Park Place (Tucson, Arizona)

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Park Place


caption = Park Place main entrance
location = Off Broadway Blvd, west of Wilmot Rd. located in the city of Tucson, Arizona, USA
opening_date = early 1970s, renovated in 1999.
developer = Joseph Kivel
manager =
owner = General Growth Properties, Inc.
number_of_stores = 120 stores, 22 restaurants
number_of_anchors = 3
floor_area = convert|1100000|sqft|m2
(GLA)
floors = 1
website = http://www.parkplacemall.com/

Park Place is a large indoor shopping mall located on the East Side of Tucson, Arizona, USA. Park Place originally opened as Park Mall circa 1970, but was renovated beginning in 1998 to appeal to the upscale consumer, and renamed Park Place at that time. The mall is named after Sears Park, which was previously located at the same site and included the Sears store, the current mall's major anchor. The electric substation on the premises is named Sears Substation because it was there long before the mall was built. From 1995 to 1996 the owner was Alvin Kivel.

The convert|1100000|sqft|m2|sing=on [cite web
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title = General Growth Properties Announces 16% Increase in Funds From Operations For Third Quarter 2001
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publisher = General Growth Properties
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accessdate = 2007-04-14 ] , $100 million renovation, completed in 2001, was recognized that year as a Reader's Pick for Best Contemporary Architecture in "Tucson Weekly"'s Best of Tucson awards. [cite web
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title = Best Contemporary Architecture: Readers' Pick
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The mall features three anchor stores, a food court, a Southwest-themed children's play area, and a cineplex with 20 screens. A number of full-service restaurants are also located on site.

Anchors & Majors

*Borders Books & Music (26,878 sq ft.)
*Century Theatres (73,280 sq ft.)
*Dillard's (second location) (200,000 sq ft.)
*Macy's (160,000 sq ft.)
*Old Navy (22,958 sq ft.)
*Sears (221,457 sq ft.)

Former Anchors

*The Broadway- (160,000 sq ft.) sold to Macy's in 1996
*Walgreens- now Old Navy
*AMC Theatres - demolished 1998
*Diamond's- opened 1974, became Dillard's 1984, closed/became food court, and Century Theatres 2000
*Furr's Cafeteria - opened 1974, demolished for Dillard's 2000

References

* [http://www.parkplacemall.com/html/index4.asp Park Place web site]
* [http://lpginc.com/results_pr_fm.htm LPG PR campaign case study]
* [http://www.growthmanagement-icsc.org/press/PC_MallMakeover.asp Growth Management press release]