South State Street / US 89 and East 6400 South
Murray, Utah
Greater Salt Lake City's third shopping mall was sited on a 92-acre plot, located 9 miles southwest of Temple Square, in suburban Murray. The 40 million dollar FASHION PLACE was developed by El Segundo, California's Ernest W. Hahn, Incorporated and designed by Los Angeles-based Leach, Cleveland & Associates.
The original structure enveloped 696,000 leasable square feet and eighty-nine store spaces. Twenty-one of these, including a 2-level (110,000 square foot), Salt Lake City-based Auerbach's, opened for business on September 18, 1972. A 1-level (26,000 square foot), Salt Lake City-based Castletons, 3-level (289,000 square foot) Sears -and twenty new inline stores- were dedicated on November 1st.
Charter FASHION PLACE tenants included Lerner Shops, Makoff's ladies' wear, Roper's, La Rie's ladies' wear, Wicks 'n Sticks, Zinik's Sporting Goods, Noah's Ark Pet Shop and Chess King. The United Artists Fashion Place IV Cinemas showed first features on February 16, 1973.
Soon after, construction commenced on a third anchor. It opened, as a 3-level (180,000 square foot), Los Angeles-based The Broadway, on August 3, 1974. This store dedication was accompanied by the completion of a freestanding structure which housed a Smith's Food King and Skaggs Drug Center. With these additions, FASHION PLACE encompassed 876,000 leasable square feet and became the Beehive State's first superregional shopping center.
Retail rivals were COTTONWOOD MALL (1962-2007) {3 miles northeast, in Salt Lake County-Holladay}, VALLEY FAIR MALL (1970) {5 miles northwest, in Salt Lake County-West Valley City} and -eventually- SOUTH TOWNE CENTER (1986) {4.8 miles south, in Sandy}.
Interstate highway access came to FASHION PLACE in November 1976, with the opening of the western section of the I-215 "Belt Route." Its temporary eastern terminus ended at the mall and would not be joined with the remainder of the 24-mile roadway until October 1989.
The Broadway became the first rebranded anchor, on January 30, 1978. It would operate as a Sacramento-based Weinstock's. Like The Broadway, Weinstock's was a division of Los Angeles-based Carter Hawley Hale Stores.
Auerbach's was rebannered, as a Seattle-based Nordstrom, in early 1981. Castletons was shuttered in early 1988 and re-opened, as a Salt Lake City-based ZCMI II, on August 3, 1988. This was the second location of the new line of junior anchor-sized ZCMI II stores. The first was located at the FOOTHILL VILLAGE strip center, in Salt Lake City.
The first renovation of FASHION PLACE took place in 1988, when its interior was updated with new decor, skylights and a 10-bay Food Court. This was installed in previously-existing space in the South Wing. Weinstock's was shuttered on December 20, 1992, with its space being taken by Dillard's. They renovated the building and held a grand opening on November 9, 1993. ZCMI II was rebranded, as a Portland-based Meier & Frank, on April 18, 2001, The store was "Macy-ated" on September 9, 2006.
Ownership of FASHION PLACE had changed in 1980. The Toronto-based Trizec Corporation acquired a portion of the portfolio of the Ernest W. Hahn Corporation. Following the merger, the entity became known as TrizecHahn.
In April 1998, Maryland's Rouse Company acquired the holdings of TrizecHahn. In turn, the Rouse Company was absorbed by Chicago's General Growth Properties in November 2004. The Rouse Company had announced a renovation and expansion of FASHION PLACE in the year 2000, which had been abandoned in June 2001.
In March 2007, GGP started construction on a large-scale remodeling of the shopping complex. First, The Cheesecake Factory added an exterior-entranced store to the front of the Nordstrom structure. The restaurant opened, as the first location in Utah, on November 2, 2007. The supermarket-drug store building in the northwest parking area was bulldozed. A 2-level (138,000 square foot) Nordstrom was built, which opened for business on March 6, 2009.
New floors and ceilings were installed in the mall proper. Moreover, the Food Court was refurbished, with a new outdoor plaza entrance created. This was connected with a (64,400 square foot) Streetscape addition, with eight retail spaces.
GGP's bankruptcy, in early 2009, resulted in Streetscape construction being suspended midway through the project. Nearly 5 million dollars was owed to the construction company. A deal was worked out between GGP and the contractor in early 2010. The sour economy also caused Dillard's to delay their plans for a new FASHION PLACE store. They remained in the existing building for the time being.
Murray, Utah
Greater Salt Lake City's third shopping mall was sited on a 92-acre plot, located 9 miles southwest of Temple Square, in suburban Murray. The 40 million dollar FASHION PLACE was developed by El Segundo, California's Ernest W. Hahn, Incorporated and designed by Los Angeles-based Leach, Cleveland & Associates.
The original structure enveloped 696,000 leasable square feet and eighty-nine store spaces. Twenty-one of these, including a 2-level (110,000 square foot), Salt Lake City-based Auerbach's, opened for business on September 18, 1972. A 1-level (26,000 square foot), Salt Lake City-based Castletons, 3-level (289,000 square foot) Sears -and twenty new inline stores- were dedicated on November 1st.
Charter FASHION PLACE tenants included Lerner Shops, Makoff's ladies' wear, Roper's, La Rie's ladies' wear, Wicks 'n Sticks, Zinik's Sporting Goods, Noah's Ark Pet Shop and Chess King. The United Artists Fashion Place IV Cinemas showed first features on February 16, 1973.
Soon after, construction commenced on a third anchor. It opened, as a 3-level (180,000 square foot), Los Angeles-based The Broadway, on August 3, 1974. This store dedication was accompanied by the completion of a freestanding structure which housed a Smith's Food King and Skaggs Drug Center. With these additions, FASHION PLACE encompassed 876,000 leasable square feet and became the Beehive State's first superregional shopping center.
