Jordan Creek Town Center

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Jordan Creek Town Center


Location	West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Opening date	August 4, 2004
Developer	General Growth Properties
Management	General Growth Properties
Owner	General Growth Properties
No. of stores and services	160 (as of March 2007)^[1]
No. of anchor tenants	3
Total retail floor area	2 million ft² (185,000 m²)^[2]
Parking	8,900 spaces^[2]
No. of floors	2
Website	www.jordancreektowncenter.com

Jordan Creek Town Center is a super-regional shopping mall and lifestyle center in the American city of West Des Moines, Iowa. It is the largest shopping complex in the state of Iowa with a total gross leasable area of 2 million square feet (185,000 m²).^[2] The center is named after Jordan Creek, a tributary of the Raccoon River that was named after James Cunningham Jordan, the first person to settle in what is now West Des Moines. Its developer, General Growth Properties, has referred to Jordan Creek as a "retail resort" that combines elements of enclosed malls with outdoor and non-retail components.^[3]

1 History
2 Layout
3 Anchors & Majors
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Around 1995, the family of local businessman Art Wittern proposed the "Village at Oakbrook" to the city of West Des Moines on the 200-acre site that the Witterns owned at 74th Street (later renamed Jordan Creek Parkway) and E.P. True Parkway. The village would have contained a mixture of commercial, residential, and office development that was intended to attract upscale retailers similar to those at Country Club Plaza in Kansas City. In 1999, following the success of Coral Ridge Mall in eastern Iowa, General Growth Properties chose the Wittern site for its proposed "town center" concept.^[4]

General Growth unveiled plans for Jordan Creek Town Center in May 2000. Two of the Des Moines metropolitan area's existing malls, Merle Hay Mall and Valley West Mall, promptly sued the city of West Des Moines, claiming that it was illegal to use public money from tax increment financing to make improvements around the mall. The Iowa Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit on February 27, 2002,^[5] allowing construction of the $200 million complex to begin later that year.

Jordan Creek Town Center opened on August 4, 2004, attracting nearly 17 million shoppers in its first year.^[6] Jordan Creek led to short-term sales declines at the three existing regional malls in the Des Moines area (Merle Hay, Valley West, and Southridge) while accounting for nearly 37 percent of taxable sales at the four malls during the last three months of 2004.^[7] Jordan Creek also had an impact on sales tax revenues in Dallas County, which jumped from $16.7 million in fiscal 2004 to $33.7 million in fiscal 2006.^[8] It has also spawned other new commercial developments in West Des Moines such as the West Glen Town Center near Interstate 35 and a new Wells Fargo office complex south of the mall.

[edit] Layout

The town center has 160 retailers and is composed of three districts:

The Shopping District is a two-level enclosed shopping center anchored by Younkers , Dillard's, and Scheels All Sports; Younkers replaced Famous-Barr when they pulled out of the project a year before the mall opened.^[9] Other tenants of the Shopping District include Abercrombie & Fitch, Apple, Barnes & Noble, the Cheesecake Factory, Pottery Barn, The Sharper Image, Starbucks, and Williams-Sonoma. The mall also includes a 20-screen movie theater complex run by Century Theatres. The food court includes Panera Bread, Charley's Grilled Subs, Chick-fil-a, Wendy's, Taco John's, Villa Pizza, Famous Teriyaki, Famous Wok, Subway and Cold Stone Creamery and offers free wireless internet access via ISpot. There is also a children's play area. A fourth anchor space between Younkers and Scheels was part of the original plans for the mall, but no retailer has committed to that space yet and the fourth anchor remains unbuilt.

The Shopping District at Jordan Creek Town Center, looking north from the lake

The Lake District features a 3.5 acre (14,000 m²) lake with walking trails, a boardwalk with waterfront dining, a Residence Inn by Marriott hotel, and an amphitheater. Several casual dining restaurant chains have opened by the lake, including P.F. Chang's China Bistro and Joe's Crab Shack.
The Village District has an open-air design which features large and specialty retailers. Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Costco, DSW, Old Navy, and PETCO are among the stores in that district. An gourmet grocery store known as The Market at Jordan Creek was scheduled to open in November 2004 before parent company Market Foods of Rogers, Arkansas, went bankrupt; it was eventually purchased by a new group of investors and opened on March 21, 2007.^[10]

[edit] Anchors & Majors

Abercrombie & Fitch (11,476 sq. ft. total, Abercrombie & Fitch - 7,498 sq. ft., Abercrombie Kids - 3,978 sq. ft.)
Barnes & Noble (29,969 sq. ft.)
Century 20 Screen Cinema (75,000 sq. ft.)
Champp's Americana (10,143 sq. ft.)
The Cheesecake Factory (13,360 sq. ft.)
Dillard's (200,000 sq. ft.)
Gap (13,782 sq. ft. total, Baby Gap - 3,380 sq. ft., Gap/Gap Body - 10,402 sq. ft.)
Pottery Barn (19,821 sq. ft. total, Pottery Barn - 11,677 sq. ft., Pottery Barn Kids - 8,144 sq. ft.)
Scheel's (165,000 sq. ft.)
Younkers (200,000 sq. ft.)

[edit] References

^ General Growth Properties. Store Directory. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c General Growth Properties. Jordan Creek Town Center Information. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
^ Ritter, Ian. "A New Direction", Shopping Centers Today, International Council of Shopping Centers, October 2004.
^ Erb, Gene. "Mall's size takes some by surprise", The Des Moines Register, 2000-06-19, p. 1A.
^ Iowa Supreme Court (2002). Supreme Court Opinion. Retrieved on 2006-05-05.
^ Johnson, Patt. "Jordan Creek redirects competition", The Des Moines Register, 2005-07-31.
^ Johnson, Patt, David Elbert. "Jordan Creek provides retail spark", The Des Moines Register, 2005-05-27, p. 1A.
^ Bzdega, Sarah. "Jordan Creek area shows no signs of slowing", Des Moines Business Record, 2007-02-25.
^ Higgins, Tim, Donnelle Eller. "Younkers moves in on Jordan Creek location", The Des Moines Register, 2003-07-22, p. 1A.
^ "Market fills appetite for gourmet in W.D.M.", The Des Moines Register, 2007-03-21.