Rivercenter Mall
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| Location | San Antonio, Texas, United States |
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| Coordinates | 29°25′26″N 98°29′05″W / 29.423893°N 98.484771°W |
| Opening date | 1988 |
| Developer | Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation |
| Owner | Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation |
| No. of stores and services | 100+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,060,000 sq ft (98,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 4 |
| Website | www.shoprivercenter.com |
The Shops at Rivercenter (formerly Rivercenter Mall) is a shopping mall located in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States along the city's River Walk. It is anchored by Macy's, H&M, as well as a 38-story, 1,001-room Marriott hotel. The mall was purchased in 2005 by Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation.
The landmark 1871 St. Joseph's Catholic Church did not sell to the original developers, Joske's Department Store, in 1945, and the store was built around it.
The Shops at Rivercenter opened in 1988 as Rivercenter Mall, with San Antonio's first Lord & Taylor department store, an IMAX theater, as well as Dillard's (closed August 2008). Part of the downtown redevelopment included an extension of San Antonio's famed River Walk into the Rivercenter lagoon.
Lord & Taylor, then owned by May Department Stores, was converted into a Foley's in 1989. In 2006, the space became Macy's after Macy's parent, Federated Department Stores, bought May Department Stores. The structure that houses Dillard's, an AMC Theatres, as well as other shops originally opened in 1887 as a freestanding Joske's at the corner of Alamo and Commerce streets. Several expansions from 1909 to 1953 brought the space to 551,000 square feet (51,200 m2). Joske's closed the flagship store for remodeling in 1987, planning to reopen in 1988, to coincide with the Rivercenter opening. But Dillard's acquired the Joske's chain shortly after the store closed for remodeling. The massive flagship store was divided up, with Dillard's occupying only a portion of the five-level building. The remaining area of the building was converted into lease space and a retail atrium for Rivercenter and an AMC movie theater. Even with the division of the building into other uses, portions of the structure, including 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2). of space on the top two floors, as well as the old "bargain basement," remained unoccupied.
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