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The Shops at Tanforan

December 31, 2022

The Shops at Tanforan is a regional shopping mall in San Bruno, California, United States. It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula, 10 miles (16 km) south of San Francisco city limits.

The Shops at Tanforan
LocationSan Bruno, California, US
Coordinates37°38′10″N 122°25′05″W / 37.636°N 122.418°W / 37.636; -122.418Coordinates: 37°38′10″N 122°25′05″W / 37.636°N 122.418°W / 37.636; -122.418
Address1150 El Camino Real
Opening date1971; 51 years ago (1971)
DeveloperWattson Breevast (2003)
ManagementQIC|GRE
OwnerQIC|GRE
ArchitectAltoon + Porter Architects (2003)
No. of stores and services105[1]
No. of anchor tenants4 (3 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area969,107 sq ft (90,033.0 m2)[2]
No. of floors2 (3 in former Sears)
Parking4074
Public transit access
WebsiteOfficial website

The site was originally used as a horse racing track from 1899 until 1964, when the grandstand was destroyed by fire. During World War II the track was used as the Tanforan Assembly Center where Japanese American citizens, primarily from the San Francisco Bay Area, were interned until more permanent War Relocation Centers were opened. A shopping mall was built on the site and opened in 1971. The mall underwent a 3-year renovation, and reopened in 2005.[3] In 2022, Alexandria Real Estate completed its acquisition of the site and announced the mall would be demolished and replaced with a biotech campus.[4]

History

The site that The Shops at Tanforan mall is built on has served at various times as a racetrack, airfield, a military training center, a Japanese American internment camp, and a golf course.

Racetrack

Main article: Tanforan Racetrack

The Tanforan Racetrack was built in 1899. It was named after Toribio Tanforan, the grandson-in-law of Jose Antonio Sanchez, the grantee of Rancho Buri Buri; the name was corrupted to Tanforan shortly.[5] The Western Turf Association acquired 150 acres (61 ha) of land and began construction of the grandstand by September 1899, which was estimated to cost US$35,000 (equivalent to $1,140,000 in 2021) and scheduled to open in time for the season in November.[6] Approximately 700 men were laboring to complete the track,[7] and by late September, paving work had begun for the road servicing the new track, requiring 150 cu yd/d (110 m3/d) of gravel.[8]

Horse, dog, motorcycle, and auto races were held year-round at the track. One of Tanforan's most famous residents while it was used as a racetrack was Seabiscuit, who was stabled there for a time.[9] Today, a statue of Seabiscuit may be found on the grounds of the Tanforan mall.

The site found other uses after 1909, when the state of California banned all gambling at racetracks. Races were held at Tanforan until the racetrack was destroyed by fire on July 31, 1964.[10]

Airfield

Tanforan Racetrack was occasionally used as an airfield, with the center of the racetrack used as a runway. On January 25–26, 1910, the Tanforan Racetrack served as the site for the Second International Air Meet in America, organized by the Pacific Aero Club and attended by aviation notables Louis Paulhan and John J. Montgomery.

On January 18, 1911, aviator Eugene Ely made naval aviation history when he took off from Tanforan and made a successful landing on the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay.[11] This marked the first successful shipboard aircraft landing (and the second successful take-off).[12] A plaque on the grounds commemorates this event.

Tanforan was temporarily converted into a military training center during World War I.

Tanforan Assembly Center

 
Line outside of a mess hall at the Tanforan Assembly Center.
Main article: Tanforan Assembly Center

During World War II, Tanforan was used as the Tanforan Assembly Center, an internment camp for Japanese Americans, nearly all from the San Francisco Bay Area. Tanforan was the second most populous of the 17 "civilian assembly centers" where internees were detained before being relocated to more permanent (and remote) "relocation centers;" most internees at Tanforan were sent to the Topaz War Relocation Center near Delta, Utah. Twenty-six of the 180 "apartment" barracks were converted from horse stalls. 8,003 people were held at Tanforan from April 28 to October 13, 1942, with a peak population of 7,816 in July. A plaque outside the mall notes this history.[13][14]

When the Assembly Center closed in 1942 the site became the US Army's Camp Tanforan. At the camp were the California Field Artillery Regiments. In 1944, the camp became the Naval Advance Base Personnel Depot, San Bruno, which closed on October 10, 1946. A number of soldiers who were once stationed at camp are buried at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, which is located on a nearby hill that overlooks the Tanforan site.

