Uptown Hutch
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| Location | Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 38°03′54″N 97°54′05″W / 38.0649°N 97.9014°W |
| Address | 1500 E 11th Ave, Hutchinson, KS 67501 |
| Opening date | 1986 |
| Previous names | Hutchinson Mall |
| Developer | Melvin Simon & Associates |
| Management | Laura Barb, General Manager |
| Owner | Rockstep Hutchinson, LLC |
| No. of stores and services | 15 (more than 50 at its peak) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 (1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 603,162 square feet (56,035.6 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Public transit access |  Rcat |
Uptown Hutch, formerly Hutchinson Mall, is a shopping mall in Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S. Built in 1986, it features Orscheln Farm & Home, Hobby Lobby, Dunham's Sports, TJ Maxx, Hutch Vintage Market, and Ollie's Bargain Outlet as its anchor stores.
History
[edit]Melvin Simon & Associates (now Simon Property Group) first confirmed the mall's development in 1983.[1] Upon opening in March 1985, the mall had six anchor stores: JCPenney, Sears, Dillard's, Service Merchandise, Walmart, and Newman's. Major tenants of the mall upon opening included KB Toys, Kinney Shoes, Claire's, Zales Jewelers, Regis Salon, and B. Dalton.[2] Walmart left the mall in 1994 in favor of a larger store to the northeast. By the end of the year, their former location at the mall was sold to Hobby Lobby. Also by this point, Newman's had closed and was replaced by a larger movie theater, while the existing one inside the mall was converted to additional stores.[3]
In March 2012, Dillards announced that they would close in June of that year.[4] In January of 2014, Sears announced that they would close their store at the mall by April as Sears decided to not renew their lease.[5] During the summer of 2016, Dunham's Sports began hiring for a store the company would put in the mall by October that would replace the Sears.[6] In February of 2017, JCPenney announced that the company would be closing their location at the Hutchinson Mall.[7] At the time of JCPenney's closure, the mall had 36 vacant store fronts.[7] In 2021, the former location of JCPenney was subdivided between Ollie's Bargain Outlet and an antique shop called Hutch Vintage Market.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "80-store suburban mall planned in Hutchinson". The Wichita Eagle. January 11, 1983. pp. 1C, 4C. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ "Melvin Simon developer strives to become a part of the community". Hutchinson News. March 3, 1985. pp. 3A. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ "Mall hobby store may open by Christmas". Hutchinson News. November 29, 1994. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ "Dillard's closing clouds future of Hutchinson Mall". Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ^ "Sears store at Hutch Mall will close". Retrieved 2014-01-03.
- ^ "Dunham's Sports hiring for Hutchinson Mall store". Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ^ a b "J.C Penney closure will impact Hutchinson residents". Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ^ "Ollie's coming to Uptown Hutch". Hutch Post. January 8, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2022.