DeVargas Center

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DeVargas Center
DeVargas Center
Location Santa Fe, New Mexico
Coordinates 35°41′34.03″N105°57′2.27″W / 35.6927861°N 105.9506306°W / 35.6927861; -105.9506306
Address564 N Guadalupe St
Opening date1973
DeveloperNash Hancock
OwnerFidelis Reality Partners [1]
ArchitectWilliam Lumpkins
No. of stores and services55
No. of anchor tenants 5
Total retail floor area 320,000 sq ft (30,000 m2) (adjacent Market Street included)
No. of floors1
Website devargascenter.com

DeVargas Center is an enclosed shopping center in Santa Fe, New Mexico [2] named after Diego de Vargas. Originally named DeVargas Mall, the shopping center is one of two enclosed malls in Santa Fe.

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History

1973-1987

DeVargas Mall was developed by Kentucky businessman Nash Hancock and formally opened its doors in 1973. [3] However, an Albertsons and Factory 2-U already had opened a few years prior. The structure was designed by Santa Fe architect William Lumpkins. [4] In 1975, luxury men's department store Goodman's relocated from the Santa Fe Plaza. [5] In 1977, the center added a Montgomery Ward and JCPenney as anchors and a United Artist two-screen theater. [6] [7] When the Villa Linda Mall opened in 1985, JCPenney relocated to the southwest side of town. The site would later be replaced by upscale department store C. R. Anthony Co. [8]

1988-2000

The mall changed ownership for the first time in Weingarten Realty and underwent $1-million renovation which included upgrading the interior and expanding the theater. [9] In 1996, Ross Dress for Less opened up a new-to-market location. [10] In 1998, Montgomery Ward announced bankruptcy and shuttered its Santa Fe location. [11] That same year Albertsons purchased the former Montgomery Ward location and announced plans to reconstruct the building. [12]

2001-present

In 2010, Fidelis Realty Partners purchased the property from Weingarten Realty Management Co, Inc. [13] In 2016, several tenants from nearby Sanbusco Marketplace relocated to the center following New Mexico School of the Art's purchase of the property. [14] During that same year, anchor tenant Hastings filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed all of its stores. [15] In 2017, the Regal Cinemas closed its six-screen theater [16] In 2018, the shopping center announced plans to reconstruct the west side of the complex to include The Alley, a lounge and bowling alley. [17] In 2019, T.J. Maxx announced HomeGoods subsidiary plans to occupy one of the anchors at the center. [18] In 2022, Sierra Trading Post remodeled the former Hastings location. [19]

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