Empire Mall

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The Empire Mall

Location	Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Opening date	1975
Developer	General Growth Cos.
Management	The Macerich Company
Owner	The Macerich Company Simon Property Group
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	1 million ft²
No. of floors	1
Website	http://www.theempiremall.com

The Empire Mall, is a shopping mall in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Its four anchor stores are Macy's, JCPenney, Sears and Younkers. The Marshall Field's store was officially renamed Macy's on September 9, 2006.

[edit] History

Originally developed in 1975 by developer General Growth Cos. (led by the Buckbaum Brothers, and a predecessor of General Growth Properties), it was sold when that early REIT was liquidated in 1984. In 1998 it was acquired by a joint venture of The Macerich Company and Simon Property Group, with Macerich assuming the role of managing partner. With 1,341,202 feet of gross lease area, The Empire mall is the largest one story mall in the world. The Empire Mall is currently home to 180 Stores and Restauraunts. Some of the Empire Mall's Tenants will add second locations at the new Outdoor Mall (s) on the East Side of town called Galleria At Rivers Bend and Dawley Farm Village.