Cottonwood Mall (Holladay, Utah)

Cottonwood Mall

Opening date	1962
Owner	General Growth Properties
No. of anchor tenants	1
Total retail floor area	TBD

Cottonwood Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Holladay, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. It was the first indoor shopping mall in the state.^[1]

The mall opened in 1962 with ZCMI, which became Meier & Frank in 2001^[2] and Macy's in 2006. At the other end of the mall was a J.C. Penney.

Starting in the early 2000s, Cottonwood Mall suffered high vacancy rates. By 2004, the mall was approximately 25 percent vacant.^[3] General Growth Properties first announced plans to redevelop the mall in July 2007.^[4] A month later, the Holladay city council deemed the shopping mall blighted.^[5] General Growth tore down the mall in mid-2008 as the beginning of redevelopment.^[6] Original redevelopment plans called for a lifestyle center to be built around the existing Macy's store.^[7]

A TGI Friday's restaurant in the parking lot closed in March 2009.^[8] Redevelopment of the mall halted in 2009 when General Growth Properties filed for bankruptcy.^[9]

References

1. ^ Rosemary Winters (23 May 2008). "Change is coming to Cottonwood Mall". The Salt Lake Tribune. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1216999414C06C78&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
2. ^ Janice Leavitt Voorhies (1 October 2001). "Meier & Frank Take Over, Make Over ZCMI". Utah Business. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-79857475.html. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
3. ^ Lesley Mitchell (8 July 2004). "No sale, mall owners insist". The Salt Lake Tribune. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=103B8EB483E47A95&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
4. ^ Catherine Smith (5 July 2007). "Plans announced for Cottonwood Mall project". Deseret News. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/680196754/Plans-announced-for-Cottonwood-Mall-project.html. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
5. ^ Cathy McKitrick (3 August 2007). "Cottonwood Mall overhaul takes big step forward". The Salt Lake Tribune. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11AD15185AB1A228&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
6. ^ "Cottonwood Mall causes problems for nearby businesses". ABC 4 News. 23 March 2009. http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top%20stories/story/Cottonwood-Mall-causes-problems-for-nearby/Vv7NqyP4zEeJBBrQ9ek6Aw.cspx. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
7. ^ "Cottonwood Mall developer nearly bankrupt?". The Salt Lake Tribune. 12 December 2008. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1250E6E6EB088A60&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
8. ^ "TGI Friday's closes after Cottonwood Mall demolished". ABC 4 News. 28 March 2009. http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/TGI-Fridays-closes-after-Cottonwood-Mall-demolish/zLA4ByGc10G_QfCk6SGZ9g.cspx. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
9. ^ "Bankruptcy stalls building of Cottonwood mall". ABC 4 News. 16 April 2009. http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/Bankruptcy-stalls-building-of-Cottonwood-mall/EvnQ9QiusUCa4wU2mxs34A.cspx. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 

Coordinates: 40°39′47″N 111°50′13″W / 40.663°N 111.837°W / 40.663; -111.837