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Coronado Center 
Northwest entranceLocation Albuquerque, NM, USA Opening date March 1965 Developer Homart Development Company Management General Growth Properties Owner General Growth Properties No. of stores and services 150 No. of anchor tenants 4 + 1 vacant Total retail floor area 1,154,000 square feet (107,200 m2) Parking 5,000 spaces No. of floors 2 Website www.coronadocenter.com Coronado Center is a 2 level super-regional enclosed shopping mall owned by General Growth Properties located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Coronado is one of 3 malls located in the Albuquerque area.
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Background
Coronado Center opened in March 1965 as an open air mall, and was developed by Homart Development Company, the mall-building subsidiary of Sears.[1] It was remodeled in 1975-1976 (when it became an enclosed mall), 1984, 1992, and 1995. The mall is the largest in the state of New Mexico with 150 stores and is anchored by Macy's, JCPenney, Sears, and Kohl's.
Anchor history
When Coronado Center first opened in 1965, the mall's original anchor tenants included Sears and Rhodes Brothers. In 1974, Rhodes Brothers was rebranded as Liberty House. In the mall's 1975-1976 expansion, two new anchor stores (Goldwater's and The Broadway) were added, and in 1984 a fifth anchor store (Sanger-Harris) was added. Goldwater's closed in 1986, but later reopened as May D&F in 1989. Sanger-Harris was rebranded as Foley's in 1987, but in 1988, Foley's closed this location. In the late 1980s, Liberty House closed and was replaced by Mervyn's shortly afterward. In 1990, JCPenney opened at the former Sanger-Harris/Foley's store area. May D&F was rebranded as Foley's in 1993, signifying Foley's return to the mall. The Broadway was rebranded as Macy's in 1996. In 2006, Foley's was rebranded as Macy's, and Macy's vacated the former The Broadway store area, which remains vacant today. Mervyn's closed all stores due to bankruptcy in 2008, and the store area was remodeled for Kohl's, which opened in 2010.
Plans
Target Corporation currently owns original Macy's location, however, as of now, no official opening date has been announced, expected to open no earlier than 2012. Plans are to convert the three-level anchor store area to either a one- or two-level store, subject to city approval.[2][3]
A more recent report states that Hunt Development plans on building a new Target store as part of their expansion of nearby ABQ Uptown, likely putting an end to Target's plans for a store at Coronado Center.[4]
References
- ^ "Sears Will Open 41 New Stores". Evening Independent. March 31, 1965. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z_MLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=71YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6278,5637884. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- ^ Recession-ravaged malls court mom and pop stores
- ^ Kohl’s targets Oct. opening at Coronado
- ^ Hunt Development proposes Target for Uptown site
Coordinates: 35°06′25.5″N 106°34′21″W / 35.107083°N 106.5725°W
Categories:- Shopping malls in New Mexico
- General Growth Properties
- Shopping malls established in 1965
- Buildings and structures in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Visitor attractions in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- United States shopping mall stubs
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