Santa Fe Place is an enclosed shopping center in

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. Formerly named Villa Linda Mall, Santa Fe Place is one of two enclosed malls in Santa Fe. Santa Fe Place is the largest mall in Northern New Mexico, and fourth in the state.

History

Developed by Herring Marathon Group, Villa Linda Mall opened in 1985. The mall changed hands frequently around the turn of the century. Its ownership changed from First Union in 1997 to

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in 1999, then to

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in 2001. After being purchased by Greenfield and Associates in fall 2004, the mall underwent a $10 million renovation that included a new roof. The mall celebrated its grand opening as Santa Fe Place in November 2005.

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purchased the mall in 2007 followed by Trademark Property in 2010. Spinoso Real Estate Group owned and managed the property between 2014 and 2023. Ownership undertook significant renovations and upgrades to the common area during 2014-15 and to the food court in 2019. In 2021, Spinoso Real Estate Group announced plans to develop "Escarpa", a luxury three story apartment complex on the property. The following year, plans to construct a

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on the northeast side of the property were also announced.

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purchased the property in 2023.

Stores

The mall's present anchor stores are

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Dillard's Dillard's, Inc. is an upscale American department store chain with approximately 282 stores in 29 states and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. Currently, the largest number of stores are located in Texas with 57 and Florida with 42. The ...

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and

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. One of the original anchor stores, Bealls, closed in 1989 to make way for the northern

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theater, which opened in 1991.

Mervyn's Mervyn's was an American middle-scale department store chain based in Hayward, California, and founded by Mervin G. Morris (1920–2021). It carried national brands of clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics ...

was also one of the original anchors, but closed in 2008 due to bankruptcy.

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took Mervyn's former location in 2013. Around that same time

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also went bankrupt, leaving a large vacant location. JCPenney moved from Santa Fe's first mall,

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, Sears moved from its Downtown location. In 2011, United Artists North, then known as the only "discount theater" in Santa Fe, closed. In 2016,

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and

Bed Bath & Beyond Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is an American chain of domestic merchandise retail stores. The chain operates many stores in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Bed Bath & Beyond was founded in 1971. It is counted among the Fortune 5 ...

opened stores there.

closed in 2016 due to bankruptcy. Conn's HomePlus took over the space in 2022. In 2017,

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shuttered its Santa Fe location. During the same year,

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relocated, renovated and added

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to their location, H&M,

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and

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opened new-to-market locations, while

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(formerly United Artists) announced its return to the center after a full renovation of the space. In 2019, arts and crafts store

relocated to the center, occupying the former Sears location. In October of 2022 a new to market

2nd & Charles Books-A-Million, Inc., also known as BAM!, is a bookstore chain in the United States, operating 260 stores in 32 states. Stores range in size from 4,000 to 30,000 square feet and sell books, magazines, manga, collectibles, toys, technology, ...

was announced, occupying the last remaining part of the old

. In 2023, Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy, resulting with the closer of the Santa Fe location.

Name change

The mall has had one name change since its grand opening. In 2005, the "Villa Linda Mall" changed to "Santa Fe Place".

Anchor tenants

Junior anchors

* H&M * Shoe Department Encore

Food court

Originally the food court at Santa Fe Place was named ''El Mercado''. The food court hosted 12 restaurants, an arcade, and the United Artists South movie theater. After changing management, ''El Mercado'' was changed to ''The Market'', after renovation. The Market can house 6 restaurants, due to Foot Action previously occupying the other half of the court. When renovated, the seating area was leveled. In 2020, Spinoso Real Estate Group remodeled the food court, along with adding
Ropes Course
as the centerpiece
Rad Retrocade
also will fill the former Jets Arcade location.

References

External links

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Spinoso Real Estate Group
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