Southland Mall (Hayward, California)

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Southland Mall
Enterance Arch
Enterance Arch
Facts and statistics
Location Hayward, California
Address 1 Southland Drive Hayward, CA
Opening date 1964
No. of stores and services 100 to 200
No. of anchor tenants 7
Parking Yes
No. of floors 2

Southland Mall is a major shopping center in Hayward, California. The two story mall is conveniently located off I-880 at Winton Avenue. It has 2 bus stops: Southland Mall (Bus Stop)‎ and JCPenney Southland Mall Bus Stop‎.

It currently houses the department stores Sears, Macy's, Mervyn's, JC Penney, Lucky, Ross and other retailers and also has an underground food court known as the Food Fair with a large TimeOut Arcade.

[edit] History

In 1961 a strip mall called Palma Ceia (Portuguese for "Palm Supper") which contain a Lucky's, Thrifty Drug Store, and more. When Southland was built the Palma Ceia name was dropped.

Southland Mall was built in 1964 with a Sears, Woolworth and JCPenney. A Liberty House (later Emporium Capwell) and a major expansion was built later in the 1970s where Macy's is now.

In 1995 a new Mervyn's Store replacing the original opened at Southland. Later in 1998 Old Navy opened next to Sears. In 2004 Walgreens moved out of Southland. In 2005 the Southland Arches that were red and were painted green. In 2006 Old Navy closed. In January 2007 Mimi's Cafe opened. The Southland bus stop closed in December 2007.