Coddingtown Mall is an enclosed

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, United States. Opened in 1962, the mall is anchored by

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, and

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. It is fully owned and operated by Codding Enterprises. Coddingtown is one of two enclosed shopping malls in Santa Rosa, the other being Santa Rosa Plaza, which is located south of Coddingtown in downtown Santa Rosa off US Highway 101.

History

Founding

Coddingtown Mall was built in 1962 by Hugh Codding. Originally an open-air mall, it was enclosed in 1979. The expansion also added Liberty House, which was converted to

in 1984. In 1996, Macy's moved to a spot previously occupied by The Emporium. As a result,

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moved into the former Liberty House/Macy's building. Codding sold a 50% share of the mall to

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in 2005. After the sale to Simon, many merchants criticized Simon for failing to bring chain stores to the mall. A

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supermarket in the mall was demolished in 2008 for a

, whose opening was ultimately delayed until 2010, and Gottschalks closed in 2009.

Modern history

In November 2012, the former Gottschalks building was demolished to make way for a

store, which opened in 2014. Mall officials announced in 2015 that a new building for

would replace the section housing merchants including

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and

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-based band Primus released the song "Coddingtown" as part of the '' Brown Album''. According to the song, "you can get it all down there from tennis balls to glue".

References

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