Kennedy Mall

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Kennedy Mall
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The Kennedy Mall in February 2005
Kennedy Mall
Location Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Coordinates 42°29′38″N90°43′23″W / 42.494°N 90.723°W / 42.494; -90.723
Opening dateApril 15, 1970
Developer Cafaro Company
ManagementCafaro Company
OwnerCafaro Company
No. of anchor tenants 10 (8 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area ~700,000 sq ft (65,000 m2)
No. of floors1 with partial upper level (2 in former Younkers Mens)
Public transit accessAiga bus trans.svg  Purple   The Jule
Website kennedymall.com

Kennedy Mall is a shopping mall located in Dubuque, Iowa. It is owned by the Cafaro Company. The mall's anchor stores are Edward Jones, Shoe Carnival, Planet Fitness, Vertical Jump Park, JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods, Ulta Beauty, and Books-A-Million.

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History

20th century

In 1964, Montgomery Ward announced that it would move its store in Dubuque, which was located in the downtown area, out to the west end. In February 1966, rezoning of the land on which the mall was built was approved. William M. Cafaro and Associates (now Cafaro Company) of Youngstown, Ohio developed the site. The mall was completed in 1968. [1]

In 1968, Younkers was opened as the Kennedy Mall's first store. [2] This was followed by Montgomery Ward in the spring of 1969, and Roshek's in the fall of 1970. The mall was formally opened on April 15, 1970, with F. W. Woolworth Company operating as a junior anchor. At the time, it had sixty stores, which made it Iowa's largest enclosed mall. Soon afterward, a tornado had damaged the Dubuque area, including the mall.

In the 1980's, JCPenney, Younkers, Sears, and Armstrong's would move into the Kennedy Mall. [3] A number of renovations were made to the mall in 1989. This included opening up a food court at the northeast corner of the mall and a number of cosmetic improvements to the mall. Also, a space for Sears was carved out of the Armstrong Department store. [4]

Originally, there was a General Cinema movie theater with a single 795-seat auditorium located within the mall. In 1972 it was remodeled into a two-screen theater with about 300 seats in each auditorium. In the 1980s, General Cinema built a new six-screen theater named Kennedy Mall Cinema 6 in the parking lot just west of the mall to replace the theater inside the mall.

21st century

The former Borders book store at the mall. This store is now Books-A-Million. BordersDubuqueIowa.jpg
The former Borders book store at the mall. This store is now Books-A-Million.

Best Buy obtained part of the southeast parking lot, which was originally overflow parking, and built their own store at that location.

For many years Walgreens operated a store at Kennedy Mall. This store, with both interior and exterior entrances, sat between the Bishop's Buffet and J.C. Penney store. In 2005 the company built a new, free-standing store about 1/2 mile away at 55 JFK Road. When the new store was opened in late 2005, the company closed the existing store at the mall. Dick's Sporting Goods had the space torn down and rebuilt to accommodate a new store, which opened in late 2010.

In April 2007, the Cafaro Company announced that it was moving forward with plans to renovate Kennedy Mall. The project will be completed in 2 phases, with work beginning in 2007. Changes to the mall included the replacement of floors, entrances, landscaping, and parking lots. Also, skylights were be installed, and the east front of the mall was re-configured to enable more stores to face Wacker Drive. The first phase cost an estimated $2.9 million.

The interior renovation was met warmly from local residents. As part of the plan, the mall's signature center water fountain was removed to make room for retail space. Many of the 37-year-old mall's parking lots, sidewalks, light posts, signage, landscaping, and exterior walls were in disrepair, and were completely renovated by the fall of 2008. A new children's play area, sponsored by The Finley Hospital, was open in late June 2008. The renovation was a result of the positive business climate in the area as well as the addition of additional retailers in the area, proving that Dubuque was ready for redevelopment of the mall. The upcoming work was only the second significant renovation in the 37 years the mall has been open.

Part of the northeast corner of the mall was torn down and rebuilt to accommodate a new Borders book store. The book store took over most of what had previously been the food court area and the mall's Sam Goody store. On July 15, 2011, Borders Group announced it would liquidate all of its stores by September, including the Kennedy Mall location. By the end of July, Books-A-Million acquired 30 Borders stores, including the Kennedy Mall location. Books-A-Million, opened the former Borders spot in late 2011, after renovations were completed.

On January 21, 2014, it was announced that Sears would be closing in late April. [5]

Vertical Jump Park opened in 2016. [6]

Mindframe Theaters closed down January 1, 2017 and was replaced with Michigan-based Phoenix Theatres. [7]

In 2018, the Younkers closed, affecting ninety employees. [2]

In February 2023, it was announced that Books-A-Million would be moving into half of the former Younkers store, sharing it with Burlington Coat Factory. A HomeGoods will take over the book store and a few other empty store fronts inside the mall. [8]

Today, Books-A-Million, [9] Vertical Jump Park, Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney and Planet Fitness make up the anchor stores at Kennedy Mall.

Reading Corner

In early 2020, Kennedy Mall partnered with Carnegie-Stout Public Library to open the Reading Corner, a community reading space inside the mall. The space closed during COVID-19 pandemic and was later displaced by a retail store, but was reopened in February 2024. [10] The Reading Corner includes seating, tables and free books which visitors can read and take home.

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