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38-426: The Broadway was the original anchor department store opening October 14, 1955, with the mall shops opening gradually in the following weeks and months. Both The Broadway and the center as a whole were designed by renowned Los Angeles architect Welton Becket . The store cost $ 8.5 million to build, was 208,000 square feet (19,300 m) in size, employed around 1,000 people and had parking for 5,000 cars. Brown McPherson

76-466: A Buffum's branch from the beginning) in April 1968. In 1964 the then public-owned Bullock's/I. Magnin organization was acquired by Federated Department Stores , much to the dismay of surviving founder P.G. Winnett, who publicly lambasted the deal (which was initiated by his own son-in-law, Bullock's President Walter W. Candy Jr.). In the 1970s, to differentiate itself from the full-line Bullock's stores,

114-445: A good location in a recently constructed building at the southwest corner of Broadway and Fourth Streets, but had all of its assets seized by their creditors for failure to pay its bills after just four short months of operations. In contrast, Letts was able to pay off all of his creditors in a short period of time after acquiring the assets for the failed store by the quick sale of the same assets and by watching his expenses. In

152-700: A list of the Broadway store numbers with their locations and opening dates: The last Broadway Southwest store was originally planned to be built at Superstition Springs Center mall in Mesa, Arizona . But due to the attempted hostile takeover by The Limited, construction was halted. And as a result, it started doing business as Robinsons-May instead in 1994 (now Macy's since 2006). Strawbridge's added to division in 1996 Meier & Frank added to division in 2002 ; Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (2001, to Meier & Frank) Bullock%27s Bullock's

190-466: A new nine-story building with nearly 11 acres of floor space to be built at the same location (320 W. Fourth St., southwest corner of Broadway, now the Junipero Serra state office building). The building was completed in 1915. The new "New and Greater Broadway store", as it was advertised, had 242 feet (74 m) of storefront along Broadway and 166 feet (51 m) along Fourth Street. It

228-415: A newly built store across the street in the new Plaza Pasadena mall. In 1950, the company merged with Sacramento -based Hale Brothers to form Broadway-Hale Stores . In the same year it purchased the year-old Westchester branch of Milliron's and converted it to a Broadway. The store, designed by legendary retail architect Victor Gruen , was a considered a model of ultra-modern retail architecture at

266-557: A precipitous decline and alienating customers. The end came quickly for Bullock's after Macy's filed for bankruptcy protection in 1992, with the Bullocks Wilshire stores being renamed I. Magnin two years before. Underperforming I. Magnin and Bullock's locations were closed, and I. Magnin itself was dissolved in January 1995 once Federated Department Stores reappeared on the scene and acquired Macy's . In 1996—following

304-666: A second store was opened in downtown Walnut Creek in 1974, followed by a third store that was opened in the following year at the Vallco Fashion Park in Cupertino . A store was originally scheduled to open in Marin County the following year. Federated obtained property and even received clearance from the Corte Madera City Council to start construction, but resistance by local residents

342-420: A short period of time, the business was doing so well, that it had to expand into adjacent store fronts. Between 1900 and 1910, the population of Los Angeles more than tripled. Bullock's , in 1907, and Hamburger's (later May Co. ), in 1908, had both opened stores occupying entire city blocks. It was clear to Letts that The Broadway needed a new, much larger building. In 1912 The Broadway announced plans for

380-440: A venerable San Francisco -based upscale specialty chain. Starting in 1958, Bullock's built a series of four shopping centers initially called Bullock's Fashion Square , small, elegant, and open-air, with large Bullock's stores dominating, surrounded by only around 20 or 30 much smaller specialty stores, such as I. Magnin , Desmond's , Mandel's and Silverwoods . The total gross buildable area of Bullock's Santa Ana, for example

