Frontier Mall (Cheyenne, Wyoming)
| Frontier Mall | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Location | 1400 Dell Range Blvd Cheyenne, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 41°9′44″N 104°48′18″W / 41.16222°N 104.80500°WCoordinates: 41°9′44″N 104°48′18″W / 41.16222°N 104.80500°W |
| Opened | March 1981 |
| Owner | CBL Properties |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 519,471 sq ft (48,260.4 m2) |
| Other information | |
| Number of stores | 67 |
| Number of anchors | 6 |
| Website | |
| [Frontier Mall Website] | |
Frontier Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming along Dell Range Blvd between Powderhouse Rd (to the west) and Frontier Mall Dr (to the east). The mall is managed by CBL Properties which is headquartered in Chattanooga Tenessee; the mall occupies approximately 519,470-square-foot (48,260 m2) of land and is made up of approximately 67 shops including six anchor stores.[1] This mall is one of three suburban shopping malls in the state of Wyoming.
History
Early years
Sears would be the first anchor store to open at the Frontier Mall, opening on October 8, 1980, the year prior to the mall's opening. It relocated from their East 17th Street location in Downtown Cheyenne.[2][3]
The mall opened in mid March 1981. At the time, the mall included planters throughout the interior concourse, and a fountain sat next to Fashion Bar (today's Planet Fitness) which opened in March 1981.[4][5]
Some of the earliest tenants of the mall besides the anchor stores included Chick-Fil-A, Cutlery World, Denim Connection, Eli's Records and Tapes, Foxmoor, Hickory Farms, Jo-Ann, Kinney Shoes, Roley's Hallmark Cards and Gifts, Shanty Shop, Taco Etc., The Magic Wok, Thom McAn, Ups and Downs, Van Velzor's House of Music, Western Ranchman Outfitters, Woods and Goods, Your Fathers Mustache Hairstyling Center, and Zales Jewelers.[3][6]
The early 1980s would see the expansion of two additional anchor stores. JCPenney built a store on the east end of the mall (relocating from East 17th Street in Downtown Cheyenne), and the new store opened in July 1982. Throughout 1983, Joslins was in the process of building a new department store location just west of the theatre.[3]
In September 1990, Frontier Mall had a grand opening for the newly-added carrousel, located in the area between the soon-to-be Dillard's and existing Fashion Bar.[7]
Renovations and other changes to the mall
The mall would undergo a renovation in the mid-1990s that would shift the mall to mostly look as it does today.[1] In 1995, anchor Fashion Bar would be renamed to Stage by the end of the year.[8] Stage would live on until approximately the turn of the century.[9][10][11]
In the late 1990s, Dillard's would build a new store (which would become known as Dillards (East)) as an additional anchor to the Frontier Mall.
After Dillard's purchased the Joslins brand in 1998,[12] the Cheyenne Joslins would be converted to a Dillard's (which became known as Dillard's (West)). After the conversion, Dillard's (West) was used mainly for men's clothing, children's clothing, bedding, furniture, seasonal products, and other items not sold at Dillard's (East); Dillard's (East) mainly focused on women's clothing and beauty products.
In the mid-2000s, Gart Sports was converted to Sports Authority in part due to the merger that occurred approximately two years sooner in 2003.[13][14][15]
Returning after being long-since gone from the mall, Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts opened a new store at the Frontier Mall on September 15th, 2011.[16][17] The new Jo-Ann took over several small-format tenants next to Sears including Twills,[18] Natural Lites, Asian Gifts (moved), and Radioshack.[19]
The mall's Sports Authority store (then-formerly Gart Sports) closed in 2016 along with the other remaining Sports Authority locations still open after filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.[20]
Sears was announced in November 2017 to close, liquidation beginning before the end of the year.[21] The store would close in January 2018.[22] Also during January 2018, Planet Fitness would be setting up their new location in the now-former Sports Authority;[23] the mall's Planet Fitness location opened their doors in February 2018.[24]
JAX Mercantile Company opened a new store in the former Sears called JAX Outdoor Gear, Farm and Ranch in late November 2019.[25] Although labeled as store number 9, it was the eighth full-line JAX store in existence at the time.[26] In December, America's Best Contacts and Eye Glasses remodeled the remaining section of vacant space within the former Sports Authority, opening by the following year.