After the war, Tanforan returned to its former role as a race track, with a golf course in the center of the track. The track went into decline in the 1950s due to competition from Bay Meadows, and then burned down on July 31, 1964.[13]

Shopping Mall

In 1971, the Tanforan Park Shopping Center was built on the Tanforan racetrack site. The mall was designed by Victor Gruen Associates; the second floor was built as a mezzanine to allow a two-story ceiling above the center of the ground floor.[15] Under the First Phase, the central mall and Sears store were scheduled for completion by February 1971.[16] The mall was developed by The Hapsmith Company, led by Hap Smith and Frederick M. Nicholas, and built by Ernest W. Hahn, Inc. The two major anchor tenants in the First Phase were Sears with 276,000 sq ft (25,600 m2) and J.C. Penney with 275,435 sq ft (25,588.7 m2). The First Phase also included 750,000 sq ft (70,000 m2) of leasable area with space for 65 stores. The planned Second Phase would expand leasable area to 1,250,000 sq ft (116,000 m2) with space for more than 100 stores.[17] The Tire, Brake, and Accessory Section of Sears was the first store to open at Tanforan, on October 7, 1970.[18]

The mall is bounded by El Camino Real (to the west), Sneath Lane (north), Huntington Avenue (east), and Interstate 380 (south). Property ownership was split between Sears, which owned the northern 11.74-acre (4.75 ha) portion of the site; Hapsmith, which owned the central 14.9 acres (6.0 ha); and JC Penney, the southern 14.99 acres (6.07 ha).[19] The Sears building was 234,191 sq ft (21,757.1 m2); the Emporium (later Target) building was 69,924 sq ft (6,496.2 m2), and the JC Penney building was 186,000 sq ft (17,300 m2).[19]

The Emporium was the site's third anchor, opening that location in 1971; following the chain's acquisition by Federated Department Stores in 1995, the Tanforan Emporium was closed and the building was purchased by Target Stores in 1996.[20] By that time, the dated mall was perceived as "dark and ugly" and occupancy had fallen to less than half, although anchor tenants continued to perform well.[21] In 1999, the mall was purchased from Hapsmith by real estate investment firm Wattson Breevast LLC, who planned to redevelop it; Hapsmith retained a portion of the mall.[22] There were many issues the new owners had to overcome: an eminent domain lawsuit involving BART, getting consent from the three existing anchors, each of which owned their property,[23]: 22–23  moving out long-term tenants, existing building materials, and other city issues. It would be four years before the project's operations were ready to begin. After resolving a string of legal, construction, and administrative issues, renovations finally began in 2003. The existing stores were closed and the structure was gutted, retaining only the exterior walls, with the exception of the three main anchors (Target, Sears, and J.C. Penney), all of which remained open throughout the major reconstruction.[22] A groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction was held on February 9, 2004.[24] BART's new station opened in 2003 on what was part of the original mall's property; in 2001, the four property owners received $34 million as a settlement from the eminent domain proceedings of BART, which was used to fund the three-level parking structure.[23]: 23 