418-556: The Stonewood Center and Whittwood Town Center locations. In 1895, J. A. Williams formed J. A. Williams & Co., built and opened his J. A. Williams & Co. Dry Goods Store on August 29, 1895 in the new Hallett & Pirtle Building designed by Frederick Rice Dorn , who would later design the Marsh-Strong building and The Broadway Hollywood . Williams had a 30-foot storefront along Broadway, occupying only part of

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456-602: The 22 Bullock's stores offered consistent assortments in each location, a key to the company's profit and success (exceptions were the Lakewood , West Covina , Carlsbad and Grossmont , California, locations.) Under the corporate oversight of Macy's South in Atlanta, the 22 Bullock's stores were divided into three competing regions: merchant offices with extremely limited control were established in Santa Ana, Sherman Oaks and

494-629: The Bullock's North division and sold most of its locations to Seattle , Washington retailer Nordstrom . In 1988, after an ugly takeover battle between Robert Campeau and Macy's for Federated, Bullock's and I. Magnin were sold by Campeau to Macy's as a consolation prize for one billion dollars, which plunged Macy's into debt. The new owners responded by dismantling Bullock's Los Angeles corporate offices, merging Bullocks Wilshire into I. Magnin, and Bullock's into its Macy's South division, sending what had been Federated's most profitable division into

532-661: The Downtown flagship store evolved in size as follows: In 1931, The Broadway bought the B. H. Dyas Hollywood store which became the Broadway-Hollywood . In 1940, The Broadway built a landmark three-story store in Pasadena , at the corner of Colorado and Los Robles on the site of the old famous Maryland Hotel. The striking Streamline Moderne building had a 117-foot tower with a marquee facing both streets, and parking for 400 cars. It would be abandoned in 1980 for

570-457: The San Mateo store. Nordstrom purchased three stores while Emporium-Capwell and Mervyn's each purchased a single store. In the late 1980s, Federated recognized that many of their young affluent women customers were unable to find youthful designer clothing in plus sizes and that very few stores were catering to that market, with the exception of Lane Bryant , Federated decided to test

608-629: The acquisition of Broadway Stores, Inc. —Federated consolidated all its traditional department-store business in California under the Macy's nameplate, ending 89 years of Bullock's. Although the Bullocks Wilshire stores were deemed the most exclusive, the full-line Bullock's stores offered upscale designers such as Giorgio Armani , Jean-Paul Gaultier , Missoni , Krizia , Stephen Sprouse , Valentino , Salvatore Ferragamo , Byblos, Hugo Boss , Gieves & Hawkes , and Robert Graham . Under Federated,

646-594: The area were becoming more working-class and Hispanic. In September 1987, business at Anaheim Plaza started to decline which was caused by the grand opening of MainPlace Mall in nearby Santa Ana, California . Robinson's opened a store at MainPlace Mall also in September 1987 and closed its Anaheim Plaza store in January 1988. By 1992, the mall was only 35% occupied. In January 1993, the mall's original anchor store The Broadway closed for good and in August of that same year,

684-559: The building's ground floor. Other tenants included Pearson Draperies, the La Veta restaurant, medical offices, apartments, and later on the Hotel Savoy. In February, 1896, Williams went bankrupt and his store was liquidated. Arthur Letts bought the (by then "The Broadway Department Store") name, assets, fixtures, and lease for $ 8,377. On February 24th of that year, The Broadway started operating under Letts. The previous owners had

722-766: The country in which they never had any stores and was dominated by stores owned by Macy's and Broadway-Hale. Federated decided to open a new division that reported directly to Federated, but chose a name, Bullock's North , that had some name recognition in Northern California, but was distinct enough from its sister division to the south. The first store in the division opened at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto in March 1972. It had 150,000 square feet on two floors. Two years later,

760-528: The existing 800 South Hope Street building. Macy's, now under tremendous debt, national economic issues and having alienated customers with swift and usually reactive changes to the Bullock's brand, focused and relied on South Coast Plaza, Sherman Oaks and Beverly Center to retain an upscale clientele. Only full line Bullock's division stores. Note: "Closing" refers to store closing date as Bullock's or Macy's. Added more buildings over time: 806,000 square feet (74,900 m ) at closing. Bullocks Wilshire

