Chico Marketplace (formerly Chico Mall) is an enclosed shopping mall in Chico, California, United States. Opened in 1988, it features JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods and At Home as its anchor stores, with Burlington, HomeGoods, Petco, Boot Barn and Planet Fitness as junior anchors.
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| Location | Chico, California, United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°43′46″N 121°48′19″W / 39.729425°N 121.805284°W |
| Address | 1950 E. 20th Street |
| Opening date | 1988 |
| Developer | James J. Cordano[1] |
| Owner | Centennial Realty |
| No. of stores and services | 65+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 8 |
| Total retail floor area | 528,397 square feet (49,089.7 m2)[2] |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in JCPenney) |
| Parking | 2,607 spaces |
| Website | https://www.shopchicomarketplace.com/ |
History
editChico Marketplace originally opened in 1988 as Chico Mall. Its original anchor stores were Troutman's Emporium, Gottschalks, Longs Drugs, and Sears. Longs Drugs was soon converted to a JCPenney store, which moved from North Valley Plaza, a former competing shopping mall that has since converted into a conventional shopping center. As a result, Longs moved its store to nearby Paradise.[3] Upon opening, the mall had over 95 stores and cost more than $4 million to build.[4]
Following the bankruptcy and closing of the Troutman's store, it was converted to Dick's Sporting Goods in 2012.[5] Prior to this addition, original mall expansion plans instead called for demolishing the former Troutman's building, then home to a local furniture store, in favor of a new lifestyle center wing.[6]
After Gottschalks went out of business, its space became a Forever 21 store in 2009,[7] which closed in 2020 as part of a plan to close 111 stores nationwide.[8]
Sears, the last remaining original anchor store, announced on June 6, 2017, that it would close the Chico Mall store in September 2017 as part of a plan to close 72 stores nationwide.[9]
On May 13, 2020, Chico Mall was renamed to its current moniker as part of its reopening from the COVID-19 lockdown that shuttered the mall in March 2020. Along with the reopening was the addition of Planet Fitness, which opened on July 28, 2020, replacing the mall's food court,[10] and H&M, which opened on September 24, 2020.
In 2021, Burlington, Petco and HomeGoods all opened throughout the year in the anchor building that formerly housed Gottschalks and Forever 21.[11] Western wear retailer Boot Barn filled the remaining spot in 2023.
On February 8, 2023, home furnishings retailer At Home opened in the former Sears.[12]
References
edit- ^ Directory of Shopping Centers in the United States. National Research Bureau. 1990. p. 122.
- ^ "Leasing sheet" (PDF). Centennial Realty. Retrieved 8 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Mau, Sally (June 25, 2017). "News of our Past: Hamilton City wants its own high school". Chico ER. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Urseny, Laura (August 4, 2013). "Biz Bits: Hard to believe Chico Mall is a quarter century young". Oroville MR. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ Urseny, Laura (August 23, 2012). "Dick's Sporting Goods to open in Chico Mall". Chico ER. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Klein, Jenn (January 20, 2008). "'Middle-aged' mall hopes to expand". Chico Enterprise-Record. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Some shoppers wait hours for Forever 21's grand opening". Chico ER. August 16, 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Forever 21 in Chico to close". Chico Enterprise-Record. 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ Urseny, Laura (June 7, 2017). "Sears will close Chico store in early September". Chico ER. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ "Planet Fitness finds a new universe inside Chico Mall". KRCR NewsChannel 7. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "HomeGoods celebrates grand opening at Chico Marketplace". KRCR NewsChannel 7. 2021-03-04. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Blevens, Jennie (February 25, 2023). "Home goods stores closing down but Chico mall is getting a new one". Chico Enterprise-Record. Retrieved 1 December 2023.