Dual Anchor Shopping Centers, 1952-1960
DUAL ANCHOR SHOPPING CENTERS, 1952-1960
Richard Longstreth, compiler
revised 12.1.09
This compendium offers basic data on shopping centers with two – and in a few cases, three – branch units of department stores in operation or planned by the close of 1960. This material draws from research for my book, The American Department Store Transformed, 1920-1960 (Yale University Press, 2010). In many instances one or more department stores were added to an existing shopping center. Additional data on the stores can be found in Richard Longstreth, comp., “Department Stores Branches, 1910-1960” on this website. I have included branches of the more than 180 downtown-based companies that are the focus of my study, units of local chain department stores (Goldblatt’s and Wieboldt’s in Chicago; Schuster’s in Milwaukee), and units of national chain department stores, most notably Sears and Montgomery Ward. The listings are chronologically arranged by opening of the second anchor department store. The dates set in brackets indicate those where the shopping center began functioning with two or more department stores.
Numerous sources were used in compiling this material. Women’s Wear Daily and local newspapers were especially useful. Additional data was gleaned from the Directory of Shopping Centers in the United States and Canada, 5th edition (1962) and 13th edition (1972).
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E. B. Smith Plaza, 1234 Abbott Road, Lackawanna, New York(ca. 10.52)
opened 10.5.51
175,000 square feet, 27 stores, 15 acres, parking 1100 cars (by 1958)
L. B. Smith and E. B. Maloney, developers
G. Morton Wolfe, architect
E. W. Edwards & Son, opened 10.5.51
Hens & Kelly, 20,000 square feet., announced 6.15.60, opened 10.17.51
Adams, Meldrum & Anderson, opened ca. 10.52
Evergreen Park Shopping Plaza, Western Avenue95th Street, Chicago(12.3.52)
announced ca. 1951, opened 8.24.52
482,000 square feet., 58 stores, 28 acres, parking 1800 cars
Abraham Rubloff & Co., developers
Holabird, Root & Burgee and Howard T. Fisher & Associates, architects
The Fair, 165,000 square feet., announced 4.23.51, opened 8.24.52
Carson Pirie Scott & Co., 44,000 square feet, announced 7.28.52, opened 12.3.52
Cross CountyCenter, Central Park Avenue & Cross County Parkway, Yonkers, New York(9.8.52)
announced 12.10.47, opened 4.28.54
1,200,000 square feet., 76 stores, 63 acres, parking 5500 cars
Sol G. Altas, developer
Lathrop Douglass, architect
John Wanamaker, 225,000 square feet, announced 12.10.47, opened 4.28.55
Gimbel Bros. , 200,000 square feet, announced 7.2.53, opened 9.8.55
Capitol Court, W. Capitol Drive, W. Fond du Lac Avenue & N. 60th Street, Milwaukee(8.28.56)
announced 1.6.53, opened 8.28.56
700,000 square feet, 52 stores, 61 acres, parking 5100 cars
Capitol Court Corp. (Schuster’s), developer
John Graham & Co., architects
Ed. Schuster & Co., 220,000 square feet, announced 1.6.53, opened 8.28.56
T. A. Chapman Co., 65,000 square feet, opened 8.28.56
EastpointShopping Center, Eastern Avenue & North Point Road, Baltimore(10.4.56)
opened 10.4.56
400,000 square feet, 41 stores, 60 acres, parking 4000 cars
Joseph Meyerhoff Co., developers
Kenneth Cameron Miller, architect
Hochschild, Kohn & Co., 100,000 square feet, announced 1.25.54, opened 10.4.56
Hutzler Bros. Co., 60,000 square feet, announced 4.17.55, opened 10.4.56
7 Corners Shopping Center, Arlington Boulevard & Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia (10.4.56)
announced 5.24.53, opened 10.4.56
