Karcher Mall
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Karcher Mall is an enclosed shopping mall
located in Nampa
, Idaho
, U.S.
. The mall opened in August 1965 with Buttrey Food & Drug
, Rasco/Tempo Company, and Skaggs Drug Centers
as anchor store
s. The mall was the largest shopping center in the Treasure Valley
until 1988 when the Boise Towne Square Mall
was opened in Boise
. The new mall directed traffic away for the Karcher Mall and several retailers, including 20-year-old anchor JCPenney
, departed the mall to move to Boise. Since then, the mall has been sold to numerous owners, each of which attempted to revitalize the mall to mixed results. Today, the mall has 28 stores, including anchor stores Burlington Coat Factory
, Discount Furniture, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Macy's
Clearance Center, and Ross Dress for Less, and is owned by Milan Properties, Inc.
, Rasco/Tempo Company, and Skaggs Drug Centers
. During 1967, Daum Industries persuaded JCPenney to open a department store at the two-year-old shopping center. After settling an agreement, JCPenney shuttered four nearby stores in Nampa, Caldwell
, Emmett
, and Payette
before opeing its two-level, 134000 square feet (12,449 m²) store in 1968.
The mall was expanded even more in August 1973, adding two more department stores, including Boise, Idaho
-based Falk's Idaho Department Store and Seattle, Washington
-based The Bon Marché
, and a two-screen theater, Karcher Twin Theaters. A free-standing Ernst hardware store was added in late 1976. In 1986, Karcher Mall featured 74 businesses when it was sold from Daum Industries to Los Angeles
-based Standard Management Co. for about $14 million and in 1987, the mall underwent a $1 million renovation just as Great Falls, Montana
-based Sletten Companies was developing a major shopping mall in nearby Boise
.
, a much larger two-leveled shopping mall, was opened in Boise bringing in Canyon County residents into Boise for its new shopping choices. The new shopping center took a toll on the Karcher Mall and several major retailers, including the mall's twenty-year-old JCPenney store, vacated and moved to the new shopping center. During late 1988, the mall was able to fill the lower level of the vacant JCPenney space with a Troutman's Emporium
, with the upper level being used for warehouse space. Sears relocated its aging Caldwell
store to the Karcher Mall in 1990; the store only featured appliances and garden equipment. With in the next several years, the mall lost four anchor stores including PayLess Drug
(1990), Anthony's
(1994), Ernst (November 1996) and Woolworth
(July 1997). By 2000, the mall added new retailers Hub Clothing Co., Intermountain Sports, and Liquidation World to replace the vacant Anthony's, Woolworth, and Ernst stores, respectively. Jo-Ann Fabrics, which had purchased Karcher Mall anchor House of Fabrics in 1998, relocated from the former Buttrey store to the vacant PayLess Drug store in the mall by 2000.
-based DLC Management Corp. and Dallas, Texas
-based Benton Companies, bought Karcher Mall for a reported $10.9 million. In 1999, Karcher Partners LLC announced a $10 million renovation of the Karcher Mall that was started in September of that year. The face lift of the declining shopping center included new storefronts, new flooring and lighting, and a new main entrance. Initial plans for the renovation included adding a new anchor store into the upper level of Emporium, which had been used for warehouse space, and a food court
; however, neither of these occurred.
Despite the major renovations, the mall began losing more retailers and customers. The mall's movie theater was shut down in February 2000 after its owner, Reel Theatres, relocated to a larger movie theater across the street. Short-lived anchor, Intermountain Sports left the mall abruptly in 2001, though it was quickly replaced by variety retailer U.S. Factory Outlets by the end of the year. Just one month after losing Intermountain Sports, the mall also lost Sears when it relocated to a newly constructed shopping center north of the Karcher Mall. In 2003, Emporium, which was the mall largest tenant, was forced to close after its parent company, the Troutman Company, couldn't secure a new financing package or sell the stores after a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in 2002. In 2003, Big 5 Sporting Goods
and Ross Dress for Less were added to the mall to replace the former Sears and Buttrey/Jo-Ann Fabrics stores, respectively. Neither retailers wanted interior mall access for their stores, instead preferring outdoor entrances only.
