 Antioch Center on Antioch Crossing's current site | |
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| Location | Kansas City, Missouri,USA |
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| Coordinates | 39°11′31″N94°32′49″W / 39.1920°N 94.5470°W /39.1920; -94.5470 |
| Opening date | 1956 |
| Closing date | 2012 |
| Owner | Antioch Redevelopment Partners, LLC |
| No. ofanchor tenants | 2 (1 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Public transit access |  RideKC |
Antioch Crossing is a shopping center inKansas City, Missouri on the site of the formerAntioch Center, a mall which opened in 1956 and became nearly vacant by 2005.[1] The majority of the formerdead mall was demolished in January 2012, with the exception of twoanchor stores (Burlington Coat Factory andSears), and redevelopment on the site began in 2014.[2] The shopping center is currently anchored byBurlington Coat Factory,Walmart Neighborhood Market,Vintage Stock, and a vacant space previously occupied bySears until July 2017.
Antioch Center was ashopping mall located in the northern part ofKansas City, Missouri,United States, just south of the border forGladstone, MO. The mall began business as an open-air shopping center in 1956, with about 80 store spaces on two levels.[3][4] In 1974, aSears store was added.[3] Further renovation came in 1978, when the mall was fully enclosed.[5] After the enclosure, most of the stores had both an interior entrance, as well as an exterior entrance.Macy's (Kansas City division) was an original anchor store. It was converted to theDillard's nameplate in 1986 and that ofBurlington Coat Factory in 1992. Other anchor stores that operated at the mall includedLevitz Furniture, as well asPayless Cashways, ahome improvement store.[6][7] Antioch Center was also once home to the first location forShowBiz Pizza Place, which later converted intoChuck E. Cheese's.[8] Antioch Center also housed a branch of theForum Cafeterias, the chain's first suburban location.
In mid-1990s, the mall began a downward spiral and became increasingly vacant, until the only remaining stores wereSears,Burlington Coat Factory, and Catherine's Plus Sizes. Plans were announced in October 2004 to rebuild the dying mall as a 450,000-square-foot (42,000 m2) open-air, mixed use complex, consisting of severalbig-box stores.[9][10] This redevelopment was stymied by the economic recession of the late 2000s and was not carried out. Inside access to Antioch Center was ultimately blocked off and the mall sat empty for several years until it was finally demolished in January 2012, leaving only Sears and Burlington Coat Factory standing.
In 2014, the center was renamed Antioch Crossing, and a redevelopment project began at the site.Walmart Neighborhood Market opened at the site in late 2014, whileVintage Stock and other retailers opened in 2015 and beyond.[2]
On May 16, 2017, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 30 stores nationwide. The store closed in July 2017.[11]
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