Southridge Mall

Southridge Mall is a regional shopping mall located in the Milwaukee County suburbs of Greendale and Greenfield, Wisconsin. It is one of the largest malls in the state.

Southridge opened in 1970, three years before Northridge Mall, its now-defunct sister mall. The facilities were situated on north and south 76th Street respectively, and served as main commercial hubs for the Milwaukee area. They were developed in tandem by businessman Herbert Kohl along with Taubman Centers, Inc.

In 1988 the Kohl family sold off their retail interests. Southridge Mall was acquired by Western Development Corporation, a publicly traded real estate investment company which specializes in regional malls. As part of the acquisition of The Mills Corporation, the mall is now part of the Simon Property Group.

It is anchored by Sears, Kohls, JC Penney, and Boston Store, the only mall in the Milwaukee area to have four anchor department stores. Other major stores include Steve & Barry's, World Market, and Linens 'N Things. These three stores opened in the former Younkers building, which closed in 2000 and was originally convert|199997|sqft|m2|abbr=on, of which convert|47032|sqft|m2|abbr=on is still vacant on the second level.

External links

* [http://www.shopsouthridge.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.deadmalls.com/malls/northridge_mall.html Northridge Mall Obituary (deadmalls.com)]

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