600,000 square feet, 45 stores, 32 acres, parking 2800 cars
Kass Realty Co., developers-designers
Julius Garfinckel, 71,000 square feet, announced 3.10.55, opened 10.4.56
Woodward & Lothrop, 128,000 square feet, announced 10.17.54, opened 10.4.56
Southdale Center, France Avenue between 66th & 69th streets, Edina, Minnesota(10.8.56)
announced 6.17.52, opened 10.8.56
810,000 square feet, 72 stores, 83 acres, parking 5200 cars
Dayton development Co., developers
Victor Gruen Associates, architects
Dayton Co., 195,000 square feet, announced 6.17.52, opened 10.8.56
L. S. Donaldson Co., 140,000 square feet, announced 10.25.53, opened 10.8.56
HillsideShopping Center, Wolf RoadHarrison Street, Hillside, Illinois(10.22.56)
opened 10.25.56
428,000 square feet, 50-60 stores, 62 acres, parking 5000 cars
Hillside Center, Inc., developers
Welton Becket & Associates, architects
Carson Pirie Scott & Co., 125,000 square feet, opened 10.22.56
Goldblatt Bros., 67,000 square feet, announced 4.15.55, opened 9.26.56
Gulfgate Shopping City, Holmes Road, Woodbridge Drive & Gulf Freeway, Houston(10.56)
announced 3.21.54, opened 9.20.56
800,000 square feet., 71 stores, 55 acres, parking 5400 cars
Theodore W. Berensen & Associates, developers
John Graham & Company and Irving R. Klein, architects
Joske Bros. Co., 207,000 square feet, announced before 3.21.54, opened 9.20.56
Sakowitz Bros., 92,000 square feet, opened 10.56
Old Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie Highway between Golf Road & Harrison Street, Skokie, Illinois
(11.1.56)
announced 8.5.50, opened 10.22.56
1,200,000 square feet, 62 stores, 80 acres, parking 6000 cars
American Community Builders, developer
Loebl, Schlossman & Bennett, architects
Marshall Field & Co., 370,000 square feet, announced 8.7.50, new scheme announced 1.10.55,
opened 10.22.56
The Fair, 121,000 square feet, announced 1.11.55, opened 11.1.56
Saks Fifth Avenue, 58,000 square feet, announced 6.25.58, opened 11.6.58
163rd Street Shopping Center, 163rd Street between N.E. 12th & 15th avenues, Miami(4.12.57)
announced 3.14.54, opened 11.1.56
2,000,000 square feet, 55 stores, 53 acres, parking 4000 cars
Food fair Properties, developers
Abbott, Merkt & Co., architects
Burdine’s, 131,000 square feet, announced 3.14.54, opened 11.1.56
Richards Department Store, 80,000 square feet, announced 1.22.56, opened 4.12.57
Park ForestPlaza, Forest, Inwood & Lakewood boulevards, Park Forest, Illinois(3.28.58)
opened 12.15.49
45 stores (in 1958), 53 acres,
American Community Builders, developers
Loebl, Schlossman & Bennett, architects
Goldblatt Bros., 63,000 square feet, announced 8.24.52, opened 10.7.53
Marshall Field & Co., 70,000 square feet, announced 12.6.53, opened 3.28.58
North ShoreShopping Center, Routes 128 & 114, Peabody, Massachusetts(8.1.58)
announced 12.14.54, opened 8.1.58
1,200,000 square feet, 62 stores, 108 acres, parking 8000 cars
Allied Stores, developers
John Graham & Company, architects
Wm. Filene’s Sons, 112,000 square feet, announced 8.11.55, opened 9.23.57
Jordan Marsh, 244,000 square feet., announced 12.14.54, opened 8.1.58
Crestwood Plaza, U.S. Route 66 & Sappington Road, Crestwood, Missouri(8.14.58)
opened 3.21.57
550,000 square feet, 37 stores, 34 acres, parking 3000 cars
Louis I. and Milton L. Zorensky, developers
Milton Construction Co., designers
Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney, 160,000 square feet, announced 3.10.57, opened 8.14.58
Sears, Roebuck & Co., 150,000 square feet, announced 4.56, opened 3.21.57
