The Empire Mall: Difference between revisions

| number_of_anchors = 5 (34 open, 21 vacant)<ref name="SearsClose"/>

'''The Empire Mall''' is a [[shopping mall]] in [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]], United States.<ref name="Argus2017">{{Cite web|date=25 July 2017|url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/business-journal/2017/07/25/empire-mall-hires-new-general-manager-south-dakota-native-dan-gies/507768001/|title=New Empire Mall manager Dan Gies: Mall seeks to 'deepen' position with local entrepreneurs|website=Argus Leader|language=en|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> The anchor stores are [[Dillard's]], [[Macy's]], [[Dick's Sporting Goods]], and [[JCPenney]]. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once [[Younkers]] and [[Sears]]. As of August 2018, theThe mall wasis owned by [[Simon Property Group]].<ref name="Argus2018"/>

Originally developed in 1974-75 by [[Des Moines]]-based General Growth Development Corp., it opened as the Sioux Empire Plaza.<ref name=DocomomoUSMN/> It was sold to the IBM Pension Fund in 1985 while General Growth continued to manage the property.<ref>https://huronhistory.com/south-dakota-articles {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> In 1998, it was acquired by a joint venture of [[The Macerich Company]] and [[Simon Property Group]], with Macerich assuming the role of managing partner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20157060.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022004307/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20157060.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-22 |title=DeBartolo, Macerich buy 12 regional malls |access-date=2008-10-14 |date=1998-01-02 |work=Daily News Record}}</ref> In 2012, Simon Property Group became the sole owner of the mall. In 2018, [[Simon Property Group]], owner of the mall, posted a document about plans for the mall after losing two tenants.<ref name="Argus2018">{{Cite web|date=31 August 2018|url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/business-journal/2018/08/31/whats-next-empire-mall-sears-younkers-brochure-drops-clues/1162377002/|title=Empire Mall leasing document drops clues on future of Sears, Younkers sites|website=Argus Leader|language=en|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>

In 1978 the mall underwent its first major expansion, with the addition of [[Dayton's]] (later [[Marshall Field's]], now [[Macy's]]) and 22 other specialty stores.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/life/2014/12/07/looking-back-empire-mall-started-big-kept-growing/19946465/|title = Looking Back: Empire Mall started big and kept growing}}</ref>

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On[[Younkers]] Mayclosed 31on August 29, 2018, Sears announced thatafter its storeparent wouldcompany, also[[The beBon-Ton closingStores]], aswent partout of a plan to close 78 stores nationwide. The store closed in September 2018business.<ref name="SearsClose">{{cite news | url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/business-journal/2018/0504/3106/searsyounkers-empire-mall-losingclose-another100-anchorexpected-storelose-time-sears-younkersjobs/658944002492984002/ | title=Younkers in The Empire Mall isto losingclose, another100+ anchorexpected to storelose jobs | first=JeremyMegan | last=FuglebergRaposa | work=[[Sioux Falls Argus Leader]] | date=MayApril 316, 2018}}</ref> The vacant Sears store was occupied by a temporary [[Camping World]] store from November 2018 to April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-23|title=Camping World to temporarily use Sears space|url=https://siouxfalls.business/camping-world-to-temporarily-use-sears-space/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=SiouxFalls.Business|language=en}}</ref>