, a real estate services firm with offices in Chicago
, to manage the mall and help attract new retailers to fill the mall's many vacant stores. In 2005, the mall was sold once more to Chicago-based Baum Bros. LLC and again two months later to Anaheim, California
-based Milan Properties LLC. Milan Properties announced plans to remodel the 40-year-old mall and fill the long-vacant Emporium anchor with a new department store. Milan Properties also hoped that the new Interstate 84
Interchange and the new nearby Treasure Valley Marketplace would help bring more traffic to the mall. In 2007, Burlington Coat Factory
, filling the former Emporium space, was the first new major retailer added to the newly-renovated mall. In early 2008, clothing retailer Steve & Barry's
replaced the former U.S. Factory Outlets store, which closed in 2005; however, 11 months later the store was closed when Steve & Barry's liquidated.
During 2008, Macy's
, which previously operated as The Bon Marché until 2003 and Bon-Macy's until 2005, announced plans to shutter its Karcher Mall location to relocate to the newly constructed Nampa Gateway Center
in late 2009. The new Macy's at the Nampa Gateway Center opened on October 17. No plans to close the Macy's Clearance Center were ever announced or planned. In September 2009, Northern Light Cinema Grill, an independently owned movie theater and restaurant, opened in the long-vacant Nampa Reel Theatres building.
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
located in Nampa
Nampa, Idaho
Nampa is the largest and the fastest growing city in Canyon County, Idaho, USA. The population of Nampa was 81,557 at the 2010 census. Nampa is located about west of Boise along Interstate 84, and six miles west of Meridian. Nampa is part of the Boise metropolitan area...
, Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
, U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The mall opened in August 1965 with Buttrey Food & Drug
Buttrey Food & Drug
Buttrey Food & Drug was a chain of grocery stores founded in Havre, Montana and formerly headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. The company was founded in 1896 as a chain of department stores branded Buttrey Department Store. The company opened grocery stores in 1935 and sold off its department...
, Rasco/Tempo Company, and Skaggs Drug Centers
Skaggs Companies
The Skaggs Companies, Inc. was the predecessor to many famous United States retailing chains, including Safeway, Albertsons, Osco Drug, and Longs Drugs. The company owned several drugstore chains, but all of them were sold. Skaggs became American Stores in 1979.-Safeway:The first company was based...
as anchor store
Anchor store
In retail, an anchor store, draw tenant, anchor tenant, or key tenant is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store or a major retail chain....
s. The mall was the largest shopping center in the Treasure Valley
Treasure Valley
The Treasure Valley is the area of the Western United States where the Payette, Boise, Weiser, Malheur, Owyhee, and Burnt rivers drain into the Snake River. Treasure Valley includes all the lowland areas from Vale, Oregon on the west to Boise, Idaho on the east. Formerly, the valley had been known...
until 1988 when the Boise Towne Square Mall
Boise Towne Square Mall
Boise Towne Square is a mall in Boise, Idaho, United States. The largest mall in Idaho, it was built in 1988 after more than 20 years of planning. It features over 186 stores, with Macy's , JCPenney, Sears, Kohl's and Dillard's as anchor stores. The mall also includes the first Apple Store in the...
was opened in Boise
Boise, Idaho
Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...
. The new mall directed traffic away for the Karcher Mall and several retailers, including 20-year-old anchor JCPenney
J.C. Penney
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. is a chain of American mid-range department stores based in Plano, Texas, a suburb north of Dallas. The company operates 1,107 department stores in all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. JCPenney also operates catalog sales merchant offices nationwide in many...
, departed the mall to move to Boise. Since then, the mall has been sold to numerous owners, each of which attempted to revitalize the mall to mixed results. Today, the mall has 28 stores, including anchor stores Burlington Coat Factory
Burlington Coat Factory
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation is a national department store retailer focusing on clothing and shoes, with over 450 stores in 45 states and Puerto Rico.. In 2006, it was acquired by Bain Capital, LLC in a take-private transaction...
, Discount Furniture, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Macy's
Macy's
Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
Clearance Center, and Ross Dress for Less, and is owned by Milan Properties, Inc.
History
Daum Industries began construction on a former alfalfa field located at the intersection of Karcher Road and U.S. Highway 30 in 1963. The mall was completed and opened in August 1965 with anchor stores Buttrey Food & DrugButtrey Food & Drug
Buttrey Food & Drug was a chain of grocery stores founded in Havre, Montana and formerly headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. The company was founded in 1896 as a chain of department stores branded Buttrey Department Store. The company opened grocery stores in 1935 and sold off its department...
, Rasco/Tempo Company, and Skaggs Drug Centers
Skaggs Companies
The Skaggs Companies, Inc. was the predecessor to many famous United States retailing chains, including Safeway, Albertsons, Osco Drug, and Longs Drugs. The company owned several drugstore chains, but all of them were sold. Skaggs became American Stores in 1979.-Safeway:The first company was based...
