St. Clair Square

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
St. Clair Square in 2012
LocationFairview Heights, Illinois
Coordinates38.5961°N 89.9801°W / 38.5961; -89.9801
Address134 St. Clair Square
Opening date1974
DeveloperMay Centers, Inc.
OwnerCBL & Associates Properties
No. of stores and services140[1]
No. of anchor tenants4 (3 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area1,084,898 square feet (100,000 m2)[2]
No. of floors2[1]

History

The 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]

References
  1. "Mall information". CBL & Associates Properties. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  2. http://www.cblproperties.com/assets/blt42665a2a28135a88/St%20Clair%20Square%20leasing%20sheet.pdf
  3. Tucci, Linda (3 November 1996). "Chattanooga developer buying St. Clair Square". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  4. "Stix opens St. Clair store". St. Louis Commerce. 53 (6–10): lviii. 1979.
  5. VandeWater, Judith (17 January 1989). "New manager at St. Clair Square". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  6. Stamborski, Al (26 November 1996). "St. Clair Square is sold". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  7. "End is coming soon for Famous-Barr". Belleville News-Democrat. 24 July 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  8. 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.
  9. Thomas, Lauren (2018-12-28). "Sears is closing 80 more stores in March, faces possible liquidation". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
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