St. Clair Square
 St. Clair Square in 2012 | |
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| Location | Fairview Heights, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 38°35′46″N 89°58′48″W / 38.5961°N 89.9801°W |
| Address | 134 St. Clair Square |
| Opening date | 1974 |
| Developer | May Centers, Inc. |
| Owner | CBL & Associates Properties |
| No. of stores and services | 140[1] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (3 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,084,898 square feet (100,000 m2)[2] |
| No. of floors | 2[1] |
St. Clair Square is a shopping mall in Fairview Heights, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1974, the mall features Macy's, Dillard's, and JCPenney as its anchor stores. It is managed by CBL & Associates Properties. The mall formerly had a Sears, which closed in 2019.
History
The May Department Stores Company, through its subsidiary May Centers, Inc., built the mall[3] in 1974 with Famous-Barr, JCPenney, and Sears. Stix Baer & Fuller built a store on the mall site in 1979.[4] This store became Dillard's in 1984.
It was sold to The Hahn Company in 1989.[5] A food court was added in the early 1990s.[3] Hahn then sold it to CBL & Associates Properties in 1996.[3] At the time, it was the fifth-largest mall in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area.[6] Famous-Barr became Macy's in 2006.[7] The same year, the Dillard's store was expanded by 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2).[8]
On December 28, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 80 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2019.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Mall information". CBL & Associates Properties. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ http://www.cblproperties.com/assets/blt42665a2a28135a88/St%20Clair%20Square%20leasing%20sheet.pdf
- ^ a b c Tucci, Linda (3 November 1996). "Chattanooga developer buying St. Clair Square". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Stix opens St. Clair store". St. Louis Commerce. 53 (6–10): lviii. 1979.
- ^ VandeWater, Judith (17 January 1989). "New manager at St. Clair Square". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Stamborski, Al (26 November 1996). "St. Clair Square is sold". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "End is coming soon for Famous-Barr". Belleville News-Democrat. 24 July 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Gerstenecker, Alan Lewis (1 November 2006). "Dillard's at St. Clair Square unveils $20 million in improvements". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Thomas, Lauren (2018-12-28). "Sears is closing 80 more stores in March, faces possible liquidation". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-12-28.