Fashion Fair Mall

Fashion Fair Mall

Location	Fresno, California 93710
Coordinates	36°48′22″N 119°46′34″W / 36.806°N 119.776°WCoordinates: 36°48′22″N 119°46′34″W / 36.806°N 119.776°W
Address	645 E. Shaw Avenue
Opening date	1970
Owner	The Macerich Company
No. of stores and services	130+
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	963,000 sq ft (89,500 m^2)
Parking	parking lot, valet
Website	www.fashionfairmall.com

Fashion Fair Mall is a medium-sized, enclosed shopping mall in Fresno, California, anchored by two Macy's stores, JCPenney, and Forever 21. Originally opened in 1970, Fashion Fair was expanded in 1983 (accommodating Macy's and a new food court) and in 2005 with the addition of an outdoor lifestyle wing. It competes with two outdoor shopping centers in Fresno: The Shops at River Park, three miles to the north; and Fig Garden Village, located 1.7 miles to the west.

History

The mall was built in 1970 by the MacDonald Group with 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m²) and was sold in 1987.^[1] The mall originally opened with Gottschalks, Weinstock's, and J. C. Penney, with Macy's added to the roster in 1983.^[2]

In 1996, Weinstock's parent company Broadway Department Stores merged with competitor Federated Department Stores.^[3] While most of Broadway's stores were converted to the Macy's nameplate, Weinstock's stores in Fresno and Modesto were traded to Gottschalks. This allowed Gottschalks to take over the larger Weinstock's buildings, while Macy's converted the original Gottschalks stores into separate Macy's Men's & Home stores. Gottschalks filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and sold its lease to Forever 21,^[4] which operated in the mostly-unchanged Gottschalks building for a short time. Forever 21 then shuttered the store in early 2011 for an extensive remodel; which was completed in 2012.

In 2005, construction on a 94,000 square foot expansion commenced. Dubbed The Village at Fashion Fair, the open-air wing features upscale retailers that are new to the Fresno market: Anthropologie, Charming Charlie, Bebe, Sephora, GUESS, Michael Kors, and The Cheesecake Factory.^[5] Since opening in 2005, several of The Village's more prominent tenants have shuttered; including Z Gallerie in 2009,^[6] BCBGMaxAzria in 2013, Urban Outfitters in 2015,^[7] and Men's Wearhouse in 2016.

Anchor Stores

• Macy's Women's and Home - 176,410 sq. ft. (Opened 1983)
• Macy's Men's and Children's - 76,650 sq. ft. (Opened 1996, previously Gottschalks)
• Macy's Women's Store - 5,919 sq. ft. (inline store housing Macy's plus size department)
• JCPenney - 153,769 sq. ft. (Opened 1970)
• Forever 21 - 154,052 sq. ft. (Opened 2009, previously Weinstock's until 1996 and Gottschalks until 2009)

Former Anchors

• Weinstock's (Opened 1970, closed 1996 due to Broadway-Federated merger)
• Gottschalks (Opened 1970, moved to former Weinstock's in 1996, closed 2009 due to company liquidation)

See also

• The Shops at River Park
• Fulton Mall

References

1. "Sale of Fashion Fair Complete". Fresno Bee. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
2. "Macy's new 'Miracle on 34th Street'". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
3. "Federated to Buy Broadway Stores for $1.6 Billion". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
4. "MACY'S, FOREVER 21 TO TAKE OVER GOTTSCHALKS STORES". ABC30.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
5. "Macerich Announces 13% Increase in FFO Per Share". PRNewswire. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
6. "Lease Cancellations (June 14-20): Z Gallerie To Cancel 25 Store Leases". Retrieved 24 January 2016.
7. "Retail Therapy: What happened to Urban Outfitters?". Retrieved 24 January 2016.

External links

• Fashion Fair Mall official website