The Shoppes at Northpark
Location | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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Coordinates | 35°35′35″N 97°33′57″W / 35.5931°N 97.5658°W |
Opening date | 1972[1] |
Owner | Morris Enterprises, Inc. |
No. of stores and services | 45 |
Total retail floor area | 250,000 ft² |
No. of floors | 1 |
Website | http://northparkokc.com/ |
The Shoppes at Northpark is a shopping mall located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with a concentration of high-end retail establishments. It contains 45 tenants comprising approximately 250,000 square feet[2] of gross space for lease.[3]
Thomas Morris purchased a 22-acre (89,000 m2) tract for the mall in 1967 at $2,500-an-acre, and completed the first phase in 1973, which consisted of a 26,000 sq ft (2,400 m2) Safeway grocery store (the largest in the state at the time, no longer in business)[4] and Northpark 4 Cinemas (which is now AMC Northpark 7).[5] In 1973 the new mall was located on (what was at that time) the northern edge of Oklahoma City.[6][7]
It was followed by an expansion in 1977 which added 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) of retail space,[6] and another expansion in 1981. Occupancy fell to approximately 50 percent as a result of the 1980s oil bust, but subsequently improved in the mid-1990s.[8] The mall now consists of a number of smaller high-end retailers.[9][10][4]
References
- ^ Deborah Bouziden. Insiders' Guide to Oklahoma City, p. 91 (2009)
- ^ Northpark Mall Center Information. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ^ Lackmeyer, Steve (October 1, 2007). Northpark Mall Against the Odds, OKC History
- ^ a b Mize, Richard (October 15, 2005). Urban mall – With local ownership maintained, Northpark is rare among retail centers, The Oklahoman
- ^ (June 23, 2007). Okc's Northpark Mall: Family Fortune, The Journal Record
- ^ a b Nichols, Max (July 3, 1986). Morris Still Looks to Future with Northpark Mall / Northpark, Quail Plaza Emerge as Monuments to His Innovation Ahead of Crowd, The Journal Record
- ^ Chambers, Kelley (June 29, 2009). These Walls: Northpark Mall in Oklahoma City, The Journal Record
- ^ Scott, Ben (September 17, 1999). Northpark Mall rallies with new mix of retailers, The Oklahoman
- ^ Currin, Darren (October 31, 2013). Lot Lines: Happy 40th, Northpark, The Journal Record
- ^ (March 9, 1986). Northpark Mall Hardly a Ghost Town Blend of Quality Merchants Keeps Storefronts Occupied, The Oklahoman