Ward Parkway Center

Ward Parkway Center or Ward Parkway Mall is a shopping center located in Kansas City, Missouri on the Kansas/Missouri border line. The location surrounds the area from 85th Terrace to 89th Street on the North/South and State Line Road to Ward Parkway on the West/East. Once a two floor mall with a food court it now has one floor with the first floor enclosed. The mall itself is currently in a redevelopment phase and has been providing a shopping experience for Kansas City customers since 1959. Former stores Sam Goody, Gap, T.G.I. Friday's, The Limited, and Winstead's. Ward Parkway Center is the location of the first modern movie multiplex, with its original two screens (since renovated and expanded to 14 screens) still operated by AMC Theater.

Anchors

• Target - replaces Montgomery Ward in a new building at the same location
• AMC Ward Parkway 14 Theaters
• Dillard's - later became Dillard's Clearance Center - (Demolished for redevelopment)
• Staples - (Closed)- replaced by Trader Joe's
• Montgomery Ward - (Closed) - old building was demolished and replaced by Target

Competition

• Bannister Mall - (Demolished)
• Country Club Plaza
• Oak Park Mall - opened in 1975
• Waldo

External links

• Official Website
• Ward Parkway Center Location
• Ward Parkway Center's new owners see bright future for revamped mall (12-12-2003)
• Ward Parkway Center may sell (5-9-2003)

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