St. Clair Square is a shopping mall in Fairview Heights, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1974, the mall features Macy's, Dillard's, and JCPenney as its anchor stores. It is managed by CBL & Associates Properties. The mall formerly had a Sears, which closed in 2019.
 St. Clair Square in 2012 | |
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| Location | Fairview Heights, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 38°35′46″N 89°58′48″W / 38.5961°N 89.9801°W |
| Address | 134 St. Clair Square |
| Opening date | 1974 |
| Developer | May Centers, Inc. |
| Management | CBL & Associates Properties |
| Owner | CBL & Associates Properties |
| No. of stores and services | 140[1] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (3 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,084,898 square feet (100,000 m2)[2] |
| No. of floors | 2[1] |
| Public transit access | St. Clair County Transit District |
| Website | www |
History
editThe May Department Stores Company, through its subsidiary May Centers, Inc., built the mall[3] in 1974 with Famous-Barr, JCPenney, and Sears. Stix Baer & Fuller built a store on the mall site in 1979.[4] This store became Dillard's in 1984.
It was sold to The Hahn Company in 1989.[5] A food court was added in the early 1990s.[3] Hahn then sold it to CBL & Associates Properties in 1996.[3] At the time, it was the fifth-largest mall in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area.[6] Famous-Barr became Macy's in 2006.[7] The same year, the Dillard's store was expanded by 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2).[8]
On December 28, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 80 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2019.[9]
In late 2020, the mall experienced two shootings. The first occurred on August 19, 2020, outside of the entrance to the mall's food court. There were no reported injuries, but one window sustained damage.[10] The second occurred on October 4, 2020, after a dispute inside of the mall. There were no reported injuries, but several windows sustained damage.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mall information". CBL & Associates Properties. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c Tucci, Linda (3 November 1996). "Chattanooga developer buying St. Clair Square". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Stix opens St. Clair store". St. Louis Commerce. 53 (6–10): lviii. 1979.
- ^ VandeWater, Judith (17 January 1989). "New manager at St. Clair Square". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Stamborski, Al (26 November 1996). "St. Clair Square is sold". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "End is coming soon for Famous-Barr". Belleville News-Democrat. 24 July 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Gerstenecker, Alan Lewis (1 November 2006). "Dillard's at St. Clair Square unveils $20 million in improvements". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Thomas, Lauren (2018-12-28). "Sears is closing 80 more stores in March, faces possible liquidation". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ "Police release surveillance photos of group allegedly involved in shooting outside St. Clair Square". KMOV4. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin man charged for shooting at St. Clair Square mall". KMOV4. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2021.