Diamond's was a
department store
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chain headquartered in
Phoenix, Arizona
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.
Originally named The Boston Store, it was founded in 1897 by Nathan and Issac Diamond, Jewish immigrants who had earlier begun a dry-goods mercantile in
El Paso
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, it was renamed Diamond's in 1947 in honor of the store's 50th anniversary. Consisting of one store in
Park Central Mall
Park Central Mall was the first shopping mall in Phoenix, Arizona. It is located in Encanto Village, on Central Avenue and Osborn Road.
Today it exists as a mixed-use, business park primarily occupied by regional administrative offices for non ...
in downtown Phoenix, Diamond's had expanded to twelve stores throughout the Southwest when in 1984 then owner,
Dayton-Hudson Corporation
Target Corporation (doing business as Target and stylized in all lowercase since 2018) is an American big box department store chain headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the seventh largest retailer in the United States, and a compon ...
, sold the chain to
Dillard's
Dillard's, Inc. is an upscale American department store chain with approximately 282 stores in 29 states and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. Currently, the largest number of stores are located in Texas with 57 and Florida with 42. The ...
.
Locations
The locations of the 12 former Diamond's department stores.
* Flagship Store, Washington Street at 2nd Street, Phoenix, AZ (opened 1897)
*
Park Central Mall
Park Central Mall was the first shopping mall in Phoenix, Arizona. It is located in Encanto Village, on Central Avenue and Osborn Road.
Today it exists as a mixed-use, business park primarily occupied by regional administrative offices for non ...
, Phoenix, AZ (opened 1957)
* Thomas Mall, Phoenix, AZ (opened 1963)
*
Tri City Mall
Tri-City Pavilions, formerly Tri-City Mall, is a shopping mall in Mesa, Arizona, United States. It was developed in 1968 as an enclosed shopping mall featuring Diamond's and JCPenney as the anchor stores. The mall underwent a period of decline fo ...
, Mesa, AZ (opened 1968)
*
Metrocenter Mall, Phoenix, AZ (opened 1973)
*
Park Place Mall
Park Place Mall or Park Place Shopping Centre, is a shopping mall located in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Built in 1988, the + mall covers four city blocks downtown and includes over 120 stores, including three anchor stores, Winners, Shoppers D ...
, Tucson, AZ (opened 1974)
*
Fashion Square Mall
Fashion Square Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in the northern edge of Saginaw Charter Township, Michigan. It lies within the boundaries of M-84 (Michigan highway), M-84 (Bay Road) to the west, Tittabawassee Road to the north, Fashion ...
, Scottsdale, AZ (opened 1974)
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The Meadows, Las Vegas, NV (opened 1978)
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Paradise Valley Mall
Paradise Valley Mall was a shopping mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops ...
, Phoenix, AZ (opened 1979)
*
Fiesta Mall
Fiesta Mall is a former shopping mall in Mesa, Arizona, United States. Opened in 1979 after nine years of development, it was built by Homart Development Company, the former shopping mall development division of the department store Sears. Sears w ...
, Mesa, AZ (opened 1980)
*
Desert Sky Mall
Desert Sky Mall is a regional shopping mall in west Phoenix, Arizona. It is located at 75th Avenue and Thomas Road. The mall was developed by Westcor and is managed by Macerich. The anchor stores are Curacao, Burlington, Mercado de los Cielos, a ...
, Phoenix, AZ (opened 1981)
*
Fashion Show Mall
Fashion Show is a shopping mall located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It was developed by Summa Corporation and Ernest W. Hahn, the latter also serving as general contractor. Construction began on March 15, 1979, and the project wa ...
, Las Vegas, NV (opened 1981)
*
Tucson Mall
Tucson Mall is the largest shopping mall in Tucson, Arizona. Tucson Mall features over 170 stores and two levels of indoor shopping. It is anchored by Forever 21 (formerly Mervyn's), J. C. Penney, Macy's (formerly Goldwaters Foley's and Robinsons ...
, Tucson, AZ (opened 1982)
References
External links
Harold Diamond, A Pioneer Retailer
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Companies based in Phoenix, Arizona
Defunct companies based in Arizona
Defunct department stores based in Arizona
Retail companies established in 1897
Retail companies disestablished in 1984
Target Corporation