Westfield Oakridge
| Location | San Jose, California, USA |
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| Coordinates | 37°15′09″N 121°51′42″W / 37.252492°N 121.861668°W |
| Address | 925 Blossom Hill Road San Jose, CA 95123 |
| Opening date | 1971 |
| Developer | The Hahn Company |
| Management | Westfield Group |
| Owner | Westfield Group |
| No. of stores and services | 207[1] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,139,602 sq ft (105,872.5 m2)[1] |
| Parking | 5,002 |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | westfield.com/oakridge |
Westfield Oakridge, formerly known as Westfield Shoppingtown Oakridge and Oakridge Mall, is a shopping mall owned by The Westfield Group, located at the corner of Santa Teresa Boulevard and Blossom Hill Road in San Jose, California, United States. It is anchored by Macy's, Sears, Target , Century Theatres and Nordstrom Rack.
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[edit] History
Westfield Oakridge was originally built in 1971 by The Hahn Company with anchors Montgomery Ward and Macy's, later adding Bullock's. Bullock's closed in 1983 and a Nordstrom replaced it in 1985 as part of the acquisition of all Northern California Bullock's stores by Seattle based Nordstrom. Under the terms of the deal, all Bullock's locations were required to be converted to Nordstrom stores. Most of the locations were prime, but the underperforming Oakridge store lasted only nine years before selling the location to Sears.
The center was sold to Westfield America, Inc. in 1998. The property was renamed "Westfield Shoppingtown Oakridge".[2] Target joined the center several years following the bankruptcy and closure of Montgomery Ward in 2001, and later the center was extensively reconstructed in a $150,000,000+ renovation that added a new multiplex Century Theatres, which opened in 2003. The word "Shoppingtown" was dropped from the name in 2005.
On October 15, 2009 Nordstrom opened a Nordstrom Rack.[3][4]
In 2011 the mall was evacuated shortly before Christmas when too much of a bathroom cleaner was used and the cleaning fumes were unable to be ventilated properly sending patrons to the hospital complaining of burns.[5]
[edit] Anchors and majors
The malls currently has three major department store anchors and a movie theater. These anchors are a 235,000 square foot (21,832 m²) Macy's and 152,200 square foot (14,139 m²) Sears that was formerly a Nordstrom from 1985 until it closed in 1994 for reasons of "underperforming". Before that the location was a Bullock's that closed in 1983 after being acquired by Nordstrom. A 148,000 square foot (13,749 m²) Target that opened in 2001 that was formerly a Montgomery Ward and lastly the cinema is Century Theatres branch. Other major tenants include a Nordstrom Rack, formerly a Linens 'n Things and a Forever 21, formerly a Borders, and finally an H&M. A Linens 'n Things was closed 2008 due to company liquidation, and was replaced by Nordstrom Rack.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Westfield Oakridge". Westfield Group. http://westfield.com/corporate/property-portfolio/united-states/oakridge.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- ^ "Westfield America, Inc. (NYSW:WEA) announces acquisition..." (Press release). Westfield Group. 1998-10-07. http://westfield.com/corporate/news-announcements/media-releases/1998/wat_19981007.html.
- ^ David Goll (March 31, 2009). "Nordstrom returns to Oakridge mall". San Jose Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/03/30/daily29.html.
- ^ "Nordstrom Reports September Sales" (Press release). Nordstrom, Inc.. 2009-10-08. http://investor.nordstrom.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=93295&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1340003&highlight.
- ^ Packed San Jose mall partially evacuated after too much cleaner gets in air, Mike Rosenberg, San Jose Mercury News, 23-12-2011, access date 23-12-2011.
[edit] External links
- Westfield Oakridge Official website
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