Oak View Mall

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Oak View Mall
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Oak View Mall
Location Omaha, Nebraska
Coordinates 41°13′45″N96°08′04″W / 41.22917°N 96.13444°W / 41.22917; -96.13444
Address3001 South 144th Street
Opening dateOctober 3, 1991;32 years ago (1991-10-03)
Developer Melvin Simon & Associates, KVI Associates
Owner 4th Dimension Properties
No. of stores and services74
No. of anchor tenants 4 (3 open)
Total retail floor area 859,439 square feet (79,844.5 m2)
No. of floors2
Parking4,700
Public transit access Bus-logo.svg Metro Transit
Website www.oakviewmall.com
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Oak View Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located at 3002 South 145th Street in West Omaha, Nebraska. There are 104 tenant spots on two floors of this regional mall, which was built in 1991. [2] The mall receives more than 12,000,000 visitors annually, and features a "Kids Coliseum" play area. [3] Oak View is attributed with sparking a development "boom" in its approximate neighborhood, which now includes several major retailers, restaurants, and three national hotel chains. [4] The mall's anchor stores are Dillard's, JCPenney and The Rush Market. There is one vacant anchor that formerly housed a Sears.

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History

The mall opened in 1991. [5] Official opening ceremonies held on October 3 of that year, and included an appearance by Vanna White. At the time, the 730,000-square-foot (68,000 m2) mall was the first enclosed mall to be built in Omaha in over 20 years. Melvin Simon & Associates (now known as Simon Property Group) developed the mall with local developer KVI Associates. [6] After only one year, Simon sold the mall to Heitman Retail. [7] A Barnes & Noble store opened outside the mall on July 7, 1995. [8] Sears began negotiations to open at the mall in 1996. [9]

In 2005 the mall was the location of an attempted mall shooting similar to what happened at Westroads Mall in Omaha in December 2007. A security guard supervisor was allegedly fired for disarming and apprehending a suspected mall shooter before Omaha police were called to the scene. [10] In August 2007 the Firefighter's Combat Challenge was held at the mall and broadcast on ESPN. [11]

Recent History

Shoe Dept. Encore opened a store in the mall in 2013. [12] In 2015-2016, Wet Seal, Eddie Bauer, Deb Shops, Aéropostale, and Hollister Co. closed stores at the mall. [13] In 2016, Payless ShoeSource and Vanity (clothing) closed their stores at the mall as part of a nationwide bankruptcy liquidation. [14] In 2018, both the Sears and Younkers stores closed at the mall. [15] In 2019, a The Rush Market Furniture Store assumed the vacant Younkers space. [16] Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the occupancy rate has declined to 79%, as of October 2020. [17] The mall in April 2021 was sold for $7.5 million to the Kohan Retail Investment Group. [18] In October 2023, the Oak View Mall was put up for sale. In December 2023, 4th Dimension Properties purchased the Oak View Mall and announced that new restaurants, businesses, and entertainment options are moving in. [19]

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References

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  2. ↑ Center information: Oak View Mall, General Growth Properties, Ltd. Retrieved 5/10/08.
  3. ↑ Mall fact sheet: Oak View Mall, General Growth Properties, Ltd. Retrieved 5/10/08.
  4. ↑ "Mall Sparked Growth that Continues in Omaha, Neb., Neighborhood"], Omaha World-Herald . November 4, 2003.
  5. ↑ Soderlin, Barbara (June 2, 2015). "Malls' fortunes flipped: How Westroads shot past Oak View, and what's next for each". Omaha World-Herald .
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  12. ↑ "Oak View Mall Adds Family Shoe Store". WOWT . September 25, 2013.
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  14. ↑ Yowell, Paige (Apr 5, 2017). "Payless will close 2 Omaha-area stores". Omaha World-Herald .
  15. ↑ Yowell, Paige (June 12, 2018). "What will happen to Oak View Mall now that it's losing Younkers and Sears?". Omaha World-Herald .
  16. ↑ "The Rush Market to move into former Younkers space at Oak View Mall". KMTV. 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  17. ↑ writer, Cindy Gonzalez World-Herald staff. "Owners put struggling Oak View Mall on the market". Omaha.com. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  18. ↑ Chapman, John (April 8, 2021). "New York company purchases Oak View Mall in southwest Omaha". WOWT. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  19. ↑ Mcloon, Alex (December 13, 2023). "Omaha's Oak View Mall under new ownership with entertainment in mind".
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