Mesa Mall
{{Short description|Shopping mall in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Mesa Mall
| image = File:Mesa Mall.png
| image_width =
| caption = Exterior of Mesa Mall (Dillard’s anchor store under construction in early 2021)
| location = Grand Junction, Colorado
| address = 2424 US Highway 6 and 50 Grand Junction, Colorado 81505
| opening_date = 1980
| closing_date =
| developer = General Growth Properties
| manager =
| owner = Washington Prime Group
| architect =
| number_of_stores = 120+
| number_of_anchors = 6 (6 open)
| floor_area = {{convert|836,721|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.
| parking =
| floors = 1
| website = {{URL|shopmesamall.com}}
| footnotes =
| coordinates = {{Coord|39.09227|-108.60239|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:US-CO}}
}}
Mesa Mall is a shopping mall in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States. Managed by Washington Prime Group, the mall's anchor stores are Cabela's, Dillard's, JCPenney, HomeGoods, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Target.
History
General Growth Properties built Mesa Mall in 1980. The original anchor stores were JCPenney, Sears, and Target.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/537588520/ | title=Growth as trade center forecast for GJ | work=The Daily Sentinel | date=March 9, 1980 | accessdate=November 11, 2022 | pages=8}}
Mesa Mall was acquired by Macerich in 1997 in a joint venture purchase of 12 regional malls owned by the International Business Machine Corp.'s pension fund. The price was $974.5 million, including the assumption of $485 million of debt. Sales per square foot for the malls were heading for over $260 for 1997 with an occupancy at about 89%.{{cite web| title =Simon-Macerich buy 12 IBM malls| url =http://icsc.org/srch/sct/sct9802/16.php| access-date =2009-01-25| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080526062055/http://www.icsc.org/srch/sct/sct9802/16.php| archive-date =2008-05-26}}
The mall was previously anchored by a Mervyn's which closed when the chain folded in 2008, it was replaced by Cabela's in 2010. The mall's sixth anchor store is HomeGoods, which was formerly Sports Authority.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/05/23/sports-authority-going-out-biz-sales-should-start-end-week/84792816/|title=Sports Authority shutting down with giant going-out-of-business sale|first=Charisse|last=Jones|website=USA TODAY}}
On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Herberger's would be closing as parent company The Bon-Ton Stores was going out of business. The store closed on August 29, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gjsentinel.com/breaking/herberger-s-store-at-mesa-mall-to-close/article_e5660786-43e9-11e8-95a4-272c960880dd.html|title=Herberger's store at Mesa Mall to close|first=SENTINEL|last=STAFF|website=The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel}}
On August 22, 2018, Sears announced that they would also be closing as part of a plan to close 46 stores nationwide. The store closed in November 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gjsentinel.com/breaking/sears-to-close-mesa-mall-location/article_0ad1e606-a660-11e8-a23c-cb042a1458db.html|title=Sears to close Mesa Mall location|first=Joe|last=Vaccarelli|website=The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel}}
On February 20, 2019, it was announced that the former Sears will be demolished for a Dillard's.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gjsentinel.com/breaking/dillard-s-heads-to-mesa-mall/article_caee88d4-354b-11e9-9c19-d38be958707c.html|title=Dillard's heads to Mesa Mall|first=JOE|last=VACCARELLI|website=The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel}} It opened on October 6, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/dicks-sporting-goods-opens-at-mesa-mall/article_78fffbbc-0775-11ec-81ef-f7d1fd5fa5c3.html|title=Dick's Sporting Goods opens at Mesa Mall}}
On January 28, 2021, it was announced that Dick's Sporting Goods will open up in the former Herberger's.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbc11news.com/2021/01/28/dicks-sporting-goods-coming-to-the-mesa-mall/|title = Dick's Sporting Goods coming to the Mesa Mall}}
The store opened on August 27, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/dicks-sporting-goods-opens-at-mesa-mall/article_78fffbbc-0775-11ec-81ef-f7d1fd5fa5c3.html|title=Dick's Sporting Goods opens at Mesa Mall}}
In March 2021, HomeGoods opened in the former Sports Authority.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/business/homegoods-opens-its-doors-to-grand-junction/article_e58c2648-8287-11eb-a44a-d3cd6b9c389e.html|title = HomeGoods opens its doors to Grand Junction}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.shopmesamall.com Official Website]
{{Shopping malls in Colorado}}
Category:Washington Prime Group
Category:Shopping malls in Colorado
Category:Grand Junction, Colorado
Category:Shopping malls established in 1980
Category:Buildings and structures in Mesa County, Colorado