Empire Mall

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The Empire Mall
Empire Mall
Location Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Coordinates 43°30′38″N96°46′33″W / 43.51058°N 96.77575°W / 43.51058; -96.77575 Coordinates: 43°30′38″N96°46′33″W / 43.51058°N 96.77575°W / 43.51058; -96.77575
Opening date1975 [1]
DeveloperGeneral Growth[ citation needed ]
ManagementDan Gies [2]
Owner Simon Property Group
No. of stores and services140 (in 2017) [1]
No. of anchor tenants 5 (3 open, 2 vacant) [3]
Total retail floor area 1,125,718 square feet (104,582.6 m2)
No. of floors1
Website simon.com/mall/the-empire-mall

The Empire Mall is a shopping mall in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. [1] The anchor stores are Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and JCPenney. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Younkers and Sears. As of August 2018, the mall was owned by Simon Property Group. [4]

History

Originally developed in 1975 by General Growth, it was sold to the IBM Pension Fund in 1985 while General Growth continued to manage the property. [5] In 1998, it was acquired by a joint venture of The Macerich Company and Simon Property Group, with Macerich assuming the role of managing partner. [6] In 2012, Simon Property Group became the sold owner of the mall. In 2018, Simon Property Group, owner of the mall, posted a document about plans for the mall after losing two tenants. [4]

In 1978 the mall underwent its first major expansion, with the addition of Dayton's (now Macy's) and 22 other specialty stores. [7]

On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Younkers would be closing as parent company The Bon-Ton Stores was going out of business. The store closed on August 29, 2018. [8]

On May 31, 2018, Sears announced that its store would also be closing as part of a plan to close 78 stores nationwide. The store closed in September 2018. [3] The vacant Sears store was occupied by a temporary Camping World store from November 2018 to April 2019. [9]

On December 3, 2018, Dillard's announced it would open a store in the vacant Younkers anchor store space. 40,000 sq feet of space would be added on to the existing 100,000 sq feet of the former Younkers space. Dillards planned to open in late 2019. [2] However by late 2019, there had been no updates on the Dillard’s site.

As of July 2017, it has been managed by Dan Giles who replaced Ron Soucie. [1] In 2016, Ron Soucie replaced Dennis Gilliam. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "New Empire Mall manager Dan Gies: Mall seeks to 'deepen' position with local entrepreneurs". Argus Leader. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  2. 1 2 "Dillard's department store coming to Sioux Falls". SiouxFalls.Business. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  3. 1 2 Fugleberg, Jeremy (May 31, 2018). "The Empire Mall is losing another anchor store". Sioux Falls Argus Leader .
  4. 1 2 "Empire Mall leasing document drops clues on future of Sears, Younkers sites". Argus Leader. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  5. ↑ https://huronhistory.com/south-dakota-articles
  6. ↑ "DeBartolo, Macerich buy 12 regional malls". Daily News Record. 1998-01-02. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  7. ↑ https://www.argusleader.com/story/life/2014/12/07/looking-back-empire-mall-started-big-kept-growing/19946465/
  8. ↑ Raposa, Megan (April 6, 2018). "Younkers in The Empire Mall to close, 100+ expected to lose jobs". Sioux Falls Argus Leader .
  9. ↑ "Camping World to temporarily use Sears space". SiouxFalls.Business. 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  10. ↑ "The Empire Mall hires new manager". Argus Leader. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
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