Mall St. Vincent is an enclosed shopping mall located off Interstate 49 at 1133 St. Vincent Avenue in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. It opened in February 1977 on the 100-acre site of the original St. Vincent's Academy,[3] a Catholic girls' school built by the Daughters of the Cross, from which it gets its name. The mall's main anchor store is Dillard's. The Sears anchor store closed in 2018.[4]
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| Location | Shreveport, Louisiana, United States |
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| Opening date | February 2, 1977 |
| Developer | General Growth Properties[1] |
| Management | Kohan Retail Investment Group Summit Properties USA |
| Owner | Kohan Retail Investment Group Summit Properties USA |
| No. of stores and services | 55 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 (1 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 545,000 square feet (50,600 m2)[2] |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in Dillard's) |
In 2014, the city government voted for a tax-payer funded proposal of $16.5 million US into Mall St Vincent, but the long-term fate of the retail mall remains in doubt.[5] An outdoor fountain included in the remodeling project was by 2017 crumbling and without water, with plants surrounding the structure having died.[6] In 2017, Grimaldi's Pizzeria and Gymboree closed their Mall St. Vincent operations; a local news article noted that online shopping and changing consumer habits have affected shopping malls; with as many as one in four closing within the next five years.[7] On June 6, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing in September 2018.[8] After declaring bankruptcy, New York & Co. closed all stores including its Mall St. Vincent storefront in 2020, while Auntie Anne's closed its doors in 2021.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Area's newest shopping mall opens Wednesday, February 2". The Shreveport Journal. February 1, 1977. pp. 2D. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ "Mall St. Vincent". Brookfield Properties. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ "Daughters of the Cross sought a dream to educate". The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana). December 31, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ "Sears Closing 3 North LA stores". KTBS.com. February 6, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ Jeff Beimfohr (July 27, 2017). "Mall St. Vincent Feels Ripple Effect". KTBS TV. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ Jeff Beimfohr (July 27, 2017). "Mall St Vincent feels ripple effect". KTBS TV. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ Jeff Beimfohr (July 27, 2017). "Mall St Vincent feels ripple effect". KTBS TV. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "Sears closing 3 North LA stores". KTBS.com. February 6, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "New York & Company closing all stores in bankruptcy, going-out-of-business liquidation sales now underway". USAToday. July 13, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2023.