- Ward Parkway Center
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shopping_mall_name = Ward Parkway Center
image_size = 300
address = 8600 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, Missouri 64114
opening_date = 1959
owner = Developers Diversified Realty Corp.
floor_area = 800,000 square footWard Parkway Center or Ward Parkway Mall is a
shopping center located inKansas City, Missouri on theKansas /Missouri border line. The location surrounds the area from 85th Terrace to 89th Street on the North/South andState Line Road toWard Parkway on the West/East. Once a two floor mall with a food court it now has one floor with the first floor enclosed. The mall itself is currently in a redevelopment phase and has been providing a shopping experience for Kansas City customers since 1959. Former storesSam Goody , Gap,T.G.I. Friday's ,The Limited , andWinstead's . Ward Parkway Center is the location of the first modern movie multiplex, with its original two screens (since renovated and expanded to 14 screens) still operated by AMC Theater.Anchors
* Target - replaces Montgomery Ward in a new building at the same location
*Dillard's Clearance Center
* AMC Ward Parkway 14 Theaters
* Staples
*Montgomery Ward - (Closed) - old building was demolished and replaced by TargetCompetition
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Bannister Mall - (Closed)
*Country Club Plaza
*Oak Park Mall - "opened in 1975"
* WaldoReferences
* [http://www.wardparkwaycenter.com/Index.asp?IdS=00020B-C850B60&x=010|000&~= Official Website]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&formtype=address&pop
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* [http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2003/12/15/focus4.html Ward Parkway Center's new owners see bright future for revamped mall] (12-12-2003)
* [http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2003/05/12/story1.html Ward Parkway Center may sell] (5-9-2003)
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