Burlington Coat Factory opened in Mervyns’ place in 2007. Mervyn's closed its store in early 2006 along with most of its other Colorado locations. Foley’s rebranded itself to Macy’s in 2006 when Macy’s bought Foley’s’s parent, May Department Stores. In 2000, Old Navy opened its first Colorado Springs location at the mall by renovating eight storefronts' worth of space with a total square footage of 20,037. Joslins became Foley's in 1998 when Foley's's owner, May Department Stores, purchased the location from Dillard's, which had purchased Joslins's owner, Mercantile Stores Co., and subsequently divested itself from stores in malls where Dillard's already had a presence. By the end of the decade, the mall had also added a regulation-size ice arena, a two-story Borders Books, a Ruby Tuesday, a children's play area, a climbing wall, and new nationwide retailers. In 1997, Dillard's opened a three-story new-construction anchor location. In 1996, Carmike Cinemas expanded its location by building six screens in a space vacated by Furr's Cafeteria. In the latter half of the 1990s, Chapel Hills saw a surge of growth thanks to new retailers and a $40 million renovation project. JCPenney moved into the vacated space a year later with a store that attempted to cater to wealthier customers with high-end décor and a limited amount of hardline goods. In 1994, Service Merchandise closed its doors. The mall saw vacancy rates as high as 15 percent during this time. In 1990, Dillard's announced its intent to build its first Colorado Springs location in the Chapel Hills Mall but scrapped those plans to create a new store at The Citadel instead. The presence of several discount retailer anchors like Kmart and Sears likely discouraged higher-end chains from moving to the mall. 1990s ĭuring the early 1990s recession, Chapel Hills lost tenants and struggled to attract new ones. Joslins expanded its storefront in 1987 by 43,000 square feet by taking over vacant space in the mall's lower wing. It included sixty new storefronts and a two-story Mervyn's, totaling around 76,000 additional square feet.
The next significant expansion opened in September 1986. Wilson's was converted into a Service Merchandise when Service Merchandise acquired the whole chain. In March 1985, A 135,000 square foot expansion opened, primarily consisting of a new Joslins. Wilson's Catalog Showrooms, Kmart, and Fashion Bar. Original anchors to the mall were Sears, H.J.
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The mall officially opened on August 4, 1982, although Sears and the six-screen movie theater adjoined to the mall had opened a couple of months prior. Construction on the mall began in late 1979 and finished by mid-1982.
GGP also developed Colorado Springs' other enclosed mall, The Citadel. General Growth Properties (GGP) spearheaded development. Initial development of the Chapel Hills Mall began in the mid-1970s, with the mall project receiving approval from the board of county commissioners in August 1974.
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