Park Place is a large indoor shopping mall located on the East Side of Tucson, Arizona, United States.
History
Park Place was originally dedicated as Park Mall in May 1975, but was renovated beginning in 1998 and renamed Park Place the following year. The mall is named after Sears Park, which was previously located at the same site and included what was originally a standalone Sears store (which first opened in the fall of 1965), the current mall’s major anchor (the park’s presently limited to its extreme southern part). The electric substation on the premises is named Sears Substation because it was there a decade before the mall was built. From 1970 to 1996 the owner was the mall’s original developer, Joseph Kivel.
Renovation
The 1,100,000-square-foot (100,000Â m2), $100 million renovation, completed in 2001, was recognized that year as a Reader's Pick for Best Contemporary Architecture in Tucson Weekly's Best of Tucson awards.
The mall features three anchor stores, a food court, a Southwest-themed children's play area, and a cineplex with 20 screens. A number of full-service restaurants are also located on site.
Anchors & Majors
- Century Park Place 20 Theatres (84, 670 sq ft.)-Opened August 9, 2001, currently owned by Cinemark Theatres
- Dillard’s (second location) (200,000 sq ft.)-Opened November 11, 1999
- Macy’s (153,511 sq ft.)
- Old Navy (22,958 sq ft.)
- Sears (221,457 sq ft.)-Opened 1965 as a standalone store
Former anchors
- The Broadway - Open as early as August 27, 1974 became Macy’s early 1996
- Mann Park Mall 2 Theatres - opened 1975, operating as late as January 30, 1998, eventually demolished
- Diamonds - opened August 1, 1974, became Dillard’s 1984, replaced 1999, demolished April 2000 for food court & Century Theatres
- Furr’s Cafeterias - opened 1969, demolished for Dillard's 1998
References
- Park Place web site
