Santa Rosa Plaza is an enclosed

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Santa Rosa, California Santa Rosa (Spanish language, Spanish for "Rose of Lima, Saint Rose") is a city in and the county seat of Sonoma County, California, Sonoma County, in the North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, Bay A ...

, United States. Opened in 1983, it is anchored by

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with two vacant anchor tenants last occupied by

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and

Forever 21 F21 OpCo LLC, trade name, doing business as Forever 21, was a multinational fast-fashion retailer. It was originally founded as Fashion 21 in Highland Park, Los Angeles, Highland Park, Los Angeles in 1984.Forever 21History & Facts, n.d. Retrieved ...

. The mall is managed by

Simon Property Group Simon Property Group, Inc. is an American real estate investment trust that invests in shopping malls, outlet centers, and community/lifestyle centers. It is the largest owner of shopping malls in the United States and is headquartered in Indian ...

. Santa Rosa Plaza is one of two enclosed shopping malls in Santa Rosa, the other being Coddingtown Mall, which is located north off US Highway 101.

History

The mall was built in downtown Santa Rosa in 1983 with

, and

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, bath products, furniture, jewelry, beauty product ...

as the original anchors, following the demolition of various downtown buildings as part of Santa Rosa's urban renewal project, including the landmark 1923 California Theater. Macy's, the first store in the development, opened in 1981 on the site of the former theater. Development was delayed for many years due to legal disputes between developers Ernest Hahn and Hugh Codding, the latter of whom owned nearby Coddingtown Mall. Codding lost the settlement. In an interview with Gaye LeBaron, Hugh Codding said the construction bonds for the Santa Rosa Plaza were paid in full with property tax revenues from the plaza businesses. Mervyn's closed in 2008 when the chain filed for bankruptcy. Two years later, the first level of the location became Forever 21. In 2015,

Sears Holdings Sears Holdings Corporation was an American holding company headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. It was the parent company of the chain stores Kmart and Sears and was founded after the former purchased the latter in 2005. It was the 20th-l ...

spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Santa Rosa Plaza, into Seritage Growth Properties. On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide. The store closed on January 6, 2019. The first level is now Home Interiors Furniture.

closed after the holiday season of 2023, leaving Macy's as the only anchor. On May 2, 2025, the famous Agraria hand sculpture was removed from the mall's entrance near B street after nearly 30 years as a downtown landmark. The sculpture will be moved north to Geyserville

References

External links

Official website
Buildings and structures in Santa Rosa, California Shopping malls established in 1983 Shopping malls in the San Francisco Bay Area Simon Property Group Economy of Santa Rosa, California {{US-mall-stub