GlendaleShopping Center, Keystone Avenue62nd Street, Indianapolis(8.17.58)
announced 3.23.54, opened 8.17.58
525,000 square feet, 50 stores, 55 acres, parking 3500 cars
Landau & Pearlman, developers
Victor Gruen Associates, architects
L. S. Ayres & Co., 148,000 square feet., announced 3.23.54, opened 8.17.58
Wm. H. Block Co., 118,000 square feet., announced 3.9.55, opened 8.13.58
Mayfair Shopping Center, Route 100 between W. North Avenue & Center Street, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
(1.5.59)
announced before 4.53, opened 9.17.58
1,000,000 square feet, 70 stores, 105 acres, parking 8000 cars
Froedtert-Mayfair Co., developer
Perkins & Will and Grasshold & Johnson, architects
Gimbel Bros., 210,000 square feet, announced 4.6.53, opened 9.17.58
Marshall Field & Co., 289,000 square feet, announced 4.6.53, opened 1.5.59
Big TownShopping Center, Routes 67 & 90, Dallas(2.26.59)
opened 2.26.59
750,000 square feet, 49 stores, parking 4000 cars
Gerri von Frellick, developer
Tatum & Quade, architects
Sanger Bros., 104,000 square feet, opened 2.26.59
Montgomery Ward, 120,000 square feet, opened 2.26.59
KenwoodPlaza, Kenwood drive & Montgomery Road, Cincinnati(4.13.59)
announced 4.18.54, opened 9.30.56
32 stores, parking 3200 cars
J. R. Williams, developer
McAlpin Co., 65,000 square feet, announced 5.23.55, opened 9.20.56
H. & S. Pogue Co., 60,000 square feet, announced 5.58, opened 4.13.59
Del Amo Center, Sepulveda Boulevard, Hawthorne, Carson & Madrona avenues, Torrance, California
(ca. 7.59)
announced 3.18.57, opened 5.60
1,100,000 square feet, 100 stores, 85 acres, parking 7000 cars (o. 61)
Del Amo Estate Co., developer
Welton Becket & Associates, architects
The Broadway, 225,000 square feet, announced 3.18.57, opened 2.16.59
Sears, Roebuck & Co., 250,000 square feet, announced 3.18.57, opened ca. 7.59
Lenox Square, Peachtree & Lenox roads, Atlanta(8.3.59)
announced 5.12.57, opened 8.3.59
800,000 square feet, 53 stores, 74 acres, parking 6000 cars
Noble Foundation, developers
Toombs, Amisano & Wells, architects
M. Rich Bros. & Co., 180,000 square feet, announced 5.12.57, opened 8.3.59
Davison-Paxon, 120,000 square feet, announced 8.30.57, opened 8.3.59
MeadowdaleShopping Center, Route 25 & Lake Marion Road, Carpentersville, Illinois (ca. 11.11.59)
announced 8.25.54, opened 5.18.57
525,000 square feet, 72 stores, 80 acres, parking 7000 cars (in 1960)
Meadowdale Shopping Center, Inc., developers
L. W. Besinger & Associates, architects
Carson Pirie Scott & Co., 37,500 square feet (purchased Block & Kuhl Co. store 10.1.59, opened
2.1.60
W. A. Wieboldt & Co., 150,000 square feet, opened ca. 11.11.59
WheatonPlaza, Veirs Mill Road between GeorgiaConnecticut avenues, Wheaton, Maryland (2.5.60)
announced ca. 9.17.54, opened 3.31.60
1,100,000 square feet, 75 stores, 80 acres, parking 5700 cars
Isadore Gudelsky and Theodore N. Lerner, developers
Arthur L. Anderson, architect, Lathrop Douglass, consulting
Woodward & Lothrop, 160,000 square feet, announced 3.27.58, opened 2.5.60
Montgomery Ward, 235,000 square feet, announced ca. 5.8.59, opened 2.5.60
MonmouthShopping Center, State routes 35 & 36, Eatontown, New Jersey(5.17.60)
announced 2.12.56, opened 3.2.60
Feist & Feist, developers
Kahn & Jacobs and Abbott, Merkt & Co., architects
693,000 square feet, 50 stores, 64 acres, parking 5000 cars
L. Bamberger Co., 230,000 square feet, announced 5.14.56, opened 3.2.60
Montgomery Ward, 116,000 square feet, opened 5.17.60
RooseveltFieldShopping Center, Meadowbrook State Parkway, Stewart Avenue, Glen Cove and Old
