Fashion Valley Mall

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Fashion Valley Mall
Mall facts and statistics
Location San Diego, California, USA
Opening date 1969
Developer Ernest M. Hahn
Management Simon Property Group
Owner Simon Property Group
No. of anchor tenants 6
Total retail floor area 1.7 million ft²
Website http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=765

Fashion Valley Mall, is an open-air shopping mall in Mission Valley area of San Diego, California, partially owned and managed by Simon Property Group. Its anchor stores are JCPenney, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, and Saks Fifth Avenue. There is also a AMC Theatres multiplex. A Robinsons-May closed in March 2006 and the location is now a Bloomingdale's that opened November 18, 2006.

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Opened in 1969 by developer Ernest M. Hahn and originally anchored by The Broadway, JCPenney, J.W. Robinson's and Buffum's, it long competed with the nearby Mission Valley Center. In August 1981 an expansion opened, adding Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus, establishing Fashion Valley as the fashion leader in the valley.

Buffum's closed in 1991, and their location was reopened in 1992 as I. Magnin, which in turn closed in 1995, selling the store to Saks Fifth Avenue. Robinson's became a Robinsons-May in 1993, while The Broadway assumed the Macy's moniker in 1996.

In October 1997 a $110 million renovation opened, including enlargements of the Macy's, Nordstrom and Robinsons-May stores and In 2001, the current owner of the property, Lend Lease Prime Property Fund, brought in Simon Property Group as half-owner and manager of the property.

Robinsons-May shuttered their store in March 2006, and the location was reopened as San Diego's first Bloomingdale's on November 18, 2006.

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