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Antelope Valley Mall

Antelope Valley Mall
The Antelope Valley Mall in the foreground.
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Location1233 Rancho Vista Blvd Palmdale, California 93551
Coordinates34°36′17″N 118°09′09″W / 34.60472°N 118.15250°W / 34.60472; -118.15250
Opening dateSeptember 1990
DeveloperForest City Enterprises
ManagementCentennial
OwnerCentennial
No. of stores and services140
No. of anchor tenants6 (4 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2)
No. of floors1 (2 in Dillard's)
Parking10,000 spaces
Websitewww.av-mall.com

Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California, in the Antelope Valley.

Opened in September 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (93,000 m2). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0.5 by 0.5 miles (800 by 800 m).

The main indoor mall currently has about 140 stores with 5 anchor stores, 2 of which are closed - Macy's (formerly Gottschalks), JCPenney, the first Dillard's in Southern California, Sears (closed), and Forever 21 (closed, formerly Mervyns). The mall also has a large Dick's Sporting Goods, which opened in 2014 in a suite originally occupied by Harris and another Gottschalks store.[1] Three other anchors, Bullock's, The Broadway, and J. W. Robinson's were planned, but never opened.

In 2007, the mall went through an extensive renovation that moved the old 10-screen theater to a replacement Cinemark 16-screen "stadium-style seating" theater in the north ring road area.[citation needed]

Mervyns closed in December 2008 and became Forever 21 in 2009. Forever 21 closed in 2018.[citation needed]

On June 22, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 28 stores nationwide. Sears closed on September 6, 2020.[2]

In 2022 the mall was acquired by Bridge Group Investments for $60 million.[3]

  1. ^ "Dick's Sporting Goods coming to AV Mall". theavtimes.com.
  2. ^ Shoulberg, Warren. "Total Sears And Kmart Store Count Going Down To Just 95". Forbes.
  3. ^ Welk, Hannah Madans (2022-12-12). "Joint Venture Buys Antelope Valley Mall for $60 Million". San Fernando Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2023-02-09.