South Hill Mall
{{distinguish|South Hills Mall}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = South Hill Mall
| logo = South Hill Mall logo.svg
| image =
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| location = Puyallup, Washington, United States
| address = 3500 S. Meridian Avenue
| coordinates = {{coord|47.158|N|122.296|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline,title}}
| opening_date = 1988
| developer = Cafaro Company
| manager = Cafaro Company
| owner =
| architect =
| number_of_stores = 100+
| number_of_anchors = 7 (5 open, 2 closed)
| floor_area = {{convert|1074230|sqft|m2}} (GLA){{cite web|url=http://www.icsc.org/apps/dmmdisp.php?dispid=WA8890 |title=Directory of Major Malls |accessdate=November 7, 2008 |work=International Council of Shopping Centers |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606030442/http://www.icsc.org/apps/dmmdisp.php?dispid=WA8890 |archivedate=June 6, 2011 }}
| floors = 1 (2 in Macy's)
| parking =
| website = {{url|southhillmall.com}}
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South Hill Mall is an enclosed regional shopping mall located in Puyallup, Washington, United States. Opened in 1988 and expanded in 1992, the mall comprises more than 100 stores, plus a food court and movie theater, in {{convert|1074230|sqft|m2}} of gross leasable area. The mall also includes five anchor stores (two JCPenney stores, Target, Regal Cinemas and Dick's Sporting Goods). Junior anchors are DSW and Old Navy. Two vacant anchors were most recently occupied by Macy's and Sears. The mall is managed by Cafaro Company of Youngstown, Ohio.
History
Construction of the South Hill Mall began in October 1987 at the junction of State Route 512 and Meridian Avenue in southern Puyallup. Its first retailers opened on July 20, which was followed by a formal grand opening on May 12, 1989.{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Liz |date=July 27, 1988 |title=South Hill Mall stores now open |page=E2 |work=The News Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98617732/south-hill-mall-stores-now-open/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=March 28, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Cole |first=Jeff |date=May 12, 1989 |title=South Hill Mall to open today in Puyallup |page=C10 |work=The News Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98617845/south-hill-mall-to-open-today-in/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=March 28, 2022}} At the time, the mall included only three anchors, all discount retailers: Mervyns, Lamonts and Target.{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199407/ai_n22297191 |title=J.C. Penney Store to Anchor $50 Million Addition to Puyallup, Wash., Mall. |accessdate=November 7, 2008 |last=Szymanski |first=Jim |date=July 5, 1994 |work=The News Tribune}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Six years later, work began on a westward expansion which added more than {{convert|400000|sqft|m2}} of new retail space, including three new anchors: JCPenney, Sears and The Bon Marché.{{cite news |last=Szymanski |first=Jim |date=July 6, 1994 |title=Mega Remodel: New wing, stores in South Hill Mall to cater to growing, affluent Puyallup population |page=C1 |work=The News Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98736146/mega-remodel-new-wing-stores-in-south/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=March 30, 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19921021/1519912/south-hill-mall-to-add-new-anchors |title=South Hill Mall To Add New Anchors |access-date=November 7, 2008 |last=Stevens |first=John H. |date=October 21, 1992 |work=The Seattle Times}} Office Max (now DSW) and Old Navy were later added as well.
Lamonts was converted to Gottschalks in 2000 when the Lamonts chain was acquired. The Bon Marché was dual-branded as Bon-Macy's in 2003, and then was renamed as just Macy's in 2005, the same year that Gottschalks closed most of the former Lamonts stores.{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=TNTB&d_place=TNTB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10E98E3C9DD5D528&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Mall loses a key tenant, Gottschalks will shut down in Puyallup. The South Hill Gottschalks will close by the end of January. |accessdate=November 7, 2008 |date=December 16, 2005 |work=The News Tribune}} Within a year of its closing, the former Gottschalks anchor was split between Circuit City and Linens 'n Things. Mervyns closed in 2006 as the chain exited Washington. By May of the same year, it was announced that Kohl's, a chain based in Wisconsin, had acquired the former Mervyns store,{{cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-18151204_ITM |title=Kohl's buys Mervyn's site at South Hill. |accessdate=November 7, 2008 |last=Clements |first=Barbara |date=May 6, 2006 |work=The News Tribune}} although the mall's manager later said that Kohl's had no plans to open a store in the mall.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2008/04/08/kohl_s_in_puyallup_just_rumor_for_now |title=Kohl's in Puyallup just rumor for now |accessdate=November 7, 2008 |last=Kearsley |first=Kelly |date=April 8, 2008 |work=The News Tribune }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} A multimillion-dollar renovation of the mall also began in 2009, starting with a renovation of the food court.{{cite news|url=http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/othercities/seattle/stories/2009/01/12/daily27.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712121941/http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/othercities/seattle/stories/2009/01/12/daily27.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2012|title=South Hill Mall plans 'multimillion' dollar renovation|date=January 15, 2009|work=Puget Sound Business Journal|accessdate=January 20, 2009}} In addition, JCPenney moved its women's departments to the former Mervyns, while retaining all other departments in the existing store. Dick's Sporting Goods opened its first Washington state location in April 2010, replacing the spaces vacated by Circuit City and Linens 'n Things.{{cite web|url=http://www.theolympian.com/2010/04/28/1221712/dicks-sporting-goods-coming-to.html|title=Dick's Sporting Goods coming to South Hill|last=Gillie|first=John|date=April 28, 2010|work=The Olympian|accessdate=April 29, 2010}}
On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide.{{Cite web|last=Bomey|first=Nathan|last2=Tyko|first2=Kelly|title=Sears store closing list: 142 more Sears, Kmart locations closing in Chapter 11 bankruptcy|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/10/15/sears-holdings-bankruptcy-store-closures/1645971002/|website=USA Today|language=en-US}} As of 2022, the former Sears location has been converted to a Round 1 entertainment center.{{Cite web |title=South Hill Mall ::: Puyallup ::: WA |url=https://www.southhillmall.com/press-release/Round-1-Get-Ready-for-Fun/2130569539/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=www.southhillmall.com}}
On January 9, 2025, it was announced that Macy's would be closing as part of a plan to close 66 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2025.{{Cite web|url= https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/macys-store-closing-list-2025|title= Macy's closing 66 more stores in 2025. See the closure list.|last=Tyko|first=Kelly|date=January 9, 2025|access-date=January 9, 2025|website=Axios|language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.southhillmall.com Official website]
{{Shopping Centers WA}}
Category:Shopping malls established in 1988