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Kennedy Mall
	The Kennedy Mall in February 2005
Location	Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Coordinates	42°29′38″N 90°43′23″W / 42.494°N 90.723°W
Opening date	April 15, 1970
Developer	Cafaro Company
Management	Cafaro Company
Owner	Cafaro Company
No. of anchor tenants	10
Total retail floor area	~700,000 sq ft (65,000 m2)
No. of floors	1 with partial upper level (2 in former Younkers Mens)
Public transit access	Purple The Jule
Website	kennedymall.com

Kennedy Mall is a shopping mall located in Dubuque, Iowa. It is owned by the Cafaro Company. The mall's anchor stores are Edward Jones, Shoe Carnival, Planet Fitness, Vertical Jump Park, JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods, Ulta Beauty, and Books-A-Million.

Description

The Kennedy Mall contains 700,000 square feet (65,000 m²).^[1]

Anchors

Best Buy
Books-A-Million (25,000 sq ft (2,300 m²))^[2]
Dick's Sporting Goods
JCPenney (83,524 sq ft (7,759.6 m²))^{[citation needed]}
Planet Fitness
Shoe Carnival
Ulta Beauty
Vertical Jump Park

History

20th century

In 1964, Montgomery Ward announced that it would move its store in Dubuque, which was located in the downtown area, out to the west end. In February 1966, rezoning of the land on which the mall was built was approved. William M. Cafaro and Associates (now Cafaro Company) of Youngstown, Ohio developed the site. The mall was completed in 1968.^[3]

In 1968, Younkers was opened as the Kennedy Mall's first store.^[4] This was followed by Montgomery Ward in May 1969,^[5] and Roshek's in the fall of 1970. The mall was formally opened on April 15, 1970, with F. W. Woolworth Company operating as a junior anchor. At the time, it had sixty stores, which made it Iowa's largest enclosed mall. Soon afterward, a tornado had damaged the Dubuque area, including the mall.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1980s, JCPenney, Younkers, Sears, and Armstrong's would move into the Kennedy Mall.^[6] A number of renovations were made to the mall in 1989. This included opening up a food court at the northeast corner of the mall and a number of cosmetic improvements to the mall. Also, a space for Sears was carved out of the Armstrong Department store.^[7]

Originally, there was a General Cinema movie theater with a single 795-seat auditorium located within the mall. In 1972, it was remodeled into a two-screen theater with about 300 seats in each auditorium. In the 1980s, General Cinema built a new six-screen theater named Kennedy Mall Cinema 6 in the parking lot just west of the mall to replace the theater inside the mall.^{[citation needed]}

21st century

The former Borders book store at the mall. This store is now HomeGoods.

On January 21, 2014, it was announced that Sears would be closing in late April.^[8] Vertical Jump Park opened in 2016.^[9] Mindframe Theaters closed down January 1, 2017 and was replaced with Michigan-based Phoenix Theatres.^[10] In 2018, the Younkers closed, affecting ninety employees.^[4]

In early 2020, Kennedy Mall partnered with Carnegie-Stout Public Library to open the Reading Corner, a community reading space inside the mall. The space closed during COVID-19 pandemic and was later displaced by a retail store, but was reopened in February 2024.^[11] In February 2023, it was announced that Books-A-Million would be moving into half of the former Younkers store. A HomeGoods took over the book store and a few other empty store fronts inside the mall.^[12] In June 2024, the mall requested zoning modifications to allow for businesses to be built in the southwestern parking lot.^[13]

References

^ "Kennedy Mall Complex". Cafaro. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
^ "Books-A-Million". Travel Dubuque. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^ Pins, Kenneth (March 4, 1983). "Downtown Dubuque's Revival Dims". Des Moines Register. Dubuque, Iowa. pp. 1–2. Retrieved May 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Pulaski, Steve (October 11, 2022). "Could Kennedy Mall Get a New Anchor to Replace Younkers?". Y105. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
^ Hogstrom, Erik (May 2, 2024). "Throwback Thursday: National retail chain opens Dubuque's largest store in 1969". Telegraph Herald. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
^ B., Keith (April 27, 2022). "What Will it Take to Make Kennedy Mall a Vibrant Community Space?". Q107.5. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
^ Ford, George C. (April 6, 1989). "Kennedy Mall Sets Major Expansion". The Cedar Rapids Gazette. p. 17. Retrieved May 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Lamansky, Katrina (January 22, 2014). "Dubuque closes Sears store". WQAD-TV. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
^ Wiedemann, Katie (December 1, 2016). "Vertical Jump Park opens inside Dubuque's Kennedy Mall". KCRG-TV. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^ Felton, Ellyn; Scheinblum, Aaron (January 15, 2018). "UPDATE: Phoenix Theatres to replace Mindframe Theaters in Dubuque". KCRG-TV. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
^ "Carnegie-Stout reading corner returning to Kennedy Mall". Telegraph Herald. February 4, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
^ Reese, Kayli (February 21, 2023). "HomeGoods coming to Dubuque, prompting movement at mall". Telegraph Herald. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
^ Turnbough, Keegan (June 19, 2024). "Kennedy Mall in Dubuque to convert unused parking space to future development". KCRG-TV. Dubuque, Iowa. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

External links

Kennedy Mall Website

[1] "Kennedy Mall Complex". Cafaro. Retrieved June 23, 2024.

[2] "Books-A-Million". Travel Dubuque. Retrieved July 14, 2023.

[3] Pins, Kenneth (March 4, 1983). "Downtown Dubuque's Revival Dims". Des Moines Register. Dubuque, Iowa. pp. 1–2. Retrieved May 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[:0-4] Pulaski, Steve (October 11, 2022). "Could Kennedy Mall Get a New Anchor to Replace Younkers?". Y105. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

[5] Hogstrom, Erik (May 2, 2024). "Throwback Thursday: National retail chain opens Dubuque's largest store in 1969". Telegraph Herald. Retrieved June 23, 2024.

[6] B., Keith (April 27, 2022). "What Will it Take to Make Kennedy Mall a Vibrant Community Space?". Q107.5. Retrieved June 7, 2024.

[7] Ford, George C. (April 6, 1989). "Kennedy Mall Sets Major Expansion". The Cedar Rapids Gazette. p. 17. Retrieved May 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[8] Lamansky, Katrina (January 22, 2014). "Dubuque closes Sears store". WQAD-TV. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

[9] Wiedemann, Katie (December 1, 2016). "Vertical Jump Park opens inside Dubuque's Kennedy Mall". KCRG-TV. Retrieved July 14, 2023.

[10] Felton, Ellyn; Scheinblum, Aaron (January 15, 2018). "UPDATE: Phoenix Theatres to replace Mindframe Theaters in Dubuque". KCRG-TV. Retrieved May 26, 2024.

[11] "Carnegie-Stout reading corner returning to Kennedy Mall". Telegraph Herald. February 4, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

[12] Reese, Kayli (February 21, 2023). "HomeGoods coming to Dubuque, prompting movement at mall". Telegraph Herald. Retrieved April 25, 2023.

[13] Turnbough, Keegan (June 19, 2024). "Kennedy Mall in Dubuque to convert unused parking space to future development". KCRG-TV. Dubuque, Iowa. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

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Kennedy Mall

Description

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History

20th century

21st century

References

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