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Jordan Creek Town Center is a super-regional shopping mall and lifestyle center in the American city of West Des Moines, Iowa. The facility, managed by General Growth Properties, is the largest shopping complex in the state of Iowa with a total gross leasable area of 2 million square feet (185,000 m²) . The mall is named after Jordan Creek, a tributary of the Raccoon River that was named after James Cunningham Jordan, the first person to settle in what is now West Des Moines.
History
In May 2000, General Growth unveiled plans to build an upscale shopping complex on a 200-acre site at 74th Street (later renamed Jordan Creek Parkway) and E.P. True Parkway in West Des Moines. Two of the Des Moines area's existing malls, Merle Hay Mall and Valley West Mall, promptly sued the city of West Des Moines, claiming that it was illegal to use public money from tax increment financing to make improvements around the mall. The Iowa Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit on February 27, 2002, allowing construction of the $200 million complex to begin later that year.
Jordan Creek Town Center opened on August 4, 2004. Nearly 17 million shoppers visited the center in its first year, and the center was credited for increasing taxable sales in Dallas County by 78 percent during its first nine months of operation amidst concerns that it would have a negative impact on sales in neighboring Polk County.
Layout
The town center has 146 retailers and is comprised of three districts:
- The Shopping District is a two-level enclosed shopping center anchored by Younkers, Dillard's, and Scheels All Sports. (Younkers replaced Famous-Barr when they pulled out of the project a year before the mall opened.) Other tenants of the Shopping District include Abercrombie & Fitch, Apple, Barnes & Noble, the Cheesecake Factory, Pottery Barn, The Sharper Image, Starbucks, and Williams-Sonoma. The mall also includes a 20-screen movie theater complex run by Century Theatres, a food court, and a children's play area. A fourth anchor space between Younkers and Scheels was part of the original plans for the mall, but no retailer has committed to that space yet and the fourth anchor remains unbuilt.
- The Lake District features a 3.5 acre (14,000 m²) lake with walking trails, a boardwalk with waterfront dining, a Residence Inn by Marriott hotel, and an amphitheater. Several casual dining restaurant chains have opened by the lake, including P.F. Chang's China Bistro and Joe's Crab Shack.
- The Village District has an open-air design which features large and specialty retailers. Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Costco, DSW, Old Navy, and PETCO are among the stores in that district.
References
External links
- Jordan Creek Town Center
- General Growth's profile
- Jordan Creek Town Center aerial photo from Iowa State University's Geographical Map Server
- Jordan Creek Town Center photo gallery from AbsoluteDSM.com
- Jordan Creek Town Center-related stories from the Des Moines Register
Shopping malls in Iowa | 2004 establishments | West Des Moines, Iowa
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