Gateway Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Lincoln, Nebraska managed by WPG. It was built in 1960, and is the largest shopping center in Lincoln, with 107 stores. The mall's anchor stores are Dillard's , Dick's Sporting Goods , Round 1 Entertainment , and JCPenney .
17-638: The mall opened as Gateway Shopping Center in 1960, developed by Bankers Life Insurance Company of Nebraska (now Ameritas Life Insurance Company ) at 60th and O streets on land adjacent to its headquarters. It was an open-air mall anchored by Montgomery Ward and local department store Miller & Paine . An expansion was completed in 1971. Brandeis added a department store, in the unusual location of directly next door to Miller & Paine (typically, mall department store anchors are located apart from each other in separate wings). This project included an enclosed mall corridor and new Sears . A new wing leading to
34-519: A JCPenney department store was added in 1995; Penney's had been located in a former grocery store in a strip mall behind the shopping center after moving from downtown Lincoln. The original, open-air mall was also enclosed at this time, with a food court built in the southern end of the Center Court. A $ 45 million renovation in 2004-2005 added a new food court and carousel in the Center Court area. The old Montgomery Ward space (vacated in 2001)
51-426: A corporate accountant in 1995 and has held many various leadership roles, including executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer from 2018-2024. The company sells life insurance among other insurance products. Ameritas also offers a wide range of financial products and services to individuals, families and businesses. Acacia Life Insurance Company The Acacia Life Insurance Company
68-642: A mutual life insurance company to a stock company wholly owned by a mutual insurance holding company. The company formed by the merger of the Acacia and Ameritas holding companies was named the Ameritas Acacia Mutual Holding Company. In 2005, Ameritas merged with The Union Central Life Insurance Co. of Cincinnati, forming Unifi Mutual Holding Co. In 2006, The Ameritas Acacia Cos. merged with Union Central Life Insurance of Lincoln. In 2014, Union Central, still part of Ameritas,
85-547: A new office building in Forest Park to house around 350 workers, also remodeling a nearby building to house 225 Ameritas employees. Nationally, Ameritas had 2,300 employees at that time. The company began a renovation of its Nebraska location in 2015. In 2017, a judge ruled that Ameritas had no right to payment from a broker's bond after the broker was caught stealing from clients. Ameritas had sued Federal Life alleging breach of contract. Ameritas partnered with Nelnet on
102-499: A plan to close 80 stores nationwide. The store has closed as of March 2019. On November 19, 2019, it was announced that Forever 21 would be closing as well as part of a plan to close 178 stores nationwide. The store closed on November 23, 2019. In May 2022, Starwood Capital sold the property to Washington Prime Group for $ 51.5 million. Ameritas Life Insurance Company Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (established in 1887 as Old Line Bankers Life Insurance Company of Nebraska )
119-756: A student loan repayment program in 2017. In July 2019 and August 2019, a data breach at Ameritas was reported to possibly expose customer info. It has the sixth-largest property tax in Lincoln in 2019. Ameritas announced a public finance team, to be responsible for municipal bond financing, in September 2019. In January 2020, William W. Lester succeeded JoAnn M. Martin as CEO, after Martin became CEO in 2009. Martin became CEO of both Ameritas Mutual Holding Company and Ameritas Holding Company, and chair of Ameritas Life Insurance Corp on January 10. On January 1, 2010, Ameritas Acacia Mutual Holding Company merged with
136-659: Is a mutual insurance company. It is owned by Ameritas Mutual Holding Company, headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska , United States . The company includes Ameritas Mutual Holding Company (AMHC) and Ameritas Holding Company (AHC), as well as Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. of New York. In 1984, Ameritas was mostly selling life insurance, with assets of less than $ 1 billion, and about 500,000 customers. In 1999, Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. merged with Acacia Mutual Holding Company . The latter had been formed in 1997 when Acacia Life Insurance Company of Washington, D.C., converted from
153-601: The Union Central Mutual Holding Company of Cincinnati, Ohio , and became the UNIFI Company. Union Central Life was originally established as a mutual life insurance company in 1867, and it had formed its own mutual insurance holding company in 2005. UNIFI changed its name to Ameritas Mutual Holding Company. In 2014, Union Central Life and Acacia Life merged into Ameritas Life. In September 2021, Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. announced
170-456: The acquisition of BlueStar Retirement Services, Inc. BlueStar Retirement Services operates as a subsidiary of Ameritas. Ameritas announced in July 2022 that the headquarters on O Street in Lincoln, Nebraska, would undergo renovations. The move was prompted by a shift to a more hybrid work environment, which includes consolidating all Lincoln-based employees at the newly renovated headquarters upon
187-399: The name changed back to Gateway Mall. The mall is managed by JLL Associates. In June 2013, several new stores opened at the mall, including Forever 21 , which replaced one level of the former Montgomery Ward/Steve & Barry's. In June 2016, it was announced that Dick's Sporting Goods would build a 70,000-square-foot store at the mall, which opened September 22, 2017. It will be built on
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#1732782400410204-412: The parent company with ownership of Ameritas Holding Company. The latter company, in turn, became the owner of 100% of the stock of both Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation and Acacia Life Insurance Company, which became stock life insurance companies. Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. merged with Acacia Mutual Holding Company in 1999. On January 1, 2006, Ameritas Acacia Mutual Holding Company merged with
221-544: The project's completion. Currently, Ameritas operates out of several locations in the Lincoln metropolitan area. On Jan. 2, 2024, Robert Jurgensmeier became chief executive officer, while Susan Wilkinson became president and chief operating officer after William Lester announced his retirement. Jurgensmeier has worked in the insurance and financial services industry for more than 25 years and began his career at Ameritas in 2012 as senior vice president and chief actuary, individual division. Wilkinson began her career at Ameritas as
238-403: The site of Granite City Food & Brewery, which has built a restaurant just west of the previous location. On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Younkers would be closing as parent company The Bon-Ton Stores was going out of business. The store closed on August 29, 2018. Dillard's took over the empty space. On December 28, 2018, it was announced that Sears would also be closing as part of
255-472: Was being sued for allegedly overlooking an agent's ponzi scheme . Ameritas rebranded in 2012. It also merged at one point with Acacia Life Insurance Company . In 2013, it changed its name back from Summit Investment Advisors to Ameritas. Also in 2013, Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. sold Acacia Federal Saving Bank to Stifel Bank & Trust . In 2014, Ameritas Employees Credit Union and MembersOwn Credit Union both merged. In September 2014, Ameritas finished
272-485: Was established in 1867 as a mutual insurance company, owned by its policyowners. Its headquarters were in Washington, D.C. , United States. In 1997, it formed a mutual insurance holding company , Acacia Mutual Holding Company of Washington, D.C. In that process, Acacia Life became a stock life insurance company wholly owned by its parent holding company. Organizationally, Ameritas Acacia Mutual Holding Company became
289-403: Was refitted with a new Steve and Barry's (which has since closed due to that retailer's bankruptcy) and Qdoba Mexican Grill, among other retailers. Bankers Life sold the mall in 1985 to Jacobs Visconsi Jacobs (later The Jacobs Group). Westfield Group bought the mall in 2001 and renamed it Westfield Shoppingtown Gateway. In June, 2012, Starwood Capital Group acquired the mall from Westfield and
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