Reconstruction

 
New name and new main entrance

Altoon + Porter Architects was hired for the mall's new design,[23]: 23  and Brio Engineering Associates performed consulting engineering for the remodel and expansion.[25] The US$140 million project was completed after 20 months. On October 7, 2005, the mall reopened as The Shops at Tanforan,[26] adding 300,000 sq ft (28,000 m2) of shops and restaurants, including a new main entrance (facing El Camino Real) and food court.[3] As reconstructed, the mall portion was 326,000 sq ft (30,300 m2), a 26,000 sq ft (2,400 m2) expansion compared to the structure as completed in 1971.[22] The total floor area as reconstructed was 1,100,000 sq ft (100,000 m2).[21] A two-level Barnes & Noble bookstore and a BJ's Chicago Brewhouse flank the new glass atrium entrance facing El Camino.[3] The mall was also scheduled to add a new parking garage and movie theater.[22] The increased sales tax revenue for the city of San Bruno helped to offset the closure of a longtime Ford dealer.[27] On April 18, 2008, Century Theatres held its grand opening for a new 72,000 sq ft (6,700 m2) 20-screen theater complex at this location, with a skybridge connecting the mall to the new building. The bottom floor of the garage also serves as a walkway to both a new substation of the San Bruno Police Department and the adjoining San Bruno BART station.

Decline

In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at The Shops at Tanforan, into Seritage Growth Properties.[28] The mall property was sold by Breevast to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), an Australian investment firm, in August of that year[29] for $174 million.[30] The property's Sears store was sold to mall ownership in 2018.[31] The store later closed in early 2020.[32] It was later sold to Alexandria Real Estate in late 2021 for $128 million.[33]

At approximately the same time, the retail apocalypse of shifting shopping online, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic in California hurt the mall's businesses and foot traffic.[34] On July 2, 2019, a shooting occurred on the upper level of the food court; as a precaution, the mall and nearby BART station were evacuated.[35] Four people were injured during the shooting, which left some reluctant to return to the mall.[36] Four teenagers were arrested in connection with the shooting.[37] Later that year, retailer Forever 21 went bankrupt and announced plans to close the company's San Bruno location at Tanforan.[38] As part of JCPenney's 2020 bankruptcy process, the company's store in San Bruno was sold to Alexandria Real Estate for $105 million, though the store remained in operation.[39]

Closure

On July 27, 2021, the San Bruno City Council adopted the Reimagining Tanforan Land Use Fact Sheet, encouraging potential land owners to explore non-retail options at the site, including office, residential, and hotel uses.[40] In February 2022, Alexandria announced it had purchased the remaining central portion of the mall property from QIC, including the mall's Target store, and confirmed it would transform the property into a "megacampus" of biotech and technology firms.[4]

