Blue Ridge Crossing

Blue Ridge Crossing

Location	Kansas City, Missouri
Opening date	1957 (As Blue Ridge Mall) January 2007
Developer	MBS Mall Investor-98, LLC
Owner	IAS Partners, Inc.
Architect	Piper-Wind Architects, Inc.
No. of stores and services	19
No. of anchor tenants	2
No. of floors	1
Website	www.blueridgecrossing.com

Blue Ridge Crossing is a shopping center located in Kansas City, Missouri and Independence, Missouri at the intersections of I-70, US 40 Highway at Exit 11 & Sterling Avenue at Exit 10.

The location surrounds the area from Interstate 70/US Highway 40 - to 43rd Street on the North/South and Northern Avenue to Blue Ridge Boulevard on the West/East. It sits on the site of the former Blue Ridge Mall and is about one mile (1.6 km) from the Truman Sports Complex at Exit 9. Phase I of the development began in 2005 with the first stores opening in early 2007. Phase II 18 acres (73,000 m²) consists of land West of Sterling Avenue, and is slated to begin construction in late 2012. Phase III 8 acres (32,000 m²) consists of land East of Blue Ridge Boulevard on the former site of the Blue Ridge Cinema East in Independence, Missouri.

Blue Ridge Mall was one of the first shopping malls built in the United States. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, on I-70 & Sterling Avenue at Exit 10. The location surrounds the area from U.S. Route 40 to 43rd Street on the North/South and Sterling Avenue to Blue Ridge Boulevard on the West/East. It sits on the site of Blue Ridge Crossing and is about one mile (1.6 km) from the Truman Sports Complex at Exit 9. It opened on October 17, 1957 as an open-air shopping center and included a location of Harzfeld's. H. Roe Bartle, the Mayor of Kansas City, cut the ribbon that officially opened the shopping center.

Blue Ridge Mall had the added distinction of being located in two cities at the same time. The city limits of Kansas City, Missouri and Independence, Missouri bisected The Jones Store Co. on the northeast corner of the store.

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