South County Center is 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 along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...

located in

Mehlville, Missouri Mehlville is a census-designated place (CDP) in south St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, an area locally known as "South County". It is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, and part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The populat ...

, at the intersection between

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, and U.S. Route 50. It opened on October 17, 1963 and was designed by Victor Gruen. it included a dome-roofed

Famous-Barr The Famous-Barr Co. (originally Famous and Barr Co.) was a division of Macy's, Inc. (formerly Federated Department Stores). Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, in the Railway Exchange Building, it was the flagship store of The May Department S ...

, which became

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in 2006, a National Supermarket occupying the basement floor, which closed in 1973, and later

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as anchors.

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, (which became Dillard's in 1984), was added in 1973 along with a new wing of stores. A

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, a food court, and additional mall stores were added in 2001. In 2004, Several stores and restaurants were added that could be accessed from outside the mall including Qdoba,

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(closed in 2015; replaced by DXL in 2016), Noodle's and Company (closed in 2023), and Border's (closed in 2011; replaced by Vintage Stock in 2012). The anchor stores are

, Dillard's, and

. In 1990, the mall was purchased by

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, which retained ownership until 2007. CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. bought South County Center and three other Westfield malls as part of their expansion into the

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area.

History

South County Center was opened for business on 1963. The original anchors were Famous-Barr, National Supermarkets, and JCPenney. Ten years later, National Supermarkets was closed and was replaced by Stix, Baer and Fuller. Dillard's replaced Stix, Baer and Fuller in 1984. In 1990, the mall was purchased by the Westfield Group, which retained ownership in 2007. The CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. bought this mall and three other Westfield malls as part of the expansion into the St. Louis area. Sears was open for business in 2001. Junior anchors were added in 1969, starting with Pope's Restaurant, until it closed in 2001, which made way for the new junior anchors such as Destination XL, Vintage Stock, and many more. The

location in the mall closed in September 2018, along with the Sears location at Chesterfield Mall. A Dick's Sporting Goods store opened near the mall on November 8, 2013. In May 2019, Japanese entertainment venue chain

Round One Entertainment , stylized as ROUND1, is a Japan-based amusement store chain. In Japan, the amusement centers offer bowling alleys, arcade games, karaoke, and billiards. They also have a larger variation of Round One known as SpoCha, abbreviated for Sports Chal ...

announced that a Round One venue would open in the currently vacant

store in 2020. The venue would've been the chain's first in the Greater St. Louis area, and the first in Missouri, but in January 2021, these plans were cancelled and the building plans were scrapped.

Anchors

Current

(2006-present) *

(1967-present) * Dillard's (1984-present)

Former

(1963-2006) (now

) *

National Supermarkets National Supermarkets was a grocery chain in both the St. Louis, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana, areas of the United States. Both firms were owned by Loblaw Companies of Canada, but in June 1995, they were sold by Loblaw to Schnucks Market ...

(1963-1973) (replaced by Stix, Baer and Fuller) * Stix, Baer and Fuller (1973-1984) (now Dillard's) *

(2001-2018) (did not get replaced by

in 2020)

Junior anchors

Current

* Qdoba (2004-present) * Destination XL (2016-present) *Lacefield Music (2004-present) * Vintage Stock (2012-present)

Former

(2004-2015) (now Destination XL) *

Noodles and Company Noodles & Company is an American fast-casual restaurant that offers international and American noodle dishes in addition to soups and salads. Noodles & Company was founded in 1995 by Aaron Kennedy and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. ...

(2004-2023) *Pope's Seven Kitchens Restaurant (1969-1991) (then Kids R Us,

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(2004-2011) (now Vintage Stock)

References

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