Retail rivals were COTTONWOOD MALL (1962-2007) {3 miles northeast, in Salt Lake County-Holladay}, VALLEY FAIR MALL (1970) {5 miles northwest, in Salt Lake County-West Valley City} and -eventually- SOUTH TOWNE CENTER (1986) {4.8 miles south, in Sandy}.
Interstate highway access came to FASHION PLACE in November 1976, with the opening of the western section of the I-215 "Belt Route." Its temporary eastern terminus ended at the mall and would not be joined with the remainder of the 24-mile roadway until October 1989.
The Broadway became the first rebranded anchor, on January 30, 1978. It would operate as a Sacramento-based Weinstock's. Like The Broadway, Weinstock's was a division of Los Angeles-based Carter Hawley Hale Stores.
Auerbach's was rebannered, as a Seattle-based Nordstrom, in early 1981. Castletons was shuttered in early 1988 and re-opened, as a Salt Lake City-based ZCMI II, on August 3, 1988. This was the second location of the new line of junior anchor-sized ZCMI II stores. The first was located at the FOOTHILL VILLAGE strip center, in Salt Lake City.
The first renovation of FASHION PLACE took place in 1988, when its interior was updated with new decor, skylights and a 10-bay Food Court. This was installed in previously-existing space in the South Wing. Weinstock's was shuttered on December 20, 1992, with its space being taken by Dillard's. They renovated the building and held a grand opening on November 9, 1993. ZCMI II was rebranded, as a Portland-based Meier & Frank, on April 18, 2001, The store was "Macy-ated" on September 9, 2006.
Ownership of FASHION PLACE had changed in 1980. The Toronto-based Trizec Corporation acquired a portion of the portfolio of the Ernest W. Hahn Corporation. Following the merger, the entity became known as TrizecHahn.
In April 1998, Maryland's Rouse Company acquired the holdings of TrizecHahn. In turn, the Rouse Company was absorbed by Chicago's General Growth Properties in November 2004. The Rouse Company had announced a renovation and expansion of FASHION PLACE in the year 2000, which had been abandoned in June 2001.
In March 2007, GGP started construction on a large-scale remodeling of the shopping complex. First, The Cheesecake Factory added an exterior-entranced store to the front of the Nordstrom structure. The restaurant opened, as the first location in Utah, on November 2, 2007. The supermarket-drug store building in the northwest parking area was bulldozed. A 2-level (138,000 square foot) Nordstrom was built, which opened for business on March 6, 2009.
New floors and ceilings were installed in the mall proper. Moreover, the Food Court was refurbished, with a new outdoor plaza entrance created. This was connected with a (64,400 square foot) Streetscape addition, with eight retail spaces.
GGP's bankruptcy, in early 2009, resulted in Streetscape construction being suspended midway through the project. Nearly 5 million dollars was owed to the construction company. A deal was worked out between GGP and the contractor in early 2010. The sour economy also caused Dillard's to delay their plans for a new FASHION PLACE store. They remained in the existing building for the time being.
Eventually, the old Auerbach's-Nordstrom was demolished. It was replaced with a (98,000 square foot) Streetscape. Among seventeen tenants were a (29,000 square foot) Crate & Barrel and (23,000 square foot) H & M. These stores opened on November 11, 2011. With this west section renovation completed, FASHION PLACE housed approximately 1,103,400 leasable square feet and housed 124 store spaces.
Sears, which had operated at the mall since 1972, closed on July 12, 2013. The vacant building was knocked down in January 2014. A 2-level (207,800 square foot) Dillard's was built, which debuted on August 12, 2015. The mall's Macy's, shuttered on January 12, 2014, was replaced by The Container Store in the fall of that year.
The old The Broadway-Weinstock's-Dillard's was bulldozed in October 2015. An extended Northeast Wing was built, which was anchored by a 2-level (161,600 square foot) Macy's. This store was inaugurated on March 10, 2017. With its completion, FASHION PLACE encompassed approximately 1,135,000 leasable square feet.
Brookfield Property Partners, based in Hamilton, Bermuda, acquired a share of General Growth Properties in 2016. In August 2018, Brookfield established 100-percent ownership of the corporation, with FASHION PLACE added to the Brookfield retail center portfolio.
Sources:
The Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
http://www.ggp.com / General Growth Properties (website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
http://www.fashionplace.com (website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
Sears, which had operated at the mall since 1972, closed on July 12, 2013. The vacant building was knocked down in January 2014. A 2-level (207,800 square foot) Dillard's was built, which debuted on August 12, 2015. The mall's Macy's, shuttered on January 12, 2014, was replaced by The Container Store in the fall of that year.
The old The Broadway-Weinstock's-Dillard's was bulldozed in October 2015. An extended Northeast Wing was built, which was anchored by a 2-level (161,600 square foot) Macy's. This store was inaugurated on March 10, 2017. With its completion, FASHION PLACE encompassed approximately 1,135,000 leasable square feet.
Brookfield Property Partners, based in Hamilton, Bermuda, acquired a share of General Growth Properties in 2016. In August 2018, Brookfield established 100-percent ownership of the corporation, with FASHION PLACE added to the Brookfield retail center portfolio.
Sources:
The Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
http://www.ggp.com / General Growth Properties (website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
http://www.fashionplace.com (website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
https://www.fashionplace.com
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"Fashion Place" article on Wikipedia
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https://www.movie-theatre.org / Mike Rivest
http://www.murrayjournal.com
"Fashion Place" article on Wikipedia
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