The Tacoma Mall is the largest shopping center in Tacoma, Washington , United States, and is owned and operated by the Simon Property Group . Anchor tenants include Dick's Sporting Goods , JCPenney (originally two levels, but added a third level in 1986), Macy's (originally The Bon Marché ), and Nordstrom , with one vacant and demolished anchor last occupied by Sears , which opened in 1981. The mall opened on October 13, 1965.
22-575: The mall opened on October 13, 1965. Another former anchor was Liberty House , which opened in 1974 (briefly Liberty House/Rhodes, with the Rhodes name later dropped, later Frederick & Nelson , then Mervyn's ), which was demolished for the current location of Nordstrom, which relocated from an anchor that was originally Nordstrom Best, with the Best name-dropped in 1972, and expanded from 55,000 square feet to 134,000 square feet in 1983, in 2008. The former Nordstrom
44-531: A power center . Bridgepointe Shopping Center is owned and managed by CBRE Group . Major tenants of Bridgepointe Shopping Center include The Home Depot and Target . The Hahn Company , a California-based shopping mall developer, announced plans to build San Mateo Fashion Island in 1980. The developers chose a site along the California State Route 92 freeway in San Mateo, California . The site chosen for
66-605: A 25 percent stake in the mall. Also as part of this deal, Amfac , then-owners of the Liberty House location, closed the store in order to sell its lease to Hahn. Terramonte renamed the mall to The Island and sold the vacated Liberty House location to Whole Earth Access , a counterculture retailer based in Berkeley, California , in July 1987. All American Sports Club filed for bankruptcy and closed all of its stores in 1989. JCPenney left
88-631: A United States shopping mall is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Liberty House (department store) Liberty House , headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii , was a department store and specialty store chain with locations throughout the Hawaiian Islands and on Guam , as well as several locations on the United States mainland. Tracing its antecedents to Hackfeld's Dry Goods formed by German trader Heinrich Hackfeld in 1849, in 1852
110-645: A common law trademark by using the LibertyHouse.com domain which forwards to the Macy's website. The San Francisco Liberty House would become the Men's Store of Macy's Union Square until 2017, when Macy's would close it and it would be renovated for mixed-use. Strawbridge's added to division in 1996 Meier & Frank added to division in 2002 ; Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (2001, to Meier & Frank) San Mateo Fashion Island Bridgepointe Shopping Center
132-574: A number of architects: Charles Kober and associates for the mall itself, Environmental Planning and Research for the Montgomery Ward and Bullock's stores, Millard Archuleta for the JCPenney store, and Chaix and Johnson for Liberty House. Overall, it would have over 140 stores. In relation to the mall's development, developers including Menlo Development and Trammell Crow Company announced plans to build adjacent residential and office complexes. The mall
154-400: A scattered footprint caused the rethinking of future investment, and in 1978 Liberty House began winding down the mainland stores, with the remaining ten being sold in 1984. Liberty House closed nine of its ten California stores in 1984 due to poor sales. The only one not closed at the time was San Mateo Fashion Island in San Mateo, California , which stayed open until 1986. In 1988 Amfac
176-405: Is a shopping mall in San Mateo, California , United States. Opened in 1982 as San Mateo Fashion Island , it was originally an enclosed shopping mall featuring JCPenney , Bullock's , Liberty House , and Montgomery Ward as its anchor stores . Following the closures of Bullock's and Liberty House, the mall went into decline throughout the 1990s, leading to its closure and demolition in favor of
198-526: The Teflon -coated "fabric roof" of the Bullock's store which, combined with problems in the store's ventilation system, created issues with the store's internal temperature. In addition, construction along Highway 92 made the mall difficult to access. Hahn had attempted to sell the mall to DeMonet Industries, but was unable to negotiate a sale price. Later that year, Federated Department Stores (now Macy's, Inc. ) closed
220-593: The mainland with Amfac's purchase of the Rhodes Western department stores, a long-time consolidator of department stores. The former Rhodes' stores were renamed Liberty House between 1971 and 1974. The mainland operation eventually included stores in Arizona , California , Nevada , Oregon , Texas , New Mexico and Washington . This expansion culminated with the construction of a new San Francisco flagship store in 1974 at Stockton and O'Farrell streets. Poor results and
242-424: The Bullock's location and sold it to real estate developer Sterlik Company, which converted 84,000 square feet (7,800 m ) of the 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m ) store into a sporting goods store called All American Sports Club. Furthering the mall's failure was the expansion of nearby Hillsdale Shopping Center throughout the 1980s. In 1987, Terranomics Development of San Francisco, California , purchased
