Saks Fifth Avenue's first OLD ORCHARD store opened in November 1958. The Big Apple-based luxury retailer dedicated a new mall store in 1978, with the original location being assumed by Lord & Taylor.
Drawing from Saks & Company
At the time of a circa-1958 site plan, the 30 million dollar shopping hub spans 1,142,000 leasable square feet and houses sixty-three stores and services. It parking area has just been expanded to accommodate 7,400 autos.
OLD ORCHARD CENTER TENANTS 1958:
MARSHALL FIELD'S (with Hawthorne Room Restaurant and Beauty Salon) / THE FAIR (with Beauty Salon and The Fair Restaurant) / SAKS FIFTH AVENUE (with Antoine Beauty Salon) / Almer Coe Optical / Baker's Qualicraft Shoes / Baskin Clothing / Benson-Rixon men's wear / Burny Brothers Bakery / Broadstreet's men's wear / C.D. Peacock Jewelers / Chandler's Shoes / Crababble Restaurant / Dutch Mill Candies / Edward's Restaurant / Fergus Ford, Incorporated / Gillette Music / Kroch's & Brentano's Books / Hammond Organ Studios / Hirsch Clothing Company / Holiday-Flagg Shoes / Household Finance Corporation / John M. Smythe Company Home Furnishings / John P. Daleiden Company religious items / Kay Howard Shops ladies' wear / Lebolt Company Jewelers / Lerner Shops ladies' wear / Loeber's, Incorporated foundation garments / La Femme Beauty Salon / Mode Petite children's wear / Morrow's Nut House / Mrs. Snyder's Candies / O'Connor & Goldberg Shoes / Old Orchard Bank & Trust / Professional Arts Pharmacy / Shore Line Cleaners / Spalding-St. Charles Kitchens / Stark Piano Company / Terry's Shoes / The Cotton Shop / The Country Cobbler Shoes / United Draperies / Walgreen Drug (with luncheonette) / The Young Set Children's Wear
ARCADE SHOPS
Arcade Barber Shop / Arcade Currency Exchange / Arcade Easy Travel Bureau / Draper & Kramer, Managing Associates / Famous Beauty Salons / The Tint Shop shoe repairs / Nu Tone, Incorporated / Old Orchard Associates
