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Stevens Creek Plaza

The western section of the mall site, which was located in the City of Santa Clara, was developed between 1956 and 1964. Open-air in format, STEVENS CREEK PLAZA was added to an Emporium store that had opened in 1957.


The STEVENS CREEK PLAZA mini mall was completed in 1964. Open-air in format, it encompassed approximately 275,700 leasable square feet. "The Centers" depicted in this drawing were accessed by the California Route 17 (San Jose-Los Gatos) Freeway, which had been completed in 1959.

STEVENS CREEK PLAZA TENANTS 1965:


THE EMPORIUM (with Stickney's Hick'ry House Restaurant and freestanding Tire Center) / I. MAGNIN / Bloom's Florsheim Shoes / Burk's Luggage / Ferguson Music House / Granat Brothers Jewelers / Marcus Furs / Mark Fenwick ladies' wear / Roos-Atkins / Safeway supermarket (outparcel) / Super S Drug (outparcel) / Wells Fargo Bank (outparcel)