When it was built in the 1960s, Oakway Center stood out as
the first enclosed mall in the northern suburbs of Eugene, Ore..
It bought
its first enclosed mall in 2010 and its fifth in Zanesville, Ohio, earlier this year.
Not exact matches
Gov. David Paterson will be joining Andrew Cuomo's hand - picked LG running mate, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy, in his hometown this morning for a demolition ceremony at the nation's
first enclosed shopping
mall, Midtown Plaza.
The city is home to western Canada's
first fully
enclosed shopping center, the Thompson Plaza, as well as the City Center
Mall.
Inspired by the harsh winters in its main base of Minneapolis, Dayton blazed a retail trail in 1956 with a two - story indoor shopping center that became the world's
first fully
enclosed mall.
Their
first effort: They recently broke ground on a new site in Manaus, a remote city of about two million in the Amazon, for a 450,000 - square - foot
enclosed mall.
While Taubman is focusing on the
enclosed mall portion of the development, it's also talking to potential tenants about a possible cineplex and an outdoor, Main Street - style area that may or may not be included in the
mall's
first phase.
The centers
first appeared in small Midwestern towns to offer shoppers more variety than the typical
enclosed mall.
It was the
first enclosed air - conditioned shopping
mall in northern California.
Southdale opened in 1956, billed as the
first regional
enclosed, climate - controlled
mall built in the United States.
* Fun fact: Southdale was the
first regional
enclosed, climate - controlled
mall built in the United States.