798-490: The four Fashion Square malls that it built (in addition to inviting Desmond's , Silverwoods and other Fashion businesses not owned by Bullock's). The division lasted until 1994 when Macy's liquidated the brand and converted some of the stores to Macy's stores, selling some to Saks Fifth Avenue , and closing the rest. In the early 1970s, Federated wanted to move into the San Francisco Bay Area , an area of

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836-771: The idea that the plus-sized market young adult market was under-served by opening a stand-alone shop called Bullock's Woman in an upscale Las Vegas mall that already held a full-line Bullock's department store in March 1987. After operating the store for a few months, Federated determined that the venture was profitable enough to expand the concept to other malls containing Bullock's and/or Bullocks Wilshire by opening second and third stores in Palm Desert and in Woodland Hills in September 1987. By 1992, other units were opened in Burbank, Century City and Santa Ana. When

874-408: The ill-fated Fashion Island Mall in San Mateo. This particular store was unusual because the store was covered by a tent instead of a conventional roof. The unusual roof was probably one of the reasons why Federated was unable to sell this particular store and closed the store as soon as the lease had expired. A year later, Federated closed the division and sold five of the stores and quietly closed

912-451: The majority of locations were converted to the Macy's nameplate. Several stores in affluent areas where Macy's already had locations, South Coast Plaza , Sherman Oaks Fashion Square , Century City Shopping Center , Beverly Center , and Fashion Island Newport Beach, were closed, refurbished and reopened as Bloomingdale's . Federated sold many of the remaining stores to Sears . This is

950-796: The mall was bulldozed except for the Mervyn's store. A new strip mall, all new except for the Mervyn's, was opened in November 1994, 547,000 square feet (50,800 m) in size and costing $ 30 million. Mervyn's closed in late 2008 due to the chain being liquidated and has been replaced by Forever 21 (now closed since 2020, now Burlington ). Currently (as of 2023), anchor stores include El Super (formerly OSH and Gigante ), Smart & Final (formerly OfficeMax ), Petco , Ross , TJ Maxx (formerly CompUSA ), Walmart (which opened in January 1995), and Burlington Coat Factory (former Mervyn's and Forever 21). The Broadway The Broadway

988-428: The support of The Broadway Department Store owner Arthur Letts . In 1923, Bullock and business partner P.G. Winnett bought out Letts' interest after his death and the companies became completely separated. In 1929 Bullock & Winnett opened a luxury branch on Wilshire Boulevard , referred to at the time as Bullock's Wilshire (the apostrophe would later be removed). In 1944 Bullock's acquired I. Magnin & Co. ,

1026-649: The three other Fashion Squares for $ 13 million to Urban Investment and Development Company (UIDC), who would sell them in 1973 to Bank of America Realty Investor and Draper and Kramer for $ 16.3 million. Bullock's, Bullocks Wilshire, and I. Magnin retained their autonomy under Federated, as well as their carriage-trade niche, with I. Magnin expanding into the Chicago and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas and Bullock's opening stores in Phoenix , Las Vegas and Northern California . In 1983 however, Federated shuttered

1064-606: The time, with rooftop parking and striking, angular design designed to attract passing motorists. The Broadway bought out competitors in Los Angeles (B.H. Dyas, Milliron's , and Coulter's ), and expanded into new markets through acquisitions of small local chains: Marston's in San Diego and Korricks in Phoenix . In later years the Broadway opened stores in Nevada ( Las Vegas ), New Mexico , and Colorado . In 1979, it

