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Chesterfield Mall was a
shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually Anchor tenant, anchored by department stores. The term ''mall'' originally meant pedestrian zone, a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s, i ...
in Chesterfield,
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, at the intersection of
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/ U.S. Routes 40- 61 and Clarkson Road ( Route 340). The mall opened in 1976, built by Richard Jacobs. With the closing of Northwest Plaza in
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in 2010, Chesterfield Mall became the largest shopping mall in the
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. The mall's stores are all currently closed, including its three anchor stores, the last having closed in November 2022. The entire mall closed permanently on August 31, 2024, for demolition and construction of a mixed-use development.


History

The mall was developed by the and Richard E. Jacobs Group and opened on September 1, 1976, as the sister mall to Jamestown Mall in Florissant, Missouri. The mall's original two anchor stores were
Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears ( ), is an American chain of department stores and online retailer founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosen ...
and Stix, Baer, and Fuller. Two years later in 1978, the four-screen Chesterfield Mall 4 Cinema opened in a separate building adjacent to the mall, near Stix. In 1981, a
Famous-Barr The Famous-Barr Co. (originally Famous and Barr Co.) was a division of Macy's, Inc. (formerly Federated Department Stores). Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, in the Railway Exchange Building, it was the flagship store of The May Departmen ...
anchor store opened. Three years later in 1984,
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replaced Stix, Baer, and Fuller, after buying them. In 1995, a new Famous-Barr anchor store was built adjacent to the former space, which
JCPenney Penney OpCo LLC , Trade name, doing business as JCPenney (colloquially Penney's and abbreviated JCP) is an American department store chain store, chain with 649 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. It is managed as part of the Catalys ...
later took over. The mall was renovated in 1996. In 2000, the four-screen cinema closed. In 2002, the mall was purchased by Westfield and renamed Westfield Shoppingtown Chesterfield. In 2005, the JCPenney anchor store closed and the space was demolished. It was replaced by multiple smaller shops and restaurants, including
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(then V-Stock),
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, an
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store, a food court, and a 14-screen
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, on a new third floor. In 2007, the mall was sold to
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.
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closed in 2011 and was replaced with V∙Stock. Anchor store Dillard's closed temporarily in September 2016, due to flooding following a water main break. The store was expected to reopen in 2017, but in early 2018 the company announced the location would permanently close. The building remains vacant, but Dillard’s announced in 2024 that it will re-open its Chesterfield location as part of the future Downtown Chesterfield redevelopment project. The mall was placed in receivership in the third quarter of 2016, pending foreclosure, with management transferred to
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while a new owner was sought. The foreclosure finalized in June 2017, making C-III Capital Partners the temporary owner. The mall's anchor stores, though attached to the mall, are owned separately.
Hull Property Group Hull Property Group is a shopping mall management company based in Augusta, Georgia. It was founded in 1977. The company owns, manages, and re-develops shopping malls in relatively small communities, mainly in the south and mid-west United States ...
purchased the mall in 2018, In March 2018, the St. Louis area's only
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store in the mall, closed. On May 31, 2018, it was announced Sears would close, as a part of a plan to close 72 stores nationwide, also including the nearby
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location. Sears closed on September 2, 2018, leaving Macy's the last remaining anchor. In late 2018, the AMC Cinema was downgraded to an AMC Classic. In February 2020, The Staenberg Group bought the mall from Hull Property Group and announced plans to spend nearly $1 billion redeveloping the property. In 2021, vacant parts of the mall were repurposed for indoor community sports and other "eclectic tenants". Macy's closed their anchor store on November 11, 2022. They opened a smaller Market by Macy's in nearby Chesterfield Commons. Liquidation sales started in early September, leaving the mall with no anchors left, basically turning it into a
dead mall A dead mall, also known as a ghost mall or zombie mall, is a shopping mall that has low consumer traffic or is deteriorating in some manner. Many malls in North America are considered "dead" when they have no surviving anchor store or successor ...
. In May 2023, the AMC Classic Chesterfield 14 closed permanently. Liquidation sales of the mall's fixtures began in early May 2023. Redevelopment plans call for the mall to be turned into a mixed-use property with housing, office, dining, and retail called Downtown Chesterfield, set to begin construction once the mall finishes demolition. In 2024 the central lower level was turned into pickle ball and badminton courts owned by Arch Badminton & Pickle ball. During the last months the mall was filled with loud sounds of paddles clanking against pickle balls. V-Stock closed on July 28, 2024. The Cheesecake Factory closed on August 18, 2024, leaving the mall completely vacant. The entire mall closed permanently on August 31, 2024, and demolition began on October 15, 2024, continuing into April 2025. The former Macy's and Dillard's buildings remain standing for future use.


References


External links


Chesterfield Mall website

Hull Property Group
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