. During 1967, Daum Industries persuaded JCPenney to open a department store at the two-year-old shopping center. After settling an agreement, JCPenney shuttered four nearby stores in Nampa, Caldwell
Caldwell, Idaho
Caldwell is a city in and the county seat of Canyon County, Idaho, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population to be 43,281, as of July 2009.Caldwell is the home of the College of Idaho. It is considered part of the Boise metropolitan area....
, Emmett
Emmett, Idaho
Emmett is a city in Gem County, Idaho, United States. The population was 5,490 at the 2000 census; it was estimated to have risen to 6,341 by 2007...
, and Payette
Payette, Idaho
Payette is a city in and the county seat of Payette County, Idaho, United States. The population was 7,054 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ontario, OR–ID Micropolitan Statistical Area....
before opeing its two-level, 134000 square feet (12,449 m²) store in 1968.
The mall was expanded even more in August 1973, adding two more department stores, including Boise, Idaho
Boise, Idaho
Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...
-based Falk's Idaho Department Store and Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
-based The Bon Marché
The Bon Marché
The Bon Marché, whose name means "the good deal" or "the good market", was the name chosen for a department store launched in Seattle, Washington, United States, in 1890 by Edward Nordhoff. The name comes from Le Bon Marché, a noted Paris retailer and one of the world's first department stores,...
, and a two-screen theater, Karcher Twin Theaters. A free-standing Ernst hardware store was added in late 1976. In 1986, Karcher Mall featured 74 businesses when it was sold from Daum Industries to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
-based Standard Management Co. for about $14 million and in 1987, the mall underwent a $1 million renovation just as Great Falls, Montana
Great Falls, Montana
Great Falls is a city in and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 58,505 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Cascade County...
-based Sletten Companies was developing a major shopping mall in nearby Boise
Boise, Idaho
Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...
.
Opening of Boise Towne Square Mall
In late 1988, Boise Towne Square MallBoise Towne Square Mall
Boise Towne Square is a mall in Boise, Idaho, United States. The largest mall in Idaho, it was built in 1988 after more than 20 years of planning. It features over 186 stores, with Macy's , JCPenney, Sears, Kohl's and Dillard's as anchor stores. The mall also includes the first Apple Store in the...
, a much larger two-leveled shopping mall, was opened in Boise bringing in Canyon County residents into Boise for its new shopping choices. The new shopping center took a toll on the Karcher Mall and several major retailers, including the mall's twenty-year-old JCPenney store, vacated and moved to the new shopping center. During late 1988, the mall was able to fill the lower level of the vacant JCPenney space with a Troutman's Emporium
Troutman's Emporium
Troutman's Emporium was a chain of department stores founded in 1955 by Dallas Troutman in North Bend, Oregon. Emporium's headquarters was located in Eugene, Oregon. Emporium operated stores in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California and Washington...
, with the upper level being used for warehouse space. Sears relocated its aging Caldwell
Caldwell, Idaho
Caldwell is a city in and the county seat of Canyon County, Idaho, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population to be 43,281, as of July 2009.Caldwell is the home of the College of Idaho. It is considered part of the Boise metropolitan area....
store to the Karcher Mall in 1990; the store only featured appliances and garden equipment. With in the next several years, the mall lost four anchor stores including PayLess Drug
Thrifty PayLess
Thrifty PayLess Holdings, Inc. was a pharmacy holding company that owned the Thrifty Drugs and PayLess Drug Stores chains in the western United States....
(1990), Anthony's
C. R. Anthony Co.
C.R. Anthony Co., stores branded as Anthony's, was a chain of department stores founded in 1922 in Cushing, Oklahoma by C.R Anthony. Anthony's was acquired by Stage Stores Inc. in 1997 and most stores were rebranded Stage.-C.R. Anthony:...
(1994), Ernst (November 1996) and Woolworth
F. W. Woolworth Company
The F. W. Woolworth Company was a retail company that was one of the original American five-and-dime stores. The first successful Woolworth store was opened on July 18, 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store"...
(July 1997). By 2000, the mall added new retailers Hub Clothing Co., Intermountain Sports, and Liquidation World to replace the vacant Anthony's, Woolworth, and Ernst stores, respectively. Jo-Ann Fabrics, which had purchased Karcher Mall anchor House of Fabrics in 1998, relocated from the former Buttrey store to the vacant PayLess Drug store in the mall by 2000.
