 The sign that directs shoppers outside the mall | |
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| Location | Milpitas, California, United States |
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| Opening date | September 22, 1994; 31 years ago (September 22, 1994) |
| Developer | Ford Motor Land Development and Petrie Dierman Kughn |
| Management | Simon Property Group |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| Stores and services | 196 |
| Anchor tenants | 9 |
| Floor area | 1,366,123 square feet (126,917.0 m2) |
| Floors | 1 |
| Public transit |   Great Mall  Milpitas |
| Website | www |
TheGreat Mall of the Bay Area (often simply calledThe Great Mall or justGreat Mall) is a large indoor outletshopping mall inMilpitas, California built byFord Motor Land Development and Petrie Dierman Kughn in 1994. It was acquired byMills Corporation in 2003, and by theSimon Property Group in April 2007. The mall contains approximately 1.4 million square feet of gross leaseable area.[1] The anchor stores areCentury Theatres,Kohl's,Dick's Sporting Goods, Home Interiors Furniture, Q,Saks Off 5th,Marshalls,Burlington,Dave & Buster's and theLegoland Discovery Center. The mall formerly had aNeiman Marcus Last Call outlet.
The Mall was formerly theFord Motor Company’sSan Jose Assembly Plant that was built in 1955. The plant closed down in 1983 in part due to increasing competition with Japanese auto manufacturers. In the early 1990s, developers resized the former plant and converted it into a mall. Today, anoak tree with a plaque commemorating Great Mall's history stands in the southwest section of itsparking lot.
The Great Mall of the Bay Area, which opened on September 22, 1994, was developed as a joint venture between Ford Motor Land Development Corporation ofDearborn, Michigan and Petrie Dierman Kughn ofMcLean, Virginia.
In 2016, it was announced that the mall would be undergoing renovation in the spring.[2]
The Great Mall of the Bay Area sits at the intersection of Great Mall Parkway (which becomes Capitol Avenue when it crosses Montague Expressway) andMontague Expressway. The Parc Metropolitan apartments lie to the north of the mall. A few inns are also located at the south entrance of the mall.
Great Mall, unlike many other malls (but like mostMills malls), is a "flat" mall with only one story and an oval racetrack layout with six neighborhoods. The mall is currently laid out in this fashion because the existing main structure was aFord automobile assembly plant and was not designed to serve as a shopping center.
Based ongross leasable area, the Great Mall of the Bay Area is the largest outlet mall and the8th largest mall in California. It was once the largest mall inNorthern California, but has now been surpassed by others. Like other malls, Great Mall also has afood court, which can be accessed through Entrance 4.
The Great Mall of the Bay Area is close to theSanta Clara Valley Transportation Authority'sGreat Mall station. Many VTA bus routes and also one byAC Transit stop at this transit center. The light rail station is elevated in the median of Great Mall Parkway.Bay Area Rapid Transit opened service toMilpitas station on June 13, 2020, providing access to the Great Mall and connections with VTA and AC Transit.[3]
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