South Hill Mall is an enclosed, super-regional shopping mall located in Puyallup, Washington, United States. Opened in 1988 and expanded in 1992, the mall comprises more than 100 stores, plus a food court and movie theater, in 1,074,230 square feet (99,799 m2) of gross leasable area. The mall also includes five anchor stores (two JCPenney stores, Macy's, Target, and Dick's Sporting Goods), as well as DSW, Old Navy, and Regal Cinemas. The mall is managed by Cafaro Company of Youngstown, Ohio.
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| Location | Puyallup, Washington, United States |
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| Coordinates | 47°09′29″N 122°17′46″W / 47.158°N 122.296°W |
| Address | 3500 S. Meridian Avenue |
| Opening date | 1988 |
| Developer | Cafaro Company |
| Management | Cafaro Company |
| No. of stores and services | 100+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 9 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,074,230 square feet (99,799 m2) (GLA)[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in Macy's) |
| Website | southhillmall |
History edit
Construction of the South Hill Mall began in October 1987 at the junction of State Route 512 and Meridian Avenue in southern Puyallup. Its first retailers opened on July 20, which was followed by a formal grand opening on May 12, 1989.[2][3] At the time, the mall included only three anchors, all discount retailers: Mervyns, Lamonts and Target.[4] Six years later, work began on a westward expansion which added more than 400,000 square feet (37,000 m2) of new retail space, including three new anchors: JCPenney, Sears and The Bon Marché.[5][6] Office Max (now DSW) and Old Navy were later added as well.
Lamonts was converted to Gottschalks in 2000 when the Lamonts chain was acquired. The Bon Marché was dual-branded as Bon-Macy's in 2003, and then was renamed as just Macy's in 2005, the same year that Gottschalks closed most of the former Lamonts stores.[7] Within a year of its closing, the former Gottschalks anchor was split between Circuit City and Linens 'n Things. Mervyns closed in 2006 as the chain exited Washington. By May of the same year, it was announced that Kohl's, a chain based in Wisconsin, had acquired the former Mervyns store,[8] although the mall's manager later said that Kohl's had no plans to open a store in the mall.[9] A multimillion-dollar renovation of the mall also began in 2009, starting with a renovation of the food court.[10] In addition, JCPenney moved its women's departments to the former Mervyns, while retaining all other departments in the existing store. Dick's Sporting Goods opened its first Washington state location in April 2010, replacing the spaces vacated by Circuit City and Linens 'n Things.[11]
On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide.[12] As of 2022, the former Sears location has been converted to a Round 1 entertainment center.[13]
References edit
- ^ "Directory of Major Malls". International Council of Shopping Centers. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2008.
- ^ Brown, Liz (July 27, 1988). "South Hill Mall stores now open". The News Tribune. p. E2. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cole, Jeff (May 12, 1989). "South Hill Mall to open today in Puyallup". The News Tribune. p. C10. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Szymanski, Jim (July 5, 1994). "J.C. Penney Store to Anchor $50 Million Addition to Puyallup, Wash., Mall". The News Tribune. Retrieved November 7, 2008. [dead link]
- ^ Szymanski, Jim (July 6, 1994). "Mega Remodel: New wing, stores in South Hill Mall to cater to growing, affluent Puyallup population". The News Tribune. p. C1. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Stevens, John H. (October 21, 1992). "South Hill Mall To Add New Anchors". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 7, 2008.
- ^ "Mall loses a key tenant, Gottschalks will shut down in Puyallup. The South Hill Gottschalks will close by the end of January". The News Tribune. December 16, 2005. Retrieved November 7, 2008.
- ^ Clements, Barbara (May 6, 2006). "Kohl's buys Mervyn's site at South Hill". The News Tribune. Retrieved November 7, 2008.
- ^ Kearsley, Kelly (April 8, 2008). "Kohl's in Puyallup just rumor for now". The News Tribune. Retrieved November 7, 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "South Hill Mall plans 'multimillion' dollar renovation". Puget Sound Business Journal. January 15, 2009. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ^ Gillie, John (April 28, 2010). "Dick's Sporting Goods coming to South Hill". The Olympian. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ Bomey, Nathan; Tyko, Kelly. "Sears store closing list: 142 more Sears, Kmart locations closing in Chapter 11 bankruptcy". USA Today.
- ^ "South Hill Mall ::: Puyallup ::: WA". www.southhillmall.com. Retrieved December 17, 2022.