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Fashion Fair
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Fashion Fair
Location Fresno, California, United States
Coordinates 36°48′22″N119°46′34″W / 36.806°N 119.776°W / 36.806; -119.776
Address645 E. Shaw Avenue
Opening date1970
DeveloperMacDonald Group
Owner The Macerich Company
No. of stores and services130+
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 963,000 sq ft (89,500 m2)
No. of floors1 (2 in JCPenney, 3 in Forever 21 and Macy's)
Parkingparking lot, valet
Website fashionfairmall.com

Fashion Fair is an enclosed regional shopping mall in Fresno, California, United States, anchored by two Macy's stores, JCPenney, and Forever 21. Originally opened in 1970, Fashion Fair was expanded in 1983 (to accommodate Macy's and a new food court) and in 2005 (with the addition of an outdoor lifestyle wing). It competes with The Shops at River Park and Fig Garden Village, two outdoor shopping centers in the city of Fresno.

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History

The 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) mall was built in 1970 by the MacDonald Group and was sold in 1987. [1] [2] The mall originally opened with Gottschalks, JCPenney, and Weinstock's; Macy's joined the roster in 1983, along with an expansion wing west of JCPenney that included a food court. As a result, the mall has the distinction where one has to enter JCPenney to access one end of the mall to the other while inside. [3] [4] [5]

In 1996, Weinstock's parent company, Broadway Department Stores, merged with its competitor, Federated Department Stores. [6] [7] While most of Broadway's stores were converted to the Macy's nameplate, Weinstock's stores in Fresno and Modesto were traded to Gottschalks. [8] This allowed Gottschalks to take over the larger Weinstock's buildings, while Macy's converted the original Gottschalks stores into separate Macy's Men's & Children's stores. Gottschalks filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and sold its lease to Forever 21. [9] In 2019, Macy's relocated the children's department back to the original Macy's building to make room for the addition of Macy's Backstage.

After an extensive remodel, Forever 21 opened on April 1, 2011; this was the largest Forever 21 operating in the United States (at the time) at 164,052 square feet. Approximately one year after opening, the store downsized and took the third level out of service. In spring 2019, amid company restructuring, the store downsized again, leaving only the first floor in use. The second level partially reopened on August 30, 2019, however, was closed again by October 24, 2019, leaving only the first floor in use once again. Forever 21 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 29, 2019. On October 1, 2019, this location was placed on the initial list of stores set to close by the end of the year. By October 31, 2019, the store was removed from the list of locations to close.

In 2005, construction on a 94,000 square-foot expansion commenced. Dubbed The Village at Fashion Fair, the open-air wing features upscale retailers including Charming Charlie, Lucky Brand Jeans, LUSH Cosmetics, Michael Kors, and Sephora; alongside The Cheesecake Factory and a Fleming's steakhouse. [10] [11]

The Village has experienced significant turnover since it opened, with major retailers Urban Outfitters, [12] Anthropologie, [13] and Z Gallerie [14] (among others) exiting the property after less than 10 years in business. The former Urban Outfitters was replaced with an Ulta Beauty [15] store in 2018, which was joined by Fresno's second H&M store later in the year. [16] [17] Charming Charlie, which originally replaced Z Gallerie, closed in 2019, and was replaced with a Five Below which opened September 27, 2019. However, Charming Charlie returned to the mall in 2021 as part of a revival of the chain, replacing a former Guess clothing store in The Village, before closing again the next year.[ citation needed ]

The mall added a forest-themed play area in 2008. [18]

A van selling official Hello Kitty merchandise has stopped at Fashion Fair Mall many times, drawing thousands. [19]

In 2022, the malls Foot Action, Kids Foot Locker, and Lady Foot Locker stores were all closed, replaced by a newly expanded Foot Locker store housing all departments in one location. As a result of the expansion, Aeropostale was relocated into the former Disney store at the other end of the mall. Cotton On, Sbarro, and JD Sports opened new locations in the mall. Additionally, X Lanes Family Entertainment Center opened a 50,000 square foot location featuring bowling, an arcade, and a restaurant in the mall's basement level, which had not been accessible since the mall's 2003 renovation.

The mall has lost several tenants since the COVID-19 pandemic, including Starbucks, Disney, New York & Company, Justice, Francesca's, Cinnabon, Auntie Anne's, Chipotle, Mrs. Fields, Call It Spring, Morphe, The Body Shop, and Michael Kors.

Anchor stores

AnchorYear OpenedSquare FeetNotes
Macy's Women's, Children's, and Home1983176,410 sfOpened in 1983 as anchor to mall expansion.
Macy's Men's & Backstage199676,650 sfBuilt 1970 as Gottschalks, became Macy's Men's & Children's in 1996 after Gottschalks relocated to former Weinstock's, Kids department relocated to women's store to make room for addition of Macy's Backstage in 2019
JCPenney 1970153,769 sfOriginal anchor
Forever 21 2011164,052 sfOpened in 1970 as Weinstock's, became Gottschalks in 1996 after Weinstock's/Macy's merger, became Forever 21 in 2011 after Gottschalks bankruptcy and liquidation in 2009; noted as the largest Forever 21 store in operation (only first floor currently in use)
H&M 201822,000 sfJunior anchor; formerly Forever 21 and Love Culture
X Lanes Family Entertainment Center202250,000 sfOpened in 2022 in previously inaccessible basement level of the mall
Ulta Beauty 201810,164 sfJunior anchor; formerly Urban Outfitters

Former anchors

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