Westfield Oakridge

Westfield Oakridge

Location	San Jose, California, USA
Coordinates	37°15′09″N 121°51′42″W / 37.252492°N 121.861668°W
Address	925 Blossom Hill Road San Jose, CA 95123
Opening date	1971
Developer	The Hahn Company
Management	Westfield Group
Owner	Westfield Group
No. of stores and services	207[1]
No. of anchor tenants	5
Total retail floor area	1,139,602 sq ft (105,872.5 m^2)[1]
No. of floors	1
Parking	5,002
Public transit access	Oakridge (VTA)
Website	westfield.com/oakridge

Westfield Oakridge, formerly known as Westfield Shoppingtown Oakridge and Oakridge Mall, is a shopping mall that was sold to Westfield America, Inc. in 1998, and was rebranded as "Westfield Shoppingtown Oakridge" soon after.^[2]

The bankruptcy of Montgomery Ward in 2001 left an empty anchor slot at Oakridge until 2003, when Target demolished the building and constructed a new two-level store on the site. At the same time, Macy's added 75,000 square feet to its existing footprint, bringing its total square footage to more than 220,000 square feet.^[3]

Westfield began a $150 million multi-phase expansion in the Summer of 2002 and was completed in late 2003.^[4]

The bankruptcies and eventual closures of Borders and Linens n' Things brought two new anchors to the center: a Nordstrom Rack in place of Linens n' Things,^[5][6] and a large-format Forever 21 in place of Borders.

References

1. "Westfield Oakridge". Westfield Group. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
2. "Westfield America, Inc. (NYSW:WEA) announces acquisition..." (Press release). Westfield Group. 1998-10-07.
3. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2004/03/08/daily45.html?page=all
4. http://www.westfieldcorp.com/news_announcements/westfield-america-announces-grand-opening-of-westfield-shoppingtown-oakridge/
5. David Goll (March 31, 2009). "Nordstrom returns to Oakridge mall". San Jose Business Journal.
6. "Nordstrom Reports September Sales" (Press release). Nordstrom, Inc. 2009-10-08.