Gallery

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References

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  2. ^ . Jones Lang Lasalle. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
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  4. ^ a b Li, Roland (February 11, 2022). "Tanforan mall could become a giant biotech campus after $328 million sale". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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  7. ^ "South San Francisco". Times Gazette. September 23, 1899. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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  11. ^ . Naval History & Heritage Command. Archived from the original on January 4, 2003. Retrieved February 8, 2007.
  12. ^ . Naval History & Heritage Command. Archived from the original on January 22, 2003. Retrieved February 8, 2007.
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  19. ^ a b "Reimagining Tanforan Land Use Fact Sheet". City of San Bruno, California. July 27, 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  20. ^ Simon, Mark (March 5, 1996). "Target Buys Tanforan Emporium / San Bruno mall says new store will fit in well". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  21. ^ a b "Suburban rehab: Shops at Tanforan". San Francisco Business Times. March 26, 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  22. ^ a b c d Duxbury, Sarah (September 11, 2005). "San Bruno mall ready to unveil huge makeover". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  23. ^ a b c Breznau, Shanti; Braun, Derek W. (May 4, 2011). Draft Baseline Economic Analysis (PDF) (Report). City of Capitola. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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  28. ^ "At Shops at Tanforan | Seritage".
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  31. ^ Fakhir, Dawood (4 May 2018). "Seritage Growth to sell Sears asset for $42M; PREIT signs leases with Forever 21". S&P Global Market Intelligence. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  32. ^ Tyko, Kelly; Bomey, Nathan (November 7, 2019). "Sears and Kmart store closings: 51 Sears, 45 Kmart locations to shutter. See the list". USA Today. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  33. ^ Nguyen-Fliege, Chelsea (January 7, 2022). "A big Southern California real estate company paid nearly $450M for 4 Palo Alto buildings". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  34. ^ "San Bruno City Officials Laud Multimillion-Dollar Purchase of Tanforan Mall". NBC Bay Area. Bay City News. February 12, 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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  36. ^ Barnard, Cornell (July 6, 2019). "Tanforan Mall Shooting: Teen shooter in custody, second shooter still on the loose". ABC 7 News. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  37. ^ Hernández, Lauren (July 18, 2019). "Two more suspects arrested in Tanforan mall shooting, police say". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  38. ^ Sumagaysay, Levi (3 October 2019). "Forever 21 plans to close several stores in the Bay Area". San Jose Mercury News.
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This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view August 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Shops at Tanforan is a regional shopping mall in San Bruno California United States It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula 10 miles 16 km south of San Francisco city limits The Shops at TanforanLocationSan Bruno California USCoordinates37 38 10 N 122 25 05 W 37 636 N 122 418 W 37 636 122 418 Coordinates 37 38 10 N 122 25 05 W 37 636 N 122 418 W 37 636 122 418Address1150 El Camino RealOpening date1971 51 years ago 1971 DeveloperWattson Breevast 2003 ManagementQIC GREOwnerQIC GREArchitectAltoon Porter Architects 2003 No of stores and services105 1 No of anchor tenants4 3 open 1 vacant Total retail floor area969 107 sq ft 90 033 0 m2 2 No of floors2 3 in former Sears Parking4074Public transit accessSan Bruno Samtrans ECR 140 141 398 WebsiteOfficial websiteThe site was originally used as a horse racing track from 1899 until 1964 when the grandstand was destroyed by fire During World War II the track was used as the Tanforan Assembly Center where Japanese American citizens primarily from the San Francisco Bay Area were interned until more permanent War Relocation Centers were opened A shopping mall was built on the site and opened in 1971 The mall underwent a 3 year renovation and reopened in 2005 3 In 2022 Alexandria Real Estate completed its acquisition of the site and announced the mall would be demolished and replaced with a biotech campus 4 Contents 1 History 1 1 Racetrack 1 2 Airfield 1 3 Tanforan Assembly Center 1 4 Shopping Mall 1 5 Reconstruction 1 6 Decline 1 7 Closure 2 Gallery 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe