Weberstown Mall
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| Location | Stockton, California |
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| Address | 4950 Pacific Avenue |
| Opening date | 1966 |
| Developer | Charles M. Weber III |
| Owner | Washington Prime Group |
| No. of stores and services | 100+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 855,800 square feet (80,000 m2)[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in Dillard's, JCPenney, and former Sears) |
| Website | weberstown.com |
Weberstown Mall is a small enclosed shopping mall in Stockton, California, United States. Opened in 1966, it is anchored by JCPenney, Dillard's, and Barnes & Noble,[2] with a vacant anchor last occupied by Sears. Weberstown also features Victoria's Secret and its sister store, Pink, as well as Old Navy and Forever 21. It is owned and managed by Washington Prime Group.
Prior to 2022, Weberstown Mall was one of two enclosed shopping malls in Stockton, the other being Sherwood Mall, which is located next door. Sherwood was redeveloped into a conventional shopping center and was renamed Sherwood Place. As a result, Weberstown became the city's lone remaining enclosed shopping mall.
History
[edit]Charles M. Weber III built Weberstown Mall in 1966.[3] The original anchors were Sears and Weinstock's.
Old Navy opened one of its first locations at the mall in 1995, taking over a spot vacated by Pier 1 Imports.[4] In 1996, the Weinstock's store closed when its parent company, Broadway Stores, was acquired the year before by Federated Department Stores, parent company of Macy's, which already had an existing store at Sherwood Mall next door. Two years later, it was purchased by Dillard's to become that chain's first California location.[5] Barnes & Noble moved into the mall in 1997, replacing a store nearby.[6] A year later, Glimcher Realty Trust purchased the mall.
The mall's JCPenney store was slated for closure in 2000, but the decision to close was later overturned.[7]
H&M opened a store in Weberstown in 2014. It was shuttered in 2022.
As of 2024, the Sears store was one of four remaining in California and ten remaining in the continental United States still in operation.[8] However, it closed on August 16, 2024.[9] The Dillard's store has remained the sole Northern California location since its opening in 1998, but is one of three in the state, with the others in El Centro and Palmdale in Southern California.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Weberstown Mall". Glimcher Realty Trust. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Webstown Mall, quoted: 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Weberstown Mall sale official". RecordNet.com. 10 August 1998. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Whipple, Carol (1 March 1995). "Old Navy Clothing Co. takes over Pier 1 Import site". RecordNet.com. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Hood, Jeff (20 April 1998). "Dillard's settling in". RecordNet.com. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Hood, Jeff (23 October 1997). "Barnes & Noble moving to mall". RecordNet.com. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Benston, Liz (9 March 2000). "J.C. Penney: Lodi, Tracy stores to stay open". RecordNet.com. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Tolentino, Aaron (28 December 2023). "Sears in Bay Area is one of 12 remaining US locations". KRON-TV. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Michael. "The saga of Sears and sprawl". Stocktonia News. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
- ^ "Store Locations - Dillard's". Dillard's. Retrieved 6 March 2024.