County roads, Hempstead. New York(8.29.60)
announced 8.8.50, opened 8.29.56
1,900,000 square feet, 100 stores, 125 acres, parking 11,000 cars
Webb & Knapp, developers
I. M. Pei & Associates and Boehler & Brugnoni, architects
R. H. Macy & Co., 343,000 square feet, announced 11.10.53, opened 8.29.56
Gimbel Bros., 250,000 square feet., announced 1.15.59, opened 8.29.60
Garden State Plaza,N.J. routes 4 & 17, Paramus, New Jersey(9.12.60)
announced 7.1.51, opened 4.30.57
1,340,000 square feet, 72 stores, 150 acres, parking 8000 cars
Garden State Plaza Corp. (Macy’s), developer
Abbott, Merkt & Co., architects
L. Bamberger Co., 340,000 square feet, announced 7.1.51, opened. 4.12.57
Gimbel Bros., 240,000 square feet, announced 9.5.58, opened 9.12.60
Tri-CountyShopping Center, Kemper Road & Princeton Pike, GlendaleOhio(9.26.60)
announced 12.18.55, opened 9.26.60
500,000 square feet, 52 stores, 72 acres, parking 4000 cars
Joseph Meyerhoff Co., developers
Kenneth Cameron Miller, architect
John Shillito Co., 170,000 square feet, announced 12.18.55/5.14.57, opened 9.26.60
H. & S. Pogue Co., announced 2.1.59, opened 9.26.60
CrossroadsShopping Center, 72nd & Dodge streets, Omaha(10.10.60)
announced 9.10.59, opened 10.10.60
600,000 square feet, 24 stores, parking 3500 cars
Brandeis Investment Co., developers
Leo A. Daly, architect
J. L. Brandeis Co., 100,000 square feet, announced 9.10.59, opened 10.10.60
Sears, Roebuck & Co., 200,000 square feet, announced 9.10.59, opened 9.60
Mission Valley Shopping Center, Mission Valley Freeway & Texas Street, San Diego(2.20.61)
announced 10.9.57, opened 2.20.61
1,200,000 square feet, 75 stores, 80 acres, parking 6000 cars
May Department Stores Co., developers
Frank L. Hope & Associates, architects
May Co., 390,000 square feet, announced 10.9.57, opened 2.20.61
Montgomery Ward, 235,000 square feet, announced 8.9.60, opened 2.20.61
Panorama City Shopping Center, Van Nuys & Roscoe boulevards, Los Angeles(6.27.61)
opened 12.27.49
unintegrated shopping district, with shopping center added by The Broadway
The Broadway, 226,000 square feet, announced 4.18.54, opened 10.10.55
J. R. Robinson, 160,000 square feet, announced 4.21.60, opened 6.27.61
SharpstownCenter, Southwest Freeway & Bellaire Boulevard, Sharpstown, Texas(9.14.61)
announced. 12.20.59, opened 9.14.61
760,000 square feet, 60 stores, parking 6000 cars
Frank W. Sharp, developer
Sidney H. Morris & Associates and Claude E. Hooton, Sr., architects
Foley Bros., 170,000 square feet, announced 12.20.59, opened 9.14.61
Montgomery Ward, 132,000 square feet, opened 9.14.61
WestgateShopping Center, Center Ridge RoadW. 210th Street, Fairview Park, Ohio (10.21.61)
announced 7.27.51, opened 2.2.54
511,000 square feet, 44 stores, 49 acres, parking 3600 cars
Anthony Visconsi, developer
Raymond Loewy Corporation and Fordyce, Hamby, Strobel & Panero, architects
Halle Bros. Co., 140,000 square feet., announced 7.27.51, opened 2.2.54
Higbee Co., 170,000 square feet, announced 10.17.60, opened 10.2.61
Stanford Shopping Center, El Camino Real & Quarry Road, Palo Alto, California(10.12.61)
announced 3.24.54, opened 2.23.56
698,000 square feet, 54 stores, 55 acres, parking 5000 cars
StanfordUniversity and Emporium-Capwell, developers
Welton Becket & Associates, architects
The Emporium, 219,000 square feet, announced 10.13.55, opened 2.23.56
R. H. Macy & Co., 150,000 square feet, announced 4.5.60, opened 10.12.61
Grossmont Shopping Center, El Cajon Boulevard & Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, California.
