabrics / Household Finance Corporation / Innez Shoe Company / Jack's men's wear / John Balcoa Barbers / Kamkin / Kay Shop / King & Centan / Lawson-Schiller Jewelers / Leonard's Dress Clothes / Longs Drugs (with luncheonette) / Mode O'Day Frock Shop / Morgan Appliance Service & Hobbycraft / Motherhood Maternity / Normandie Hats / Olan Mills Portait Studio / Orange Julius / Park-A-Tot / Renteri Gifts with a Flair / Save On Services / Sheri Millinery / Security First National Bank / Texas Liquor Store / Thom McAn Shoes / Union Oil Company service station (outparcel) / Universal Boot Shop / Vaughn's children's shoes / Vaunder T. Hamlin Key Shop / Zukor's ladies' wear
Newberry's was one of four junior-anchor-sized stores in the original COLLEGE GROVE mall.
Graphic from J.J. Newberry Company
A view inside the recently-opened COLLEGE GROVE Newberry's finds us in the Piece Goods Department.
Photo from J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1960
This snapshot was taken in the Plants & Pets Department.
Photo from J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1960
Mervyn's opened a new COLLEGE GROVE store in August 1978.
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