Lancaster Mall

Lancaster Mall

South side of the mall
Location Salem, Oregon,  United States
Coordinates 44°56′30″N 122°59′11″W / 44.94180°N 122.98650°W / 44.94180; -122.98650Coordinates: 44°56′30″N 122°59′11″W / 44.94180°N 122.98650°W / 44.94180; -122.98650
Opening date 1971
No. of stores and services 80
No. of anchor tenants 8
Total retail floor area 648,990 square feet (60,293 m2)
(GLA)
includes outlying retailers
Parking 3,523
Website www.lancastermall.com

Lancaster Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Salem, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1971,[1] the main part of the center has 550,000 square feet (51,000 m2) of space.[2] The regional mall is located on Lancaster Drive and is bordered on the West by Interstate 5, making Lancaster Mall a retail hub for the city of Salem.

History

Originally an outdoor mall, the owners spent $5 million to enclose and expand the East Salem site in 1970.[3] Montgomery Ward then moved from downtown Salem to the newly renovated mall.[3] In 1972, the mall was to be one of the first locations in Oregon for an automated teller machine not located at a bank branch, which created controversy at the time.[4] About 1976, the Taco Time chain experimented with selling alcoholic beverages at their Lancaster location.[5]

A 17-year-old woman was kidnapped from Lancaster Mall in 1977,[6] as was a 19-year-old woman in 1982.[7] In May 1982, an ex-Salem police officer shot and killed two people at the mall before killing himself in the parking lot.[8] The mall banned the Salvation Army from soliciting there in 1988 in an effort to uniformly ban all solicitations at the mall.[9][10]

In 2008 Lancaster Mall achieved EarthWISE Certification through Marion County Public Works-Environmental Services. Lancaster Mall has committed to recycling, reducing waste, saving energy, conserving water and practice environmentally preferable purchasing in their operations.[11]

Shops

Anchors at the mall include Sears, Macy's, Jo-Ann Fabric & Crafts, Best Buy, Pier 1 Imports, Burlington Coat Factory, Sports Authority and Regal Cinemas.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Salem's Lancaster Mall opens new shop". Portland Business Journal. November 22, 2000. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  2. ↑ Chain Store Age 75 (Issues 1-6 ed.). Lebhar-Friedman. 1999. p. 104.
  3. 1 2 "Store to move to East Salem". Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.). Associated Press. January 13, 1970. p. 2A. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  4. ↑ Nacheman, Allen (October 3, 1972). "Oregon banks hire automated tellers". Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.). Associated Press. p. 7F. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Bellamy, Ron (April 13, 1984). "Taco Time hopes selling wine and beer will ...". Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.). p. C1. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  6. ↑ "Two men kidnap girl, take car and presents". Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.). UPI. December 13, 1977. p. 7C. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "Kidnap victim flees". The Bulletin (Bend, Ore.). UPI. September 9, 1982. p. B4. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "Ex-policeman gunfire leaves three". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. May 17, 1982. p. 7. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  9. ↑ "Mall bans Salvation Army". Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.). November 18, 1988. p. 3B. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  10. ↑ "Mall kicks out Salvation Army bell ringers". The Bryan Times. UPI. November 22, 1988. p. 12.
  11. ↑ "Lancaster Mall earns EarthWISE Certification", Salem Chamber of Commerce Business News (Salem, Ore.): p. 9. November 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
  12. ↑ Rose, Michael (April 25, 2006). "New mall, downtown Salem stores alter retail landscape". Statesman Journal. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  13. ↑ http://www.lancastermall.com/leasing/sitefacts.html
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