J. L. Brandeis and Sons Store

J. L. Brandeis and Sons Store

J.L. Brandeis & Sons was a chain of department stores located in the Omaha, Nebraska area started by Jonas L. Brandeis in 1881. It was purchased by Younkers for $35 million in 1987, and the stores were converted to the Younkers name.

Brandeis' downtown Omaha flagship store, built in 1906 and expanded in 1917, contained the first escalator in the Midwestern United States. Brandeis also developed two major malls in the Omaha area, Crossroads Mall and Southroads Mall.

Former Locations

Nebraska

*Bellevue - Southroads Mall - Opened 1966 (later Younkers, closed 1996; now office space)
*Grand Island - Conestoga Mall - Opened 1974 (now Younkers)
*Hastings - closed
*Lincoln:*Downtown - purchased Gold's Department Store in 1964 (closed 1981; now Gold's Galleria office/retail complex):*Westfield Gateway - (now Younkers)
*Omaha:*Downtown flagship - Opened 1906, closed 1980 (smaller store in same building opened 1983, closed 1988; building now houses condominiums):*Crossroads Mall - Opened 1960 (later Younkers, closed 2004; building torn down and replaced with Target):*Baker Square - (later Younkers, closed 1991 when new Younkers store opened at nearby Oak View Mall):*Westroads Mall - Opened 1972, closed 1988 (Younkers had existing store at mall)Dubious|date=March 2008

Iowa

*Cedar Rapids - Westdale Mall (announced but withdrew from mall during construction; became Von Maur in 1980, now vacant) [cite news|first=John|last=Carlson|title=Cedar Rapids survives... despite tough times in 1980|work=Des Moines Sunday Register|date=1981-01-11|pages=42Y-43Y]
*Council Bluffs - Midlands Mall - Opened 1976, closed 1988 (mall is now office space)
*Sioux City - downtown (planned in the mid-1970s but canceled; site is now headquarters for Terra Industries) [cite book|first=Marcia|last=Poole|title=Sioux City History: 1980-2002|publisher=Donning|location=Virginia Beach|year=2003|pages=17-20|id=ISBN 1-57864-203-5]
*West Des Moines - Valley West Mall - Opened 1975 (now Younkers)

References

* "New life for a landmark: A developer will convert Omaha's Brandeis Building into condos," "Omaha World-Herald", December 9, 2004.

ee also

* Brandeis-Millard House

External links

* [http://www.brandeisbuilding.com/ Brandeis Building Luxury Condos]
* [http://www.omahapubliclibrary.org/earlyomaha/buildings/brandeis.html Vintage postcards of Brandeis Building] , Omaha Public Library


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