Heritage Park Mall is a vacant building which formerly was a mall located on the northwest corner of Reno and Air Depot Rd. The property sits on about 39 acres and during it time of operation was the only enclosed shopping mall in Midwest City, although there are many outdoor shopping centers.[1]
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| Location | Midwest City, Oklahoma, United States |
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| Coordinates | 35°27′57″N 97°24′36″W / 35.4658°N 97.4099°W |
| Address | 6609 E Reno Ave |
| Opening date | 1978 |
| Closing date | February 15, 2010 |
| Owner | Ahmad Bahreini |
| No. of stores and services | 0 (more than 50 at its peak) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (1 open, 3 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 650,000 |
| No. of floors | 1 |
History edit
Heritage Park Mall first opened in fall 1978 With Dillard's, Montgomery Ward, Sears and H. J. Wilson Co. as anchors.[1] The opening day celebrations included appearances by Billy Carter, Ed McMahon of The Tonight Show, soccer star Kyle Rote Jr. and Olympic runner Jim Ryun.[2] In 1999, Montgomery Ward and the Service Merchandise that moved into the former Wilson's location closed.[1] In March 2006, Dillard's closed their location at the mall, leaving Sears as the last anchor left.[3] LifeChurch purchased the 102,000 square foot Dillard's for a discontinued $1.5 million in 2007 making it the sixth Oklahoma City area campus.[4] After being for sale since May 2009, the owner of Heritage Park Mall announced the property would close February 15, 2010, leaving a handful of stores to close.[2] The Mall's owner Daniel Rafalian purchased the mall for $7.2 million in 2005, but was asking $3.75 million.[2] At the time, the mall accounted for 51% of retail vacancy in east Oklahoma County.[2] In July 2011, the 232,000 square foot inline section of the mall sold to Ahmad Bahreini for a discounted $1.3 million.[4] In summer 2017, it was announced that Sears would close its location, leaving LifeChurch as the sole anchor.[5] The store closed in October.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Heritage Park Mall Redevelopment Scenarios" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^ a b c d "Heritage Park mall's tenants to leave by Feb. 15". Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ "Dillard's to close store in Heritage Park Mall". Retrieved 2006-01-18.
- ^ a b "Life returns to Heritage Park Mall". Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ^ "Loss of Sears at Midwest City's Heritage Park Mall could hurt redevelopment". Retrieved 2017-06-09.