Westminster Mall (Colorado)
Westminster Mall
Northeast entrance to Westminster Mall. |
| Location |
Westminster, Colorado, USA |
| Address |
5433 W. 88th Avenue |
| Opening date |
1977 |
| Management |
MD Management, Inc. |
| No. of stores and services |
180+ |
| No. of anchor tenants |
6(3 currently open) |
| Total retail floor area |
1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2) |
| No. of floors |
1 |
Westminster Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Westminster, Colorado, a suburb of Denver, Colorado, USA. Opened in 1977, the mall features three anchor stores (J.C. Penney, Dillard's and Sears), with three vacant anchors last occupied by Montgomery Ward, Mervyns and Macy's. The mall also includes a food court and formerly included a movie theater. It is also a dead mall, with occupancy of approximately 50% and an expected closing in 2011. Demolition began on Westminster mall on Saturday, July 23, 2011.
History
Westminster Mall opened in 1977 with Joslins and thirty other stores.[1] A 1986 expansion added Mervyns, May-Daniels & Fisher (May D&F) and Broadway Southwest, followed by J.C. Penney in 1987 and Montgomery Ward in 1996. The expansions brought the mall to 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) of gross leasable area (GLA), making it one of the largest in the Denver metropolitan area,[2] as well as the only one with six department stores.[3]
May D&F was converted to Foley's in 1993.[4] Two years after a 1996 remodel of the store,[5] Joslins was converted to Dillard's, which also acquired land around the mall.[6] Broadway Southwest was the last store in its chain to close, doing so in 1996[7] and soon being replaced by Sears, which relocated from Northglenn Mall.[8] In September 2006, Foley's was re-branded as Macy's.
Between 1997 and 2009, the mall would lose three of its six department stores as well as major tenant Fashion Bar, which closed in 1997.[9] Montgomery Ward closed in 2001 with the demise of the chain,[10] followed by Mervyns' exit from the Colorado market in 2006[2] and Macy's closure in early 2009.[11] With the loss of these anchor stores, the mall has also become increasingly vacant, and is only half occupied as of 2009.[2] In June 2009, the mall's owners purchased the vacant Mervyns building as part of a redevelopment plan.[2]
As of May 2011, the City of Westminster is reported to have purchased the mall for redevelopment.[12] Plans are for the 34-year-old mall to be demolished by the end of the year with hopes that the anchor stores would remain open.[13] On May 13, 2011, Dillard's reported it would close its location at the mall during its second quarter of business in 2011.[14] Demolition of the mall began on June 23, 2011 with a large crowd in attendance.[15]
References
- ^ Parker, Penny (1994-11-03). "May D&F to take Foley's name as merger kills downtown store". Denver Post. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF4432C63FDDD2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ a b c d Moore, Paula (2009-06-05). "Westminster Mall buys its Mervyns". Denver Business Journal. http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/06/01/daily67.html. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ Rebchook, John (1993-10-26). "Westminster Mall developer dies". Rocky Mountain News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DD49138D67FC&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ Walker, Linda (1993-01-29). "May D&F to take Foley's name as merger kills downtown store". Rocky Mountain News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DBF8540AD810&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ "Joslins plans reopening at Westminster Mall". Rocky Mountain News. 1996-04-12. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67769493.html. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ Parker, Penny (1998-05-21). "Dillard's inherits part of Westminster Mall". Denver Post. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF44DAA8FF9E9C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ Conklin, Michelle (1996-03-01). "Broadway Southwest departs Denver". Rocky Mountain News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4E4A8934B282F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ Brimberg, Judith (1995-08-05). "Sears confirms it will leave Northglenn". Denver Post. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF4464DC00D5C6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ Bunn, Dina (1997-01-31). "Fashion Bar ends 60-year run". Rocky Mountain News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4E7438D8E4C49&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ Pate, Kelly (2000-12-29). "Montgomery Ward's closure affects eight locations in Colorado". The Denver Post. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6447469_ITM. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ McGaw, Renee (2009-01-08). "Macy's closing Westminster, Citadel stores". Denver Business Journal. http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/01/05/daily41.html. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ Huspeni, Dennis (2011-05-09). "Westminster Mall deal to close May 10". Denver Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/real_deals/2011/05/westminster-buys-mall.html5. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ^ Davidson, Michael (2011-05-03). "Westminster will raze mall, rebuild". Boulder County Business Report. http://www.bcbr.com/article.asp?id=57445. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ^ Bull, Julie J. (2011-05-13). "Dillard's, Inc. Reports Record First Quarter Net Income and Earnings per Share". Busniess Wire. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110513005140/en/Dillards-Reports-Record-Quarter-Net-Income-Earnings. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ^ Steffen, Jordan (2011-07-24). "First day of Westminster Mall's demolition kicks up dust, nostalgia Read more: First day of Westminster Mall's demolition kicks up dust, nostalgia". Denver Post. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_18538821. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
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