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Eastridge, officially Eastridge Center, is a shopping mall in
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, located in the
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district of
East San Jose East Side San Jose (abbreviated as ESSJ), commonly called The East Side and less commonly as the East Valley, is the eastern region of the city of San Jose, California. The East Side is made up of numerous neighborhoods grouped into two larger ...
. Eastridge opened as the largest mall on the West Coast in 1971 and has been redesigned multiple times throughout its history, most recently in 2017.Eastridge - About
/ref> Eastridge serves as an important community hub in Evergreen and the larger East Side, hosting farmers markets, holiday celebrations, and community events. The anchor stores are
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,
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,
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.


History

The mall opened on May 17, 1971, with the original anchors of
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, Liberty House, J. C. Penney, Joseph Magnin Co., and
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 ...
. Eastridge Center was the largest enclosed
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in the
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. Emporium-Capwell replaced Liberty House when the chain pulled out of California. After Macy's bought Emporium-Capwell, the store was closed. It sat vacant until the 2005 remodel when it was demolished. In 1993, the Spillman Engineering 3 Abroad
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, made c.1920 by
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was restored and placed in the mall. The carousel has been listed on the
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since 2000. In February 2012, two teenage boys were stabbed and left in critical condition at the mall, which led to J. C. Penney and Macy's closing temporarily. In the wake of the
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, a mysterious package was thrown into an AMC theater at Eastridge during a showing of ''
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'', which led to an evacuation of the theater. On July 20, 2012, a fire broke out near the mall at a homeless encampment in a 100-by-100 ft area, but was extinguished before the fire could reach any buildings. On January 15, 2016, a joint adventure between Pacific Retail Capital Partners and Silverpeak Real Estate Partners acquired the mall from GGP for $225 million, excluding the Sears and Macy's stores. The new owners announced that they will invest approximately $15 million to upgrade the mall. In March 2017, a renovation of the mall was announced. In December 2017, it was announced that Barnes & Noble would close its store in the mall in January 2018. On November 7, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing this location as part of a plan to close 96 stores nationwide. The store closed on February 2, 2020. In 2017, Eastridge underwent its most recent and largest renovation. As part of the renovation, the Eastridge Murals were painted. In January 2024, Jiashu Xu purchased Eastridge for $135 million from Pacific Retail.


Eastridge Murals

As part of the major renovation of Eastridge in 2017, the four Eastridge Murals were commissioned, which constitute the world's largest murals on a shopping center. The four murals cover a total of 20,000 square feet of artwork and carried out by four different artists: Aaron de la Cruz, Brendan Monroe, CYRCLE, and Lila Gemellos.Pacific Retail - Eastridge Redevelopment Mural Project
/ref> File:Eastridge Murals (Aaron de la Cruz) 0901 (cropped).jpg, Mural by Aaron de la Cruz


Location

Eastridge is located in the
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district of
East San Jose East Side San Jose (abbreviated as ESSJ), commonly called The East Side and less commonly as the East Valley, is the eastern region of the city of San Jose, California. The East Side is made up of numerous neighborhoods grouped into two larger ...
. It is bound on the east by the Capitol Expressway. Nearby landmarks include Lake Cunningham and Raging Waters San Jose. Reid-Hillview Airport is located north of Eastridge, across Tully Road.


Transportation

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) operates the Eastridge Transit Center on the northeast edge of the mall along Capitol Expressway.


In popular culture

A scene from
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's '' The Candidate'' (1972) was filmed at Eastridge.
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Five Things You Didn't Know About Eastridge
/ref> Several scenes of
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(1976) were filmed at Eastridge.


References


External links


Eastridge Center official site
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