(11.6.61)
announced 7.31.58, opened 10.5.61
604,000 square feet, $15,000,000, 47 stores, 65 acres, parking 5000 cars
Del Webb Co., developers
Welton Becket & Associates, architects
Marston Co., 156,000 square feet, announced 7.31.58, opened 11.6.61
Montgomery Ward, opened 10.5.61
MerleHayPlaza, Merle Hay RoadDouglas Avenue, Des Moines(before 1962)
opened 8.17.59 (?)
665,000 square feet, 30 stores, 40 acres, parking 4000 cars
Robert Greenbaum & Associates, developers-architects
Younker Bros., 100,000 square feet, opened 8.17.59
Sears, Roebuck & Co., 265,000 square feet, opened by 1962
SouthlandShopping Center,6807 Pearl Road, Middleburg Heights, Ohio (before 1962)
opened 1950
655,000 square feet, 70 stores (in 1962)
A. Visconti & Associates, developers
Halle Bros. Co., opened 1958
Sears, Roebuck & Co., opened by 1962
Cherry HillShopping Center, Route 38 & Haddonfield road, Cherry Hill, New Jersey (9.26.62)
announced 1.11.55, opened 10.11.61
1,000,000 square feet, 93 stores, parking 6000 cars
Community Research & Development, Inc., developers
Victor Gruen Associates, architects
Strawbridge & Clothier, 215,000 square feet, announced 1.15.55, opened 10.11.61
L. Bamberger Co., 215,000 square feet, announced 3.7.61, opened 9.26.62
Brookdale Shopping Center, State Route 100, Brooklyn Avenue & Bass Lake Road, Brooklyn,
Michigan(8.1.66)
announced 9.28.60, opened 3.1.62
862,000 square feet, 75 stores, parking 5400 cars
Dayton Development Co., developers
Victor Gruen Associates, architects
Dayton Co., 195,000 square feet, announced 9.28.60, opened 8.1.66
Sears, Roebuck & Co., 183,000 square feet, announced 9.28.60, opened 3.1.62
OakBrookShopping Center, Route 83 & Cermak Road, Oak Brook, Illinois(3.5.62)
opened 3.5.62
1,200,000 square feet, 56 stores, 110 acres, parking 6900 cars
Philip Klutznick, developer
Loebl, Schlossman & Bennett, architects
Marshall Field & Co., ca. 285,000 square feet, announced before 7.56, opened 3.5.62
Sears, Roebuck & Co., announced 7.1.56, opened 3.5.62
ReisterstownRoadPlaza, Reisterstown Road between Patterson AvenueBrookhill Road, Baltimore
(3.14.62)
announced 10.7.58, opened 3.14.62
50 stores, 60 acres, parking 4000 cars
Food Fair Properties, developer
Abbott, Merkt & Co., architects
Hecht Co., 185,000 square feet, announced 10.7.58, opened 3.14.62
Stewart & Co., 160,000 square feet, announced 10.7.58, opened 3.1.4.62
RandhurstCenter, Rand, EuclidElmhurst roads, Mount Prospect, Illinois(8.16.62)
announced 2.25.59, opened 8.16.62
1,200,000 square feet, 86 stores, 100 acres, parking 7500 cars
Randhurst Corp., developers
Victor Gruen Associates, architects
Carson Pirie Scott & Co., 200,000 square feet, announced 2.25.59, opened 8.16.62
The Fair, 154,000 square feet, announced 2.25.59, opened 8.16.62
W. A. Wieboldt & Co., announced 2.25.59, opened 8.16.62
Hillsdale Shopping Center, El Camino Real, 31st Avenue & Hillsdale Boulevard, San Mateo, California
(9.12.62)
announced 7.11.51, opened 11.19.54
1,100,000 square feet, 124 stores, 55 acres, parking 6000 cars
David B. Bohannon Organization, developers
Welton Becket & Associates, architects
R. H. Macy & Co., 185,000 square feet, announced 5.28.52, opened 11.19.54
The Emporium, 200,000 square feet, announced 10.12.60, opened 9.12.62
WaltWhitmanShopping Center, Route 110, Huntington, New York(9.18.62)
announced 12.15.55, opened 11.23.62
700,000 square feet, 65 stores, 68 acres, parking 5000 cars
N. K. Winston-Muss Co., developers
Welton Becket & Associates, architects
