Park Place (Tucson, Arizona)


Park Place is a large indoor shopping mall located on the East Side of Tucson, Arizona, United States.

History

Park Place was originally dedicated as Park Mall in May 1975, but was renovated beginning in 1998 and renamed Park Place the following year. The mall is named after Sears Park, which was previously located at the same site and included what was originally a standalone Sears store, which became the current mall's major anchor. The original stores that opened along with Sears were additional anchors The Broadway, Furr’s Cafeteria, Mann Theatres, and Diamond's, as well as 51 other stores. In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Park Place, into Sertiage Growth Properties. The Sears store later closed in 2018 as part of the company's ongoing financial woes, and was replaced by a Round1 in October 2019. The electric substation on the premises is named Sears Substation because it was there a decade before the mall was built. From 1970 to 1996 the owner was the mall's original developer, Joseph Kivel. On May 28, 2020, it was announced that Macy's would be closing which will leave Dillard's as the only traditional anchor left.

Renovation

The, $100 million renovation, completed in 2001, was recognized that year as a Reader's Pick for Best Contemporary Architecture in Tucson Weekly's Best of Tucson awards.
The mall features three anchor stores, a food court, a Southwest-themed children's play area, and a cineplex with 20 screens. A number of full-service restaurants are also located on site.