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Great Mall of the Bay Area
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The Great Mall of the Bay Area (often simply called The Great Mall) is a large shopping mall in Milpitas, California owned by Mills Corporation.
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Formerly a Ford automobile assembly plant that was founded in the 1950s, it closed down a few decades later due to increasing competition with Japanese auto manufacturers. In the early 1990s, developers resized the former plant and converted it into a mall. Today, an oak tree with a plaque commemorating Great Mall's history stands in the southwest section of its parking lot.
The Great Mall of the Bay Area sits at the intersection of Great Mall Parkway (which becomes Capitol Avenue when it crosses Montague Expressway) and Montague Expressway. The Parc Metropolitan apartments lie to the north of the mall. A few inns are also located at the south entrance of the mall.
Great Mall, unlike many other malls, is a "flat" mall and the biggest mall in northern California — it has only one story but takes up a large amount of land. The mall is currently laid out in this fashion because the existing main structure used to be a Ford automobile assembly plant and was not designed to serve a shopping center.
Various major retailers are represented in the mall, including Home Depot, Off 5th - Saks Fifth Avenue Outlet, Marshalls, Dave and Buster's, Kohl's, and a new Sears outlet. In addition, it houses a Century Theatre with 20 screens.
Based on gross leaseable area, the Great Mall of the Bay Area is the largest mall in Northern California. Great Mall also has a food court, which can be accessed through Entrance 4.
The Great Mall of the Bay Area is close to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's Great Mall/Main transit center. Several VTA and AC Transit bus routes terminate at this transit center, which also includes a light rail station.
- Banana Republic (10,000 sq. ft.)
- Beverages & More (10,566 sq. ft.)
- Burlington Coat Factory (90,096 sq. ft.)
- Century Theatres (71,734 sq. ft.)
- Dave & Buster's (65,079 sq. ft.)
- The Gap Outlet (16,050 sq. ft.)
- Group USA (20,754 sq. ft.)
- Kohl's (91,843 sq. ft.)
- Last Call Neiman Marcus (33,120 sq. ft.)
- Marshalls Superstore (52,526 sq. ft.)
- Nike (17,352 sq. ft.)
- Off 5th Saks Fifth Avenue (27,423 sq. ft.)
- Old Navy (20,138 sq. ft.)
- Sears Outlet (29,491 sq. ft.)
- Shoe Pavilion (18,920 sq. ft.)
- Sports Authority (55,871 sq. ft., formerly Sportmart)
- Great Mall of the Bay Area
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| Operating centers
Arizona Mills - Arundel Mills - The Block at Orange - Briarwood Mall - Broward Mall - Cincinnati Mills - The Colonnade Outlets at Sawgrass - Colorado Mills - Concord Mills - Columbus City Center - Del Amo Fashion Center - Discover Mills - Dover Mall - The Esplanade - The Falls - Franklin Mills - Galleria at White Plains - Grapevine Mills - Great Mall of the Bay Area - Gurnee Mills - Hilltop Mall - Katy Mills - Lakeforest Mall - The Mall at Tuttle Crossing - Marley Station - Meadowood Mall - Northpark Mall - Ontario Mills - Opry Mills - Potomac Mills - The Shops at Riverside - Sawgrass Mills - Southdale Center - Southridge Mall - Stoneridge Mall - St. Louis Mills - Westland Mall |
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| Under development
United States - 108 North State Street - Potomac Town Center Italy - Mercati Generali |
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