site that The Shops at Tanforan mall is built on has served at various times as a racetrack airfield a military training center a Japanese American internment camp and a golf course Racetrack Edit Main article Tanforan Racetrack The Tanforan Racetrack was built in 1899 It was named after Toribio Tanforan the grandson in law of Jose Antonio Sanchez the grantee of Rancho Buri Buri the name was corrupted to Tanforan shortly 5 The Western Turf Association acquired 150 acres 61 ha of land and began construction of the grandstand by September 1899 which was estimated to cost US 35 000 equivalent to 1 140 000 in 2021 and scheduled to open in time for the season in November 6 Approximately 700 men were laboring to complete the track 7 and by late September paving work had begun for the road servicing the new track requiring 150 cu yd d 110 m3 d of gravel 8 Horse dog motorcycle and auto races were held year round at the track One of Tanforan s most famous residents while it was used as a racetrack was Seabiscuit who was stabled there for a time 9 Today a statue of Seabiscuit may be found on the grounds of the Tanforan mall The site found other uses after 1909 when the state of California banned all gambling at racetracks Races were held at Tanforan until the racetrack was destroyed by fire on July 31 1964 10 Airfield Edit Tanforan Racetrack was occasionally used as an airfield with the center of the racetrack used as a runway On January 25 26 1910 the Tanforan Racetrack served as the site for the Second International Air Meet in America organized by the Pacific Aero Club and attended by aviation notables Louis Paulhan and John J Montgomery On January 18 1911 aviator Eugene Ely made naval aviation history when he took off from Tanforan and made a successful landing on the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay 11 This marked the first successful shipboard aircraft landing and the second successful take off 12 A plaque on the grounds commemorates this event Tanforan was temporarily converted into a military training center during World War I Tanforan Assembly Center Edit Line outside of a mess hall at the Tanforan Assembly Center Main article Tanforan Assembly Center During World War II Tanforan was used as the Tanforan Assembly Center an internment camp for Japanese Americans nearly all from the San Francisco Bay Area Tanforan was the second most populous of the 17 civilian assembly centers where internees were detained before being relocated to more permanent and remote relocation centers most internees at Tanforan were sent to the Topaz War Relocation Center near Delta Utah Twenty six of the 180 apartment barracks were converted from horse stalls 8 003 people were held at Tanforan from April 28 to October 13 1942 with a peak population of 7 816 in July A plaque outside the mall notes this history 13 14 When the Assembly Center closed in 1942 the site became the US Army s Camp Tanforan At the camp were the California Field Artillery Regiments In 1944 the camp became the Naval Advance Base Personnel Depot San Bruno which closed on October 10 1946 A number of soldiers who were once stationed at camp are buried at the Golden Gate National Cemetery which is located on a nearby hill that overlooks the Tanforan site After the war Tanforan returned to its former role as a race track with a golf course in the center of the track The track went into decline in the 1950s due to competition from Bay Meadows and then burned down on July 31 1964 13 Shopping Mall Edit In 1971 the Tanforan Park Shopping Center was built on the Tanforan racetrack site The mall was designed by Victor Gruen Associates the second floor was built as a mezzanine to allow a two story ceiling above the center of the ground floor 15 Under the First Phase the central mall and Sears store were scheduled for completion by February 1971 16 The mall was developed by The Hapsmith Company led by Hap Smith and Frederick M Nicholas and built by Ernest W Hahn Inc The two major anchor tenants in the First Phase were Sears with 276 000 sq ft 25 600 m2 and J C Penney with 275 435 sq ft 25 588 7 m2 The First Phase also included 750 000 sq ft 70 000 m2 of leasable area with space for 65 stores The planned Second Phase would expand leasable area to 1 250 000 sq ft 116 000 m2 with space for more than 100 stores 17 The Tire Brake and Accessory Section of Sears was the first store to open at Tanforan on October 7 1970 18 The mall is bounded by El Camino Real to the west Sneath Lane north Huntington Avenue east and Interstate 380 south Property ownership was split between Sears which owned the northern 11 74 acre 4 75 ha portion of the site Hapsmith which owned the central 14 9 acres 6 0 ha and JC Penney the southern 14 99 acres 6 07 ha 19 The Sears building was 234 191 sq ft 21 757 1 m2 the Emporium later Target building was 69 924 sq ft 6 496 2 m2 and the JC Penney building was 186 000 sq ft 17 300 m2 