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| Location | Lafayette, Louisiana |
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| Address | 5725 Johnston Street |
| Opening date | March 28, 1979 |
| Developer | Robert B. Aikens & Associates and Homart Development Company [1] |
| Owner | Namdar Realty Group |
| No. of stores and services | 101 [2] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (3 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 994,162 square feet (92,360.7 m2) [2] |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in JCPenney, Macy's, and former Sears, 3 in Dillard's) |
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Acadiana Mall (French: Centre commercial de l’Acadiana) is an enclosed regional shopping mall in the city of Lafayette, Louisiana, located at the intersection of Johnston Street ( U.S. Route 167) and Ambassador Caffery Parkway ( Louisiana Highway 3073). It opened in 1979 and was developed by Robert B. Aikens & Associates, but is now owned by Namdar Realty Group. Currently, Acadiana Mall houses three department store anchors ( Dillard's, JCPenney and Macy's). In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Acadiana Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties. [3] Sears closed in September 2017 leaving its site vacant. On June 4, 2020, it was announced that JCPenney would be closing as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide. However this store was removed from the closing list on July 13, 2020. [4]
JCPenney built in 1990 on the site of a closed Selber Brothers, [5] while Dillard's was formerly D. H. Holmes. The Macy's store opened as Goudchaux's/ Maison Blanche, and was sold to Parisian in 1998. [6] Parisian became Foley's in 2001 [7] [8] before converting again to Macy's in 2006.
The mall received a minor facelift in the early 1990s and a major renovation in 2004, bringing in a more contemporary look. On February 21, 2013, the mall changed its name back to Acadiana Mall. [9]
Hurricane Katrina
In 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the mall became the assembly-point and staging area for what became known as the Cajun Navy, which was credited with rescuing thousands of flood victims. [10]
References
- ^ "Homart Development Report" (PDF). September 1977. p. 4. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Acadiana Mall". Namdar. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ^ "At The Mall of Acadiana | Seritage". seritage.com.
- ^ "JC Penney at Acadiana Mall will remain open despite earlier plans to close store".
- ^ "NewsLibrary Search Results". nl.newsbank.com.
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- ^ "CBL & Associates Properties Acquires Super-Regional Mall in Lafayette, Louisiana; the Mall of Acadiana Marks CBL's First Property in Louisiana. - Free Online Library". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ Turk, Leslie (2013-02-21). "It's 'Acadiana Mall' again!". theind.com. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ "How citizens turned into saviors after Katrina struck". CBS News. CBS Interactive Inc. August 29, 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2017.