Cherry Creek Shopping Center facts for kids
Cherry Creek Center atrium and playground in 2007
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| Location | Denver, Colorado |
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| Management | Taubman Realty Group |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| No. of stores and services | 160+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,032,000 sq ft (95,900 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
The Cherry Creek Shopping Center is a popular mall in Denver, Colorado. It is also known as Cherry Creek Center. You can find it about 3.5 miles southeast of downtown Denver. The mall is located right by the Cherry Creek river. It features many well-known stores. These include Macy's, Nordstrom, Restoration Hardware, and Neiman Marcus.
The Cherry Creek Center first opened in 1953. It received a big update and renovation in 1990. Today, it has three main department stores: Neiman Marcus, Macy's, and Nordstrom. Many special stores, like Louis Vuitton and Burberry, have their only Colorado locations here. The only other place to find them is in Aspen.
The mall also has an eight-screen movie theater. This theater is run by AMC Theatres. The Simon Property Group manages the mall. They do this through their company, Taubman Realty Group.
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How the Mall Area Changed Over Time
This shopping center is built on land that has a very interesting history. In the 1920s, a man named Temple Hoyne Buell bought this large piece of land. Back then, it was just an empty, grassy field.
Before the mall was built, people dug up sand from a big pit here. After all the sand was gone, the city used this pit. They filled it with trash in the 1940s. This helped keep the city clean and manage waste.
Once the pit was full, the very first Cherry Creek shopping center was built on top of it. This first part was designed in 1949 by Temple Buell himself. It is still used today. It sits next to the bigger mall that was updated in 1990. For many years, the spot where Bed Bath & Beyond used to be was home to other big stores. These included The Denver Dry Goods Company.
Main Stores You Can Find Here
These are some of the biggest and most popular stores at Cherry Creek Shopping Center:
- Nordstrom: This store opened in 2007. It is located where a Lord & Taylor store used to be.
- Macy's: This large department store became Macy's in 2006. It was once known as May D&F.
- Restoration Hardware: This store opened in 2015. It is built on the site where Saks Fifth Avenue once stood.
- Neiman Marcus: This luxury department store has been a part of the mall since 1991.
Stores That Used to Be Here
Over the years, some well-known stores have changed at the mall:
- Lord & Taylor: This store opened in 1990. It closed its doors in 2005. Nordstrom later moved into its space in 2007.
- Saks Fifth Avenue: This store also opened in 1990. It closed in 2011. The building was then taken down. Restoration Hardware was built on that site in 2015.
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Vacant Denver Dry Building, part of the first Cherry Creek mall