19 The Emporium was the site s third anchor opening that location in 1971 following the chain s acquisition by Federated Department Stores in 1995 the Tanforan Emporium was closed and the building was purchased by Target Stores in 1996 20 By that time the dated mall was perceived as dark and ugly and occupancy had fallen to less than half although anchor tenants continued to perform well 21 In 1999 the mall was purchased from Hapsmith by real estate investment firm Wattson Breevast LLC who planned to redevelop it Hapsmith retained a portion of the mall 22 There were many issues the new owners had to overcome an eminent domain lawsuit involving BART getting consent from the three existing anchors each of which owned their property 23 22 23 moving out long term tenants existing building materials and other city issues It would be four years before the project s operations were ready to begin After resolving a string of legal construction and administrative issues renovations finally began in 2003 The existing stores were closed and the structure was gutted retaining only the exterior walls with the exception of the three main anchors Target Sears and J C Penney all of which remained open throughout the major reconstruction 22 A groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction was held on February 9 2004 24 BART s new station opened in 2003 on what was part of the original mall s property in 2001 the four property owners received 34 million as a settlement from the eminent domain proceedings of BART which was used to fund the three level parking structure 23 23 Reconstruction Edit New name and new main entrance Altoon Porter Architects was hired for the mall s new design 23 23 and Brio Engineering Associates performed consulting engineering for the remodel and expansion 25 The US 140 million project was completed after 20 months On October 7 2005 the mall reopened as The Shops at Tanforan 26 adding 300 000 sq ft 28 000 m2 of shops and restaurants including a new main entrance facing El Camino Real and food court 3 As reconstructed the mall portion was 326 000 sq ft 30 300 m2 a 26 000 sq ft 2 400 m2 expansion compared to the structure as completed in 1971 22 The total floor area as reconstructed was 1 100 000 sq ft 100 000 m2 21 A two level Barnes amp Noble bookstore and a BJ s Chicago Brewhouse flank the new glass atrium entrance facing El Camino 3 The mall was also scheduled to add a new parking garage and movie theater 22 The increased sales tax revenue for the city of San Bruno helped to offset the closure of a longtime Ford dealer 27 On April 18 2008 Century Theatres held its grand opening for a new 72 000 sq ft 6 700 m2 20 screen theater complex at this location with a skybridge connecting the mall to the new building The bottom floor of the garage also serves as a walkway to both a new substation of the San Bruno Police Department and the adjoining San Bruno BART station Decline Edit In 2015 Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties including the Sears at The Shops at Tanforan into Seritage Growth Properties 28 The mall property was sold by Breevast to Queensland Investment Corporation QIC an Australian investment firm in August of that year 29 for 174 million 30 The property s Sears store was sold to mall ownership in 2018 31 The store later closed in early 2020 32 It was later sold to Alexandria Real Estate in late 2021 for 128 million 33 At approximately the same time the retail apocalypse of shifting shopping online accelerated by the COVID 19 pandemic in California hurt the mall s businesses and foot traffic 34 On July 2 2019 a shooting occurred on the upper level of the food court as a precaution the mall and nearby BART station were evacuated 35 Four people were injured during the shooting which left some reluctant to return to the mall 36 Four teenagers were arrested in connection with the shooting 37 Later that year retailer Forever 21 went bankrupt and announced plans to close the company s San Bruno location at Tanforan 38 As part of JCPenney s 2020 bankruptcy process the company s store in San Bruno was sold to Alexandria Real Estate for 105 million though the store remained in operation 39 Closure Edit On July 27 2021 the San Bruno City Council adopted the Reimagining Tanforan Land Use Fact Sheet encouraging potential land owners to explore non retail options at the site including office residential and hotel uses 40 In February 2022 Alexandria announced it had purchased the remaining central portion of the mall property from QIC including the mall s Target store and confirmed it would transform the property into a megacampus of biotech and technology firms 4 Gallery Edit References Edit Directory The Shops at Tanforan Retrieved 2011 02 10 The Shops at Tanforan Jones Lang Lasalle Archived from the original on 2011 07 13 Retrieved 2011 02 10 a b c Levy Dan July 10 2005 Tanforan to open with new name look and stores