Crossroads Mall (Omaha)

Crossroads Mall Omaha

The north wing of Crossroads Mall completed in 1988, now mostly vacant
Location	Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Coordinates	41°15′41″N 96°01′34″W / 41.261453°N 96.026216°W / 41.261453; -96.026216Coordinates: 41°15′41″N 96°01′34″W / 41.261453°N 96.026216°W / 41.261453; -96.026216
Opening date	September 1960
Developer	Brandeis Investment Company
Owner	Century Development Co.
No. of stores and services	20+
No. of anchor tenants	3 (1 vacant)
Total retail floor area	753,000 sq ft (70,000 m2).
No. of floors	2 of retail
Parking	Surface lots and 6-story parking garage
Website	Crossroads Village

Crossroads Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Omaha, Nebraska at the intersection of 72nd and Dodge Streets. Originally opened in 1960 by Omaha's Brandeis department store, the mall has been home to several major chains, including Sears, Dillard's, Younkers and Target. Most of the mall is expected to be demolished in the near future and replaced with a new mixed-use development.

In the late 1950s, Brandeis Investment Co., the real estate division of the local Brandeis department store, obtained a 96-year lease on land at the northwest corner of 72nd and Dodge streets for a new shopping center. Construction started in September 1959, and the mall opened in September 1960 as "Crossroads Shopping Center", a single-story straight shot connector between the two anchor stores: Sears at the west and Brandeis at the east. Both Sears and Brandeis were 3 stories: the first floor of each is actually the basement level of the mall, but had exterior access for the anchors; the second floor (originally called the "Arcade Level") opens into the mall; there was no mall or exterior access to the third floor of either anchor store.

Melvin Simon & Associates purchased the mall in 1984. A $35 million renovation project began in 1986 and was completed in 1988. The renovation created a new 2-story center court with a unique white membrane "tent" roof extending far above the 2nd floor. The 2nd floor of the center court housed the food court. A new wing running perpendicular to the original corridor to the north added 2 floors of retail space with Dillard's as a new anchor at the north end. William Dillard, the founder and president of the Dillard's chain was present at the opening of the store at Crossroads. A new single-story wing extends south from the center court and ends at a large glass-enclosed main entrance. The renovation also added a 6-story parking structure on the northeast corner of the property, which connects to the 2nd floor of the new north wing, to the 2nd and 3rd floors of the new Dillard's store, and originally connected to the 3rd floor of the existing Younkers store, all via enclosed skywalks. Unlike the original anchors, the first and second floors of Dillard's match up with the first and second floors of the mall. The entire mall was refurbished during the renovation, updated with a bold new red, blue, and gray color scheme and new neon lighting. Also around the same time as this renovation, Sears added a passenger elevator, where previously only escalators had been available to customers.