Park Place is a large indoor

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located on the East Side of

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, United States. The anchor stores are Century Theatres,

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, Round 1 Entertainment, Total Wine & More,

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, and

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. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once

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History

Park Place was originally dedicated as Park Mall in May 1975, but was renovated beginning in 1998 and renamed Park Place the following year. The mall is named after Sears Park, which was previously located at the same site and included what was originally a standalone

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store (which first opened in the fall of 1965), which became the current mall's major anchor (the "Sears Park" linear park site is presently limited to its extreme southern and western portion). The original stores that opened along with Sears were additional anchors The Broadway (became

in 1996), Furr’s Cafeteria, Mann Theatres, and Diamond's (became

in 1986), as well as 51 other stores. In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Park Place, into Sertiage Growth Properties. The Sears store later closed in 2018 as part of the company's ongoing financial woes, and was replaced by a Round1 in October 2019. The electric substation on the premises is named Sears Substation because it was there a decade before the mall was built. From 1970 to 1996 the owner was the mall's original developer, Joseph Kivel. On May 28, 2020, it was announced that

would be closing in late 2020. After

closed,

became the only traditional anchor store left. In the summer of 2023, the mall was under new ownership and management as the mall was sold to Pacific Retail for $87 million from

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. As of 2025, major renovation and construction work is continuing in the former Sears building. New stores and services are expected to open in this space in 2026.

Renovation

The , $100 million renovation, completed in 2001, was recognized that year as a Reader's Pick for Best Contemporary Architecture in ''

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s Best of Tucson awards. The renovation included the addition of an

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, and

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. The mall features two anchor stores (

and Round One Entertainment), a food court, a Southwest-themed children's play area, and a cineplex with 20 screens. A number of full-service restaurants are also located on site.

References

External links

Park Place web site
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