The 5 million dollar PLAZA was a two-anchor shopping center; built in a day when just one was the norm. In late 1955, the shopping hub covered approximately 320,000 leasable square feet and contained thirty-eight stores and services. There was free parking for 2,700 autos.
WESTERN HILLS PLAZA TENANTS 1955:
McALPIN'S (with Beauty Salon and Kopper Kettle Restaurant) / MABLEY & CAREW (with Beauty Salon) / F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / KROGER supermarket / ALBERS supermarket / Adeline Shop ladies' wear / Beck TV / Brockfield Jewelers / Carpet Specialists / Carter's Restaurant / Dutch Pride Poultry / Eagle Savings & Loan / Fabric Center / Fanny Farmer Candies / Fifth Third Union Trust Company / Goldsmith's / Gus Wagner Cocktail Lounge / Hemsath Hardware / House Of Chairs / Household Finance Corporation / Jack & Jill Children's wear / Jeanne's Cards & Gifts / Jontom Sporting Goods / Klein Optical Center / Klosterman's Bake Shop / Kwik-Way Cleaning & Laundry / Marmer's Shoes / Murray's Beauty Salon / Neumode Hosiery / Nobil Shoes / Orlik's Men's Shop / Plaza Barber Shop / Plaza Music Shop / Potter Shoe Company / Richman Brothers men's wear / Robert A. Cline, Incorporated / Sherwin-Williams Paints / Singer Sewing Center / The Cotton Shop ladies' wear / The Treasure Chest infant's wear / Walgreen Drug (with luncheonette) / Western Glass & China / Western Plaza Shoe Repair
Between 2004 and 2009, the PLAZA was given a thorough overhaul by it's Oz-based owner. Vacant Media Play and Kroger stores were surgically extracted and a new Target joined the fold. The complex, now tenanted by several big box-type stores, encompasses approximately 322,000 leasable square feet.
