Westland Mall (West Burlington)

Westland Mall
Location West Burlington, Iowa
Opening date 1977
Developer General Growth Properties
Management GK Development
No. of stores and services 50+
No. of anchor tenants 3
Total retail floor area 338,000 square feet[1]
No. of floors 1

Westland Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in West Burlington, Iowa. Opened in 1977, it is anchored by J. C. Penney, Marshalls, and two Younkers stores. It is managed by GK Development.

History

General Growth Properties began building Westland Mall in 1976. Original tenants included J. C. Penney, Younkers, Woolworth, Kirlin's Hallmark, County Seat, Karmelkorn, Bresler's Ice Cream, and Osco Drug.[2] The mall opened for business on March 30, 1977, comprising more than 40 stores.[3] In 1981, Woolworth converted the store to its Woolco division, before closing it in 1983.[4] The space was later occupied by a furniture store.

L&H Realty bought the mall in 1998, and sold it to GK Development in 2004.[5] Marshalls opened an anchor store at the mall in October 2013.[6] In 2015, JCPenney announce that it will have to close its Westland Mall store along with 38 other stores in the United States.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Westland Mall". GK Development. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Bob Sogard (October 31, 1976). "Westland Mall adding tenants". The Hawk Eye. pp. 1, 3.
  3. ↑ Doral Chenoweth (March 9, 1977). "Westland Mall". The Hawk Eye. p. 18.
  4. ↑ "Woolworth closing all Woolco stores". The Hawk Eye. September 26, 1982. p. 1.
  5. ↑ Dale Alison (December 22, 2004). "Chicago firm buys Westland". The Hawk Eye. p. 1.
  6. ↑ Troute, Rex L. (October 27, 2013). "Marshalls makes a fashion splash". The Hawk Eye. pp. 1D, 4D.
  7. ↑ Strauss, Gary (January 8, 2015). "J.C. Penney, Macy's to shut stores, lay off scores". USA Today. Gannett. Retrieved January 9, 2015.

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