Antelope Valley Mall Explained

Antelope Valley Mall
Location:1233 Rancho Vista Blvd Palmdale, California 93551
Opening Date:September 1990
Developer:Forest City Enterprises
Manager:Centennial
Owner:Centennial
Number Of Stores:140
Number Of Anchors:6 (4 open, 2 vacant)
Floor Area:1000000square feet
Parking:10,000 spaces
Floors:1 (2 in Dillard's)
Website:www.av-mall.com

Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California, in the Antelope Valley.

Opened in September 1990, its buildings take up around 1e6sqft. Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0.5miles0.5miles.

The main indoor mall currently has about 140 stores with 5 anchor stores, 2 of which are closed - Macy's (formerly Gottschalks), JCPenney, the first Dillard's in Southern California, Sears (closed), and Forever 21 (closed, formerly Mervyns). The mall also has a large Dick's Sporting Goods, which opened in 2014 in a suite originally occupied by Harris and another Gottschalks store.[1] Three other anchors, Bullock's, The Broadway, and J. W. Robinson's were planned, but never opened.

On June 22, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 28 stores nationwide. Sears closed on September 6, 2020.[2]

In 2022 the mall was acquired by Bridge Group Investments for $60 million.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Dick’s Sporting Goods coming to AV Mall. theavtimes.com.
  2. Web site: Total Sears And Kmart Store Count Going Down To Just 95. Warren. Shoulberg. Forbes.
  3. Web site: Welk . Hannah Madans . 2022-12-12 . Joint Venture Buys Antelope Valley Mall for $60 Million . 2023-02-09 . San Fernando Valley Business Journal . en-US.

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