- Westfield Gateway
infobox shopping mall|shopping_mall_name = Westfield Gateway
location =Lincoln, Nebraska ,United States
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opening_date = 1960
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owner =The Westfield Group
developer = Bankers Life Insurance Company of Nebraska (nowAmeritas Life Insurance Company )
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number_of_stores = 107
number_of_anchors = 5
floor_area = ft2 to m2|975000|abbr=yes
floors = 1 of retail
parking = 4,651
website = [http://www.westfield.com/gateway/ Westfield Gateway]Westfield Gateway is an enclosed shopping mall located in
Lincoln, Nebraska owned byThe Westfield Group .History
The mall opened as Gateway Shopping Center in 1960, developed by Bankers Life Insurance Company of Nebraska (now
Ameritas Life Insurance Company ) at 60th and O streets on land adjacent to its headquarters. It was an open-air mall anchored byMontgomery Ward and local department store Miller & Paine.An expansion was completed in 1971. Brandeis added a department store, in the unusual location of directly next door to Miller & Paine (typically, mall department store anchors are located apart from each other in separate wings). This project included an enclosed mall corridor and new
Sears .A new wing leading to a
JCPenney department store was added in 1995-1996; Penney's had been located in a former grocery store in astrip mall behind the shopping center after moving from downtown Lincoln. The origina l, open-air mall was also enclosed at this time, with a food court built in the southern end of the Center Court.A $45 million renovation in 2004-2005 added a new food court and
carousel in the Center Court area. The old Montgomery Ward space (vacated in 2000) was refitted with a new Steve and Barry's and Qdoba Mexican Grill.Bankers Life sold the mall in 1985 to Jacobs Visconsi Jacobs (later The Jacobs Group).
The Westfield Group bought the mall in 2001.Anchors
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Dillard's (3 levels, 158,806 square feet)
*Younkers (2 levels, 101,760 square feet)
*Sears (2 levels, 120,631 square feet)
*Steve & Barry's (2 levels)
*JCPenney (2 levels, 125,870 square feet)In Late 2008 Westfield will host a new kind of sensory experience where for a fee you may enter the store and try many different kinds of personal pleasure devices. The store will be located next to Steve and Barry's and titled Orgazmo's The Vibration.
Former Anchors
* Miller & Paine (purchased by Dillard's in 1988)
* Brandeis (purchased by Younkers in 1987)
* Montgomery Ward (closed 2000; replaced by Steve & Barry's)
*References
* "Center court centerpiece," Lincoln Journal Star, September 26, 2004.
* "Gateway's goal to keep shoppers headed east," Lincoln Journal Star, March 6, 2005.
* [http://www.westfield.com/corporate/retailer/us/gateway.html Gateway Leasing Information] , The Westfield Group, accessed January 13, 2008.External links
* [http://www.westfield.com/gateway/ Mall website]
* [http://mallsofamerica.blogspot.com/2005/08/gateway-mall.html Malls of America photo of Gateway in 1960s]
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