Lakeside Shopping Center

Lakeside Shopping Center
Location	Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.
Coordinates	30°0′23″N 90°9′26″W / 30.00639°N 90.15722°W
Opening date	March 24, 1960
Management	The Feil Organization
Owner	The Feil Organization
No. of stores and services	108
No. of anchor tenants	6
Total retail floor area	967,000 sq ft (89,800 m2)
No. of floors	1 with partial upper level (3 in Dillard's and Macy's, 2 in JCPenney)
Website	lakesideshopping.com

Lakeside Shopping Center, or simply Lakeside, is a shopping mall located at 3301 Veterans Memorial Boulevard in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, Louisiana, United States. It opened on March 24, 1960 as the first regional shopping mall in New Orleans and is the largest and busiest mall in Greater New Orleans. Lakeside is a 967,000 sq ft (89,800 m²) mall with five major retail anchors (Apple Store, Dillard's, Macy's, JCPenney, and Zara). There are also more than 120 stores and restaurants. Lakeside once operated a 5-screen movie theater in a satellite complex near Dillard's but competition from newer stadium style theaters forced its closure and its eventual demolition for additional satellite retail space in 2000. The smaller Clearview Mall, a mall that opened in 1966 and is located about 2 miles (3 km) to the west on Veterans Memorial Boulevard, had never operated a movie theater on its property since its opening. That mall greatly expanded its food court and added 12 screens with stadium style seating in 2001.

History

The Mall opened in 1960 as an open air center with anchors, D. H. Holmes, JCPenney, and Godchaux's. The mall expanded to an enclosed mall in 1969. In the 70s JCPenney was expanded to a new 2 level location which is still operating today. The old JCPenney was gutted for more stores, and the Mall turned into one of the biggest in the state. D. H. Holmes became Dillard's in 1989, and a new Food Court was added soon after. Another expansion soon happened with a New Macy's and a New Parking Garage was added. Macy's opened in 2008. And the latest expansion happened with the renovation of the Food Court and the opening of Zara.

Anchors

Dillard's (270,000 SF) (original anchor) - opened 1960 as D.H. Holmes, became Dillard's in 1989
Macy's (228,000 SF) - opened 2008
JCPenney (154,700 SF) (original anchor) - opened 1960
Zara (34,700 SF) - opened 2014
Apple Store (since 2008 highest revenue per sq.ft)

Former anchors

Linens N Things

Satellite

Dick's Sporting Goods
LOFT, a division of Ann Taylor (clothing retailer)

Hurricane Katrina

Lakeside in the immediate aftermath Hurricane Katrina

The mall suffered only minor damage from Hurricane Katrina.

References

External links

Official website