1102-599: The very exclusive Wilshire location dropped its apostrophe, and became Bullocks Wilshire , and began its own expansion. In February 1970, Federated Department Stores replaced its Bullock's Realty Corporation, which owned and managed the Fashion Square malls, with an organization called Transwest Management; Transwest sold the Torrance (future "Del Amo") Fashion Square in March of that year to new co-owners Great Lakes and Guilford Glazer and Associates, while selling

1140-564: Was 340,000 square feet (32,000 m ), versus only 238,000 square feet (22,100 m ) for all the other retailers combined. Bullock's Fashion Square in Santa Ana opened in 1958, followed by a Fashion Square for the San Fernando Valley (later " Sherman Oaks Fashion Square ") in 1962, a Fashion Square in Torrance (later called "Del Amo Fashion Square") in September 1966 and Fashion Square in La Habra (which uniquely included

1178-502: Was 9 stories high and covered 11 acres (4.5 ha), stretching from Broadway all the way west to Hill Street, which also had an entrance. On November 10, 1924, The Broadway added another building, 80 feet (24 m) wide and 123 feet (37 m) deep, immediately west of the main building along Fourth Street, thus adding 119,790 square feet (11,129 m ) of floor space over ten above-ground and three below-ground floors. It added six passenger and three freight elevators. In summary,

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1216-525: Was a chain of full-line department stores from 1907 through 1995, headquartered in Los Angeles , growing to operate across California, Arizona and Nevada. Bullock's also operated as many as seven more upscale Bullocks Wilshire specialty department stores across Southern California. Many former Bullock's locations continue to operate today as Macy's . Bullock's was founded in 1907 at Seventh and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles by John G. Bullock, with

1254-675: Was a mid-level department store chain headquartered in Los Angeles, California . Founded in 1896 by English-born Arthur Letts Sr., and named after what was once the city's main shopping street , the Broadway became a dominant retailer in Southern California and the Southwest. Its fortunes eventually declined, and Federated Department Stores (now Macy's, Inc. ) bought the chain in 1995. In 1996, Broadway stores were either closed or converted into Macy's and Bloomingdales , some of which were sold and converted to Sears , including

1292-475: Was one of the more important divisions of Bullock's, Inc. until it was consolidated into I. Magnin by Macy's in 1989. The division could be traced to the opening of a single luxury branch store of Bullock's in 1929. In 1968, The Bullock's store in Palm Springs (built in 1947) was transferred to the control of Bullock's Wilshire to be its first branch store. Four years later, in 1972, Bullock's Wilshire store

1330-497: Was separated from Bullock's as a separate division with its own, president, chairman, buyers and staff with Walter Bergquist, former president of Bullock's, assigned as the division's first president. I. Magnin was acquired in 1944 and stores in this division were kept separate from those of Bullock's and the other divisions. Many I. Magnin stores were near the first Bullock's branches and complemented them in such as fashion that Bullock's purposely placed I. Magnin branches in three of

1368-679: Was so strong that they were able to obtain a recall election and were able to eject the city council members that had voted in favor for the new store off the council and thus killing the project. A fourth store opened in 1977 at the Stonestown shopping center in San Francisco and was followed by the opening of a fifth store in 1978 at the Oakridge Mall in San Jose . In 1982, Bullock's North opened its sixth and final store in

1406-454: Was split into two divisions: The Broadway Southern California, based in Los Angeles; and Broadway Southwest, headquartered in Phoenix, for the stores outside California. The Broadway's parent Carter Hawley Hale Stores ran into financial difficulties which resulted from poor management decisions and hostile takeover attempts. In 1996 the chain was acquired by Federated Department Stores and

1444-466: Was the first store manager In February 1963, a J.W. Robinson's was added as the mall's second anchor store. In 1974, the center's owner, Prudential Life Insurance Co., completed a $ 4 million renovation, including enclosing the center and renaming it Anaheim Plaza. In July 1977, a Mervyn's was added as the mall's third anchor store. By the 1980s, better-off patrons had moved out of the surrounding area for Anaheim Hills and southern Orange County and

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