- Oak Park Mall
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Oak Park Mall 
Location Overland Park, Kansas, USA Address 11149 West 95th Street Opening date 1974[1] Management CBL & Associates, Inc. Owner CBL & Associates, Inc. No. of stores and services 185[1] No. of anchor tenants 5 Total retail floor area 1,562,679 sq ft (145,177.6 m2)[1] No. of floors 2 Website www.thenewoakparkmall.com Oak Park Mall is a super-regional shopping mall located in Overland Park, Kansas, containing 200 stores in a covered area of 1,562,679 sq ft (145,177.6 m2). It is the largest mall in the Kansas City Metro Area as well as the entire state of Kansas, and is split into two levels and contains five department stores.
It was developed by Copaken, White & Blitt in conjunction with Frank Morgan and Sherman Dreiseszun. Oak Park Mall achieves one of the highest sales per square foot in the country[citation needed]. The JC Penney has previously ranked as the #1 store, ranked by sales per sq ft, in the JC Penney company.
It attracts many high-end stores, including Nordstrom, Sephora, Coach, Puma, and XXI Forever (owned by Forever 21), and the now open American Girl Place (in roughly half of the previous Rainforest Cafe space).
In the center of the mall, near Dillard's North, is a double-decker carousel. The carousel was originally located in the atrium nearest Dillard's South. In the early 2000's, the carousel was removed and the area was remodeled to a woodland theme with a regular carousel appearing alongside a miniature ride-on train. In 2009, the double-decker carousel returned, relocated to the other main atrium. The mall used to be home to the Kansas City Metro's only Rainforest Cafe, which opened in 1999. The addition of the Rainforest Cafe necessitated a small expansion to the north of the existing mall to house most of the restaurant. Rainforest remained at the mall for a decade and decided not to renew their lease. The former space was then divided into three spaces with The American Girl store taking up much of the former restaurant's area.
Anchors
- Dillard's North (224,402 sq ft.)
- Dillard's South (205,067 sq ft.)
- JCPenney (217,850 sq ft.)
- Macy's (181,371 sq ft.)
- Nordstrom (207,000 sq ft.)
- Barnes & Noble Booksellers (jr. anchor)
References
- ^ a b c "Oak Park Mall". CBL & Associates, Inc.. http://www.cblproperties.com/pag.nsf/CorpSiteByAlphaWeb/Oak+Park+Mall?opendocument. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
External Links
Enclosed Crown Center • The Great Mall of the Great Plains • Independence Center • The Landing • Metcalf South Shopping Center • Metro North Mall • Oak Park MallLifestyle/Outdoor Corbin Park • Country Club Plaza • Leavenworth Plaza • The Legends at Village West • Summit Woods Crossing • Town Center Plaza • Ward Parkway Center • Zona RosaDefunct Antioch Shopping Center • Bannister Mall • Blue Ridge Mall • Indian Springs Mall • Mission Center Mall • Riverfront MallCoordinates: 38°57′13″N 94°43′10″W / 38.953485°N 94.719476°W
Categories:- Shopping malls in Kansas
- Overland Park, Kansas
- Buildings and structures in Overland Park, Kansas
- Shopping malls established in 1974
- CBL & Associates Properties
- Visitor attractions in Johnson County, Kansas
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