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#1732851692226264-500: The center with outlet stores , but was unsuccessful in negotiating with any prospective retailers. Retail analyst Arthur Krakower told the San Francisco Examiner in 1993 that factors leading to the mall's decline included the loss of department stores, combined with an excess of shopping malls built in the 1980s. Sand Hill Properties of San Mateo bought the mall in 1995 and announced plans to begin renovation. By this point,
286-569: The former Sears space; the concept is similar to lifestyle centers and would include a through-street between several tenant buildings. On November 20, 2005, 20-year-old Dominick Sergio Maldonado opened fire inside the mall, wounding six people. One of them was seriously injured. Maldonado took four people hostage but surrendered without further incident to SWAT . In 2007, Maldonado was sentenced to 163 years in prison. 47°12′57″N 122°28′07″W / 47.21583°N 122.46861°W / 47.21583; -122.46861 This article about
308-692: The height of World War I , H. Hackfeld & Co. was seized by the American government as alien property (since many of the Hackfeld and Isenberg heirs still lived in Germany), and was sold to a newly formed consortium, American Factors. At the same time the B.F. Ehlers store was renamed The Liberty House in response to anti-German sentiment. With Hackfeld's huge sugarcane plantations and land interests, American Factors (later known as Amfac ) became one of Hawaii's Big Five landowners. In 1969 Liberty House expanded onto
330-420: The mall in 1991, thus leaving two of the mall's four anchor stores vacant once more. Between this and the fact that Whole Earth Access did not open to the mall, the interior quickly experienced a decline in tenancy. By 1993, the center was over 80 percent vacant; among the major stores that had closed were Oshman's Sporting Goods , Foot Locker , and Pier One Imports . In response to this, Hahn proposed to replace
352-570: The mall was previously a muddy field, which presented challenges in construction. In response to this, the engineering firm of Ruthroff and Engelkirk built piling foundations under each structure so as to allow "flexibility" to the structure. Plans called for a 844,000 square feet (78,400 m ), one-story shopping mall with four anchor stores . These would be national chains Montgomery Ward and JCPenney , along with California-based chain Bullock's and Hawaii-based Liberty House . The mall also employed
374-570: The only remaining tenants were the ice skating rink, theater, Montgomery Ward, and an arcade called Tilt! Sand Hill announced plans to tear the mall down in favor of a power center , which filed a lawsuit against Sand Hill for breach of contract. San Mateo city council approved a plan in September 1996 for developers to demolish the entire structure except for the ice skating rink. In its place would come an outdoor shopping center anchored by Target . This would open by late 1997. After being rebuilt, it
396-452: The retail location was renamed for Hackfeld's nephew, B. F. Ehlers . Hackfeld continued to maintain an interest in the store, while he concentrated on his trading, shipping and real-estate interests. In 1881, Paul Isenberg (1837–1903) became half partner in the business. In 1898 the Hackfeld and Isenberg family interests in Hawaii were officially reorganized as H. Hackfeld & Co. In 1918 at
418-544: Was acquired in a leveraged-buyout by JMB Realty Corp., a Chicago real estate investment company, under whose ownership Liberty House expanded to Micronesia Mall in Guam in 1994. In 1998 Liberty House filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy, under which it closed most of its resort store business, which had totaled over 40 stores at one point. In 2001, after emerging from bankruptcy, the company was acquired by Federated Department Stores and merged into Macy's West . Macy's currently maintains
440-448: Was divided into Sephora , Apple Store , and Forever 21 in 2010. Forever 21 relocated to a smaller location in 2016, and the former location became a Dick's Sporting Goods in 2017. On May 31, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 72 stores nationwide. The store closed on September 2, 2018. Simon Property Group plans to redevelop portions of the mall to add more retail spaces that face outward in
462-540: Was formally opened on May 2, 1982. In addition to the four anchor stores, other amenities upon opening included an ice skating rink, a food court , and a multiplex movie theater. In 1984, Liberty House closed nine of its ten California stores due to restructuring after poor sales the previous year. The only one to remain open was the Fashion Island store. By 1986, Hahn Company had put the mall up for sale due to underperformance. Factors in this underperformance included
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#1732851692226484-428: Was renamed as Bridgepointe Shopping Center. Other major tenants have included The Home Depot , Toys R Us (now Hobby Lobby ), Staples (now Ross Dress For Less ), Petco , Bed Bath & Beyond (closed since 2021), Marshalls , Cost Plus World Market , and Sports Authority (now Total Wine & More ). Overall, the center experienced few changes until the ice rink was closed in 2013. Bridgepointe Shopping Center
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