Southwest Plaza

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Southwest Plaza

Location	Jefferson County, Colorado, United States
Address	8501 West Bowles Avenue Littleton, Colorado 80123
Opening date	1983
Management	General Growth Properties
Owner	General Growth Properties
No. of stores and services	150
No. of anchor tenants	6
Total retail floor area	1,360,000 square feet (126,348.1 m²)
No. of floors	2
Website	Official website

Southwest Plaza is an enclosed shopping mall located in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, immediately south of Denver. "Littleton" is commonly indicated in the mall's postal address because its ZIP code is primarily associated with that city, which lies some two miles west. The mall has two levels with over 150 stores, plus a food court.^[1] Anchor stores include Dillard's,JCPenney, Macy's, and Sears,^[1] with Dick's Sporting Goods and Steve & Barry's University Sportswear added in late 2007. General Growth Properties owns and manages Southwest Plaza.

[edit] History

The first store to open at Southwest Plaza was The Denver Dry Goods Company, which opened in late 1982. By 1983, the mall opened,^[1] with additional anchor stores including May-Daniels & Fisher (May D&F), Montgomery Ward, Sears, and Joslins.^{[citation needed]} In 1987, the May Company, then owners of May D&F, acquired Denver Dry Goods; since May Company already operated a May D&F store at the mall, the Denver Dry Goods store was sold to JCPenney.^[2]^[3] Joslins was converted to Dillard's in 1998. Montgomery Ward closed in 2001 as the chain shuttered the last of its stores nationwide; their store at Southwest Plaza was converted to a new Dillard's store in 2006, with the former Dillard's (in the former Joslins) being shuttered.^[4] As of Autumn 2007, Dick's Sporting Goods and Steve & Barry's University Sportswear were added, each occupying a level of the former Dillard's.^[4]