New owners; major renovation
In May 1998, Karcher Partners LLC, composed of Tarrytown, New YorkTarrytown, New York
Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, about north of midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a stop on the Metro-North Hudson Line...
-based DLC Management Corp. and Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
-based Benton Companies, bought Karcher Mall for a reported $10.9 million. In 1999, Karcher Partners LLC announced a $10 million renovation of the Karcher Mall that was started in September of that year. The face lift of the declining shopping center included new storefronts, new flooring and lighting, and a new main entrance. Initial plans for the renovation included adding a new anchor store into the upper level of Emporium, which had been used for warehouse space, and a food court
Food court
A food court is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dining. Food courts may be found in shopping malls and airports, and in various regions may be a standalone development...
; however, neither of these occurred.
Despite the major renovations, the mall began losing more retailers and customers. The mall's movie theater was shut down in February 2000 after its owner, Reel Theatres, relocated to a larger movie theater across the street. Short-lived anchor, Intermountain Sports left the mall abruptly in 2001, though it was quickly replaced by variety retailer U.S. Factory Outlets by the end of the year. Just one month after losing Intermountain Sports, the mall also lost Sears when it relocated to a newly constructed shopping center north of the Karcher Mall. In 2003, Emporium, which was the mall largest tenant, was forced to close after its parent company, the Troutman Company, couldn't secure a new financing package or sell the stores after a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in 2002. In 2003, Big 5 Sporting Goods
Big 5 Sporting Goods
Big 5 Sporting Goods is a sporting goods retailer headquartered in El Segundo, California with 388 stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Steven G. Miller is the Chairman, President, and CEO.The Big 5 name is...
and Ross Dress for Less were added to the mall to replace the former Sears and Buttrey/Jo-Ann Fabrics stores, respectively. Neither retailers wanted interior mall access for their stores, instead preferring outdoor entrances only.
New owners; 2007 renovation
In 2004, Karcher Mall was sold to LB Nampa Mall Holdings LLC. The new owners hired Jones Lang LaSalleJones Lang LaSalle
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. is a multinational financial and professional services company specializing in real estate. Global headquarters are located in Chicago, with an operational remit covering the Americas regional market...
, a real estate services firm with offices in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, to manage the mall and help attract new retailers to fill the mall's many vacant stores. In 2005, the mall was sold once more to Chicago-based Baum Bros. LLC and again two months later to Anaheim, California
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...
-based Milan Properties LLC. Milan Properties announced plans to remodel the 40-year-old mall and fill the long-vacant Emporium anchor with a new department store. Milan Properties also hoped that the new Interstate 84
Interstate 84 in Idaho
In the U.S. state of Idaho, Interstate 84 heads southeast from the Oregon state line, it spurs to Interstate 184 in Boise. Eventually I-84 spurs Interstate 86 and mainline I-84 heads southeast towards Utah and I-86 is continues due east and heads to Pocatello, meeting with Interstate 15.-Future:...
Interchange and the new nearby Treasure Valley Marketplace would help bring more traffic to the mall. In 2007, Burlington Coat Factory
Burlington Coat Factory
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation is a national department store retailer focusing on clothing and shoes, with over 450 stores in 45 states and Puerto Rico.. In 2006, it was acquired by Bain Capital, LLC in a take-private transaction...
, filling the former Emporium space, was the first new major retailer added to the newly-renovated mall. In early 2008, clothing retailer Steve & Barry's
Steve & Barry's
Steve & Barry's was an American retail clothing chain, featuring casual apparel. By mid-2008, the chain operated 276 stores in 39 states. The company was headquartered in Port Washington, New York. The company liquidated all of its stores throughout 2008....
replaced the former U.S. Factory Outlets store, which closed in 2005; however, 11 months later the store was closed when Steve & Barry's liquidated.
During 2008, Macy's
Macy's
Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
, which previously operated as The Bon Marché until 2003 and Bon-Macy's until 2005, announced plans to shutter its Karcher Mall location to relocate to the newly constructed Nampa Gateway Center
Nampa Gateway Center
Nampa Gateway Center is a lifestyle center located in Nampa, Idaho, United States. The shopping center opened August 3, 2007 with the opening of the center's JCPenney department store, marking the return of the retail chain to Nampa after a 19 year absence...
in late 2009. The new Macy's at the Nampa Gateway Center opened on October 17. No plans to close the Macy's Clearance Center were ever announced or planned. In September 2009, Northern Light Cinema Grill, an independently owned movie theater and restaurant, opened in the long-vacant Nampa Reel Theatres building.