Abraham & Straus, 220,000 square feet, announced 5.3.56, o. 4.5.62
R. H. Macy & Co., 230,000 square feet, announced 10.6.60, opened 9.18.62
NorthlineShopping Center, North Freeway, Fulton Street & Cross Timbers Road, Houston (2.6.64)
announced 8.8.60, opened 3.14.63
850,000 square feet, 40 stores, 80 acres, parking 6000 cars
Theodore W. Berenson, developer
Sumner Schein & Associates, architects
Joske Bros. Co., 200,000 square feet, announced 8.8.60, opened 2.6.64
Montgomery Ward, opened 10.60
Severence Center, Mayfield & Taylor roads, Cleveland Heights, Ohio(8.5.63)
announced ca. 5.7.60, opened 10.17.63
900,000 square feet 60 stores, 64 acres, parking 500 cars
Winmar Realty Co., developers
John Graham & Co. and Austin Co., associated architects
Halle Bros. Co., 150,00-200,000 square feet, announced ca. 1958, opened 8.5.63
Higbee Co., 200,000-250,000 square feet, announced 2.22.59, opened 8.5.63
Broadway-AnaheimShopping Center, Santa Ana Freeway, Crenshaw drive, Euclid & Laura streets,
Anaheim, California(1963)
announced 7.7.54, opened 11.18.57
675,000 square feet, $12,500,000, 35 stores, parking 5000 cars
Broadway Department Stores, developers
Welton Becket & Associates, architects
The Broadway, 208,000 square feet, announced 7.7.54, opened 10.4.55
J. W. Robinson, opened 1963
NorthlandShopping Center, Morse & Karl roads, Columbus, Ohio(8.13.64)
announced 8.1.60, opened 8.13.64
710,000 square feet, 43 stores, 71 acres, parking 5500 cars
F. & R. Lazarus and Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co., developers
Grossel & Jensen, architects
F. & R. Lazarus Co., 200,000 square feet, announced 8.1.60, opened 8.13.64
Sears, Roebuck & Co., 246,000 square feet, announced 8.1.60, opened 8.13.64
SouthHillsVillage, Fort Couch & Washington roads, Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania(7.28.65)
announced 10.4.59, opened 7,28.65
1,000,000 square feet, 110 stores, 102 acres, parking 6500 cars
Welton Becket & Associates and Hoffman, Loeffler & Wolfe, architects
Gimbel Bros., 200,000 square feet, announced 10.4.59, opened 7.28.65
Joseph Horne Co., announced 10.4.59, opened 7.28.65
GreenwoodShopping Center, 1251 S. U.S. 31, Greenwood, Indiana
announced 5.12.60, opened 9.29.65
715,000 square feet, 55 stores, 87 acres, parking 5000 cars
Warren Atkinson, developer
James Associates, architects
L. S. Ayers & Co., 125,000 square feet, announced 5.1.2.60, opened 9.29.65
Sears, Roebuck & Co., opened later
SECOND DEPARTMENT STORE BUILT ADJACENT TO EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER
Valley Plaza, Laurel Canyon & Victory boulevards, Los Angeles(9.12.55)
opened 9.13.51
150 stores, parking 7000 cars (by 1961)
Bob Symmonds, developer
Stiles Clements and others, architects
Sears, Roebuck & Co., 180,000 square ft., announced 1.15.49, opened 9.13.51
* May Co., 452,000 square feet, announced 1.26.54, opened 9.12.55
EdmondsonVillage, Edmondson Avenue between Old Frederick RoadHilton Street, Baltimore
(10.25.56)
opened 5.47
250,000 square feet., 28 stores (in 1958), 1500 cars (by 1956)
Joseph Meyerhoff Co., developer
Kenneth Cameron Miller, architect
Hochschild, Kohn & Co., 30,000 square feet announced 2.24.46, opened 6.3.47
* Hecht Co., 150,000 square feet, announced before 5.24.55, opened 10.25.56
Cedar Center, Warrensville Center & Cedar roads, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.(8.23.60)
opened before 8.50
Anthony Visconsi, developer
Halle Bros. Co., 25,000 square feet, opened 8.3.50
* May Co., 300,000 square feet, announced 5.13.56, opened 8.23.60