Oakwood Mall

Oakwood Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The anchor stores are HOM Furniture, JCPenney, Hobby Lobby, Scheels All Sports, and AMC Theatres.[1] There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Sears.

For the shopping mall in the New Orleans, Louisiana area formerly called Oakwood Mall, see Oakwood Center.
Oakwood Mall
LocationEau Claire, Wisconsin
Opening dateOctober 15, 1986 (1986-10-15)
ManagementBrookfield Properties Retail Group
OwnerBrookfield Properties Retail Group
No. of stores and services91
No. of anchor tenants6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area818,689 square feet (76,058.7 m2)
No. of floors1
Websitewww.oakwoodmall.com
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History

The mall opened on October 15, 1986.

It was renovated in 1996.[1]

In 2002, Younkers opened in the mall, in a space formerly occupied by Target.[2]

An addition to the theater was made in 1997.[3]

In March 2017, the Macy's store, which opened as Dayton's in 1991, was closed.[4]

On August 13, 2018, Hobby Lobby opened in the space formerly occupied by Macy's.[5]

On August 27, 2018, Younkers closed when its parent company, The Bon-Ton Stores, was liquidated.[6]

The Sears store closed on November 25, 2018.[7]

HOM furniture purchased the empty Younker's anchor for $2 million in January, 2019.[8][9]

HOM furniture plans to move into the anchor in early 2020 in July, 2019.[10]

KKMBA Eau Claire LLC began renovating the HOM furniture storefront in November, 2019.

References
  1. "Oakwood Mall". Brookfield Properties Retail Group.
  2. McCartney, Butch (November 18, 2001). "Younkers moving into Oakwood Mall". The Spectator.
  3. King, Jenny (September 1, 1997). "Adaptability Is Key In The Hardy Midwest". National Real Estate Investor.
  4. "Macy's plan to close stores including Oakwood Mall to go forward". Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. January 5, 2017.
  5. Dowd, Andrew (October 20, 2017). "Hobby Lobby to occupy Macy's spot at Oakwood Mall". Eau Claire Leader-Telegram.
  6. "Bon-Ton Stores, including Younkers in Eau Claire, start closing sales". Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. April 19, 2018.
  7. Vetter, Chris (August 22, 2018). "Sears in Oakwood Mall to close". Eau Claire Leader-Telegram.
  8. staff, Andrew Dowd Leader-Telegram. "HOM owners buy Eau Claire Younkers store". Leader-Telegram. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  9. Wensel, Samantha (2019-03-11). "HOM Furniture owners buy former Eau Claire Younkers location". WQOW. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  10. staff, Sarah Seifert Leader-Telegram. "HOM to move to former Younkers store next year". Leader-Telegram. Retrieved 2019-12-03.

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