Solano Town Center
Solano Town Center, formerly Westfield Solano and Solano Mall, and colloquially known as the Fairfield Mall, is a shopping mall in Fairfield, California, United States, with over 125 stores, multiple restaurants and dining options. The mall is located on Travis Boulevard, one block east of I-80 off the Travis Boulevard exit. Solano Town Center is owned by Starwood Retail Partners and is leased and managed by Spinoso Real Estate Group.
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| Location | Fairfield, California, United States |
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| Coordinates | 38.26290°N 122.05420°W |
| Address | 1350 Travis Boulevard |
| Opening date | 1981[1] |
| Developer | The Hahn Company |
| Management | Spinoso Real Estate Group |
| Owner | Starwood Retail Partners |
| No. of stores and services | 130 [2] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 (4 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,040,000 sq ft (97,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 (3 in the Macy's, former The Emporium/Sears and original Sears buildings) |
| Website | shoppingsolanotowncenter |
History
Solano Town Center opened in 1981 as Solano Mall with original anchors The Emporium, JCPenney and Sears.
Westfield America, Inc., a precursor to the Westfield Group, acquired the shopping center in 1998 and renamed it Westfield Shoppingtown Solano, dropping the "Shoppingtown" name in June 2005. In April 2012, The Westfield Group sold the establishment to Starwood Capital Group.[3] In November 2012, the name changed again to Solano Town Center.[4]
Mervyn's was the mall's fifth anchor store until they went out of business in 2008. Forever 21 moved into the upper level of the former Mervyn's in 2010. Sports Authority moved into the lower level of the former Mervyn's in 2011,[5] which closed when that chain went out of business in 2016. The space has since been taken by Dick's Sporting Goods in 2017. In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Solano Town Center, into Seritage Growth Properties. Sears closed its location in July 2018. In early 2020, Dave & Buster's was slated to open a brand-new restaurant in a portion of the former Sears space, but construction was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The restaurant finally opened in 2021.
Anchors
Its anchor stores are JCPenney, Macy's, Best Buy and Dick's Sporting Goods. There is also an Edwards Cinemas IMAX multiplex located above the Best Buy anchor.
Current
- Dick's Sporting Goods (lower level)
- Macy's
- J. C. Penney
- Best Buy (lower level)
- Edwards Cinema
- Dave & Buster's
Former
- The Emporium - First became Macy's Clearence Center until it closed in 1997 and was replaced with a newly-relocated Sears in 1998.
- Forever 21 - Closed in 2020.
- Mervyns - Closed in 2008. Replaced with Forever 21 in 2010 (upper level) and Sports Authority (lower level) in 2011.
- Sports Authority - Closed in 2016. Replaced with Dick's Sporting Goods in 2017.
- Sears - Original space replaced with Edwards Cinema (upper level) in 1999 and Best Buy (lower level) in 2000. The store moved to the former Emporium space in 1998 and closed in 2018.
References
- "Archive Search - The Reporter". nl.newsbank.com.
- "Solano Town Center ::: About Us". www.shoppingsolanotowncenter.com.
- "Starwood Capital acquires seven Westfield shopping centers | Chain Store Age". chainstoreage.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- "Solano Mall becomes Solano Town Center". November 9, 2012.
- "Sports Authority to hold grand opening Saturday at Westfield Solano mall". October 20, 2011.