Antelope Valley Mall

Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California, in the Antelope Valley.

Antelope Valley Mall

The Antelope Valley Mall in the foreground.
Location	1233 Rancho Vista Blvd Palmdale, California 93551
Coordinates	34°36′17″N 118°09′09″W / 34.60472°N 118.15250°W / 34.60472; -118.15250
Opening date	September 1990
Developer	Forest City Enterprises
Management	Centennial
Owner	Centennial
No. of stores and services	140
No. of anchor tenants	6 (4 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area	1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m^2)
No. of floors	1 (2 in Dillard's)
Parking	10,000 spaces
Website	www.av-mall.com

Opened in September 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (93,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0.5 by 0.5 miles (800 by 800 m).

The main indoor mall currently has about 140 stores with 5 anchor stores, 2 of which are closed - Macy's (formerly Gottschalks), JCPenney, the first Dillard's in Southern California, Sears (closed), and Forever 21 (closed, formerly Mervyns). The mall also has a large Dick's Sporting Goods, which opened in 2014 in a suite originally occupied by Harris and another Gottschalks store.^[1] Three other anchors, Bullock's, The Broadway, and J. W. Robinson's were planned, but never opened.

In 2007, the mall went through an extensive renovation that moved the old 10-screen theater to a replacement Cinemark 16-screen "stadium-style seating" theater in the north ring road area.^{[citation needed]}

Mervyns closed in December 2008 and became Forever 21 in 2009. Forever 21 closed in 2018.^{[citation needed]}

On June 22, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 28 stores nationwide. Sears closed on September 6, 2020.^[2]

In 2022 the mall was acquired by Bridge Group Investments for $60 million.^[3]

References

1. "Dick's Sporting Goods coming to AV Mall". theavtimes.com.
2. Shoulberg, Warren. "Total Sears And Kmart Store Count Going Down To Just 95". Forbes.
3. Welk, Hannah Madans (2022-12-12). "Joint Venture Buys Antelope Valley Mall for $60 Million". San Fernando Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2023-02-09.

Sources and external links

• Antelope Valley Mall official website