Mall St. Vincent

Mall St. Vincent
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LocationShreveport, Louisiana, United States
Opening dateFebruary 2, 1977; 47 years ago (February 2, 1977)
DeveloperGeneral Growth Properties[1]
ManagementKohan Retail Investment Group
Summit Properties USA
OwnerKohan Retail Investment Group
Summit Properties USA
No. of stores and services55
No. of anchor tenants2 (1 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area545,000 square feet (50,600 m2)[2]
No. of floors1 (2 in Dillard's)

Mall St. Vincent is an enclosed shopping mall located off Interstate 49 at 1133 St. Vincent Avenue in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. It opened in February 1977 on the 100-acre site of the original St. Vincent's Academy,[3] a Catholic girls' school built by the Daughters of the Cross, from which it gets its name. The mall's main anchor store is Dillard's. The Sears anchor store closed in 2018.[4]

In 2014, the city government voted for a tax-payer funded proposal of $16.5 million US into Mall St Vincent, but the long-term fate of the retail mall remains in doubt.[5] An outdoor fountain included in the remodeling project was by 2017 crumbling and without water, with plants surrounding the structure having died.[6] In 2017, Grimaldi's Pizzeria and Gymboree closed their Mall St. Vincent operations; a local news article noted that online shopping and changing consumer habits have affected shopping malls; with as many as one in four closing within the next five years.[7] On June 6, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing in September 2018.[8] After declaring bankruptcy, New York & Co. closed all stores including its Mall St. Vincent storefront in 2020, while Auntie Anne's closed its doors in 2021.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Area's newest shopping mall opens Wednesday, February 2". The Shreveport Journal. February 1, 1977. pp. 2D. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "Mall St. Vincent". Brookfield Properties. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "Daughters of the Cross sought a dream to educate". The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana). December 31, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "Sears Closing 3 North LA stores". KTBS.com. February 6, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  5. ^ Jeff Beimfohr (July 27, 2017). "Mall St. Vincent Feels Ripple Effect". KTBS TV. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  6. ^ Jeff Beimfohr (July 27, 2017). "Mall St Vincent feels ripple effect". KTBS TV. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  7. ^ Jeff Beimfohr (July 27, 2017). "Mall St Vincent feels ripple effect". KTBS TV. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  8. ^ "Sears closing 3 North LA stores". KTBS.com. February 6, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  9. ^ "New York & Company closing all stores in bankruptcy, going-out-of-business liquidation sales now underway". USAToday. July 13, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2023.

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