San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved 16 February 2022 a b Li Roland February 11 2022 Tanforan mall could become a giant biotech campus after 328 million sale San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved 16 February 2022 Tanforan Has Colorful History Bright Future Round the track Hapsmith Company September 1970 Retrieved 15 February 2022 Work Is Being Pushed First Meet on the New Race Track Scheduled for November 4th Times Gazette September 2 1899 Retrieved 15 February 2022 South San Francisco Times Gazette September 23 1899 Retrieved 15 February 2022 South San Francisco Times Gazette September 30 1899 Retrieved 15 February 2022 Hillenbrand Laura 2001 Seabiscuit An American Legend Random House pp 113 115 ISBN 978 0 375 50291 0 Darold Fredricks May 31 2010 The original race track at Tanforan The Daily Journal San Mateo County Eugene Ely s Flight to USS Pennsylvania Naval History amp Heritage Command Archived from the original on January 4 2003 Retrieved February 8 2007 Eugene B Ely Aviator Naval History amp Heritage Command Archived from the original on January 22 2003 Retrieved February 8 2007 a b Lewis Kawahara Tanforan Densho Encyclopedia Retrieved June 20 2014 Dinitia Smith November 6 2006 Photographs of an Episode That Lives in Infamy The New York Times Gruen Designs Tanforan Round the track Hapsmith Company September 1970 Retrieved 16 February 2022 Tanforan Park Shopping Center First Phase Moves To Completion Round the track Hapsmith Company September 1970 Retrieved 16 February 2022 Tanforan Park Facts Round the track Hapsmith Company September 1970 Retrieved 16 February 2022 First Store Opens At Tanforan Round the track Hapsmith Company October 1970 Retrieved 16 February 2022 a b Reimagining Tanforan Land Use Fact Sheet City of San Bruno California July 27 2021 Retrieved 16 February 2022 Simon Mark March 5 1996 Target Buys Tanforan Emporium San Bruno mall says new store will fit in well San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved 16 February 2022 a b Suburban rehab Shops at Tanforan San Francisco Business Times March 26 2006 Retrieved 16 February 2022 a b c d Duxbury Sarah September 11 2005 San Bruno mall ready to unveil huge makeover San Francisco Business Times Retrieved 16 February 2022 a b c Breznau Shanti Braun Derek W May 4 2011 Draft Baseline Economic Analysis PDF Report City of Capitola Retrieved 16 February 2022 Morente Christine August 31 2005 Shops at Tanforan rarin to go East Bay Times Bay Area News Group Retrieved 16 February 2022 The Shops at Tanforan Brio Engineering Associates Retrieved 16 February 2022 Koch David 1 September 2005 Case Study Tanforan Turnaround National Real Estate Investor The Shops at Tanforan meet hopes San Francisco Examiner May 25 2006 Retrieved 16 February 2022 At Shops at Tanforan Seritage Weinberg Cory August 14 2015 San Bruno s Tanforan shopping mall sells to Australian investor San Francisco Business Times Retrieved 16 February 2022 Reid Scott August 18 2015 QIC Buys Shops at Tanforan in San Bruno for 174 Million Shopping Center Business Retrieved 16 February 2022 Fakhir Dawood 4 May 2018 Seritage Growth to sell Sears asset for 42M PREIT signs leases with Forever 21 S amp P Global Market Intelligence Retrieved 16 February 2022 Tyko Kelly Bomey Nathan November 7 2019 Sears and Kmart store closings 51 Sears 45 Kmart locations to shutter See the list USA Today Retrieved November 7 2019 Nguyen Fliege Chelsea January 7 2022 A big Southern California real estate company paid nearly 450M for 4 Palo Alto buildings Silicon Valley Business Journal Retrieved 16 February 2022 San Bruno City Officials Laud Multimillion Dollar Purchase of Tanforan Mall NBC Bay Area Bay City News February 12 2022 Retrieved 16 February 2022 Costley Drew July 2 2019 San Bruno police investigating shooting at Tanforan Mall 2 wounded SF Gate Retrieved 20 April 2022 Barnard Cornell July 6 2019 Tanforan Mall Shooting Teen shooter in custody second shooter still on the loose ABC 7 News Retrieved 20 April 2022 Hernandez Lauren July 18 2019 Two more suspects arrested in Tanforan mall shooting police say San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved 20 April 2022 Sumagaysay Levi 3 October 2019 Forever 21 plans to close several stores in the Bay Area San Jose Mercury News Waxmann Laura October 26 2021 Alexandria Real Estate scoops up JCPenney shopping center in San Bruno San Francisco Business Times Retrieved 16 February 2022 Reimagining Tanforan City of San Bruno California December 28 2021 Retrieved 16 February 2022 External links Edit San Francisco Bay Area portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Shops at Tanforan Official site San Bruno s History page which reveals some of Tanforan s history Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Shops at Tanforan amp oldid 1125888574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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