Somersville Towne Center
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Somersville Towne Center is a regional shopping mall
located in Antioch, California
. Previously named County East Mall until 2004, the 501259 square feet (46,568.5 m²) mall is managed by The Macerich Company. Originally opened in 1966, it is strategically positioned in one of the fastest growing areas of the San Francisco Bay
area, east Contra Costa County
. Along with high population growth, east Contra Costa County is also experiencing sizable household income increases.
Somersville Towne Center is the only enclosed regional mall in east Contra Costa County. The mall is anchored by Macy's
, Sears
, and Marshall's.
as the original anchor tenants. In the mid-1970s, JCPenney replaced Grant's as the mall's third anchor. A major overhaul in the late-1980s transformed the mall into an enclosed shopping center with Gottschalks added as a fourth anchor tenant. JCPenney closed on January 25, 1997, and was occupied for several years by a furniture retailer until the 97000 square feet (9,011.6 m²) building was gutted in 2003 and replaced by the larger Macy's anchor in 2004. Further expansion brought in Marshall's as a fifth anchor in March 2008. In August 2008, Mervyns announced it would close several underperforming stores, including the Somersville Towne Center location.
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
located in Antioch, California
Antioch, California
Antioch is a city in Contra Costa County, California. Located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta, it is a suburb of San Francisco and Oakland. The city's population was 102,372 at the U.S...
. Previously named County East Mall until 2004, the 501259 square feet (46,568.5 m²) mall is managed by The Macerich Company. Originally opened in 1966, it is strategically positioned in one of the fastest growing areas of the San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
area, east Contra Costa County
Contra Costa County, California
Contra Costa County is a primarily suburban county in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,049,025...
. Along with high population growth, east Contra Costa County is also experiencing sizable household income increases.
Somersville Towne Center is the only enclosed regional mall in east Contra Costa County. The mall is anchored by Macy's
Macy's
Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
, Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...
, and Marshall's.
Current
- SearsSears, Roebuck and CompanySears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...
(66500 square feet (6,178.1 m²), opened 1966) - Macy'sMacy'sMacy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
(106685 square feet (9,911.4 m²), opened June 2004) - Marshall's (27000 square feet (2,508.4 m²), opened March 2008)
- 24 Hour Fitness (30939 square feet (2,874.3 m²))
Former
- W.T. Grant 1966-1975, later replaced by JCPenney
- JCPenney 1975-2003, replaced by larger Macy's
- Mervyn's 1966-2008, now vacant
History
County East Mall was opened in 1966 as an open-air mall with Sears, Mervyns, and W. T. GrantW. T. Grant
W. T. Grant or Grants was a United States-based chain of mass-merchandise stores founded by William Thomas Grant that operated from 1906 until 1976. The stores were generally of the variety store format located in downtowns.-History:...
as the original anchor tenants. In the mid-1970s, JCPenney replaced Grant's as the mall's third anchor. A major overhaul in the late-1980s transformed the mall into an enclosed shopping center with Gottschalks added as a fourth anchor tenant. JCPenney closed on January 25, 1997, and was occupied for several years by a furniture retailer until the 97000 square feet (9,011.6 m²) building was gutted in 2003 and replaced by the larger Macy's anchor in 2004. Further expansion brought in Marshall's as a fifth anchor in March 2008. In August 2008, Mervyns announced it would close several underperforming stores, including the Somersville Towne Center location.