Dillard's (West), a former Joslins department store location, was converted to a clearance center between 2019 and mid-2020, only to close in November 2020; the Cheyenne Dillard's was shifted to only one store, using the space that previously was Dillard's (East). Appliance Factory & Mattress Kingdom later set up in the former Dillard's (West) space,[27] and the store opened in late May 2023.
Businesses on the periphery
Dotted around the Frontier Mall are several separate buildings that also contain (and have contained) various businesses.
Built next to the northwest parking lot entry on Prairie Avenue, the US Bank branch's building was built in the early 1980s.
Also built in the early 1980s, the building on the corner of today's Frontier Mall Dr and Dell Range Blvd currently is occupied by Verizon and Men's Warehouse. Prior to the current two tenants, a restaurant CB&Potts occupied the building, and prior to CB&Potts, the building was occupied by another restaurant called Sea Galley.
The early to mid-1990s would see the addition of two more buildings. One building would be built near the corner of Powderhouse Rd and Dell Range Blvd, and it's currently occupied by a chain dine-in restaurant called Chilli's. The other building was built between Powderhouse Rd and the northwest parking lot entry on Prairie Avenue; called Frontier Medical Plaza, various medical services are available inside the building. (Frontier Medical Plaza is on its own property separate from Frontier Mall.)
In 2007, yet another two additional buildings, both restaurants, were built along Dell Range Blvd between Stillwater Ave and Driftwood Dr.[28][29] The one to the east became an Olive Garden, and the one to the west became a Chipotle.
Modern context
Today in addition to mall walking[30] from 8 AM to 8 PM each day, the mall features a Children's Play Area outside of the Planet Fitness (inside the mall).
Tenants
Current anchors
- JCPenney (original anchor) - Space D/B
- Planet Fitness (former Sports Authority/Gart Sports/Fashion Bar)
- JAX Outdoor Gear, Farm and Ranch (former Sears)
- Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts (took the storefronts of Natural Lites, Asian Gifts, Verizon, and Twills)
- Dillard's East (original anchor) - Space C
- Appliance Factory Mattress Kingdom (former Dillard's West/Joslins)
Former anchors
- Joslins (Became Dillard's West) - Space C
- Dillard's West (became Appliance Factory and Mattress Kingdom) - Space B
- Sears (became JAX Outdoor Gear, Farm and Ranch) - Space A
- Fashion Bar (became Stage[9] then Gart Sports, Gart Sports was previously in space 84) - Space E
- Gart Bros Sporting Goods (became Sports Authority)
- Sports Authority (became Planet Fitness) - Space E
Current non-anchor tenants
- All Wild Western - 14
- America's Best Contacts and Eye Glasses - 100
- American Eagle Outfitters - 42
- Armed Services Recruiting - 33
- Air Force
- Army
- Marines
- Navy
- Asian Gifts - 96
- Bath & Body Works - 72, previously 46, 42
- Beautiful Addictions Tattoo & Piercing - 9
- Bourbon Street Candy - 67 (previously 76)
- Buckle #165 - 16
- Bumpers & Rails - 93
- Bungee Jump - Kiosk (next to Appliance Factory Mattress Kingdom)
- Camp Kitchen - 80 (coming soon)
- Carousels Inc - K6 (near Fashion Bar)
- Chili's Grill & Bar (SW corner of property)
- Chipotle Mexican Grill (south edge of property west of Olive Garden)
- Claire's #6543[31] - 41
- (Old) Country Buffet - 86
- Crossroads Collectibles - 44
- Crumbl Cookies - 85B (Exterior, former Country Buffet)
- DAKY Native Treasures - 21
- Dance Spirit Dance Studio - 71
- Dickey's Barbecue Pit - 85A (Exterior, former Country Buffet)
- Dulces Cuh Mexican Candy - 18
- Finish Line - 77
- Five Guys Burgers and Fries - 85
- Frontier Jewelers - 39 (previously C2)
- Frontier Medical Plaza - Periphery
- Frontier Pets - 31
- Frontier Shades - C2
- FYE - 12 (previously 84, former Disc Jockey)
- GameStop #4294 - 66
- GNC Live Well #0845[31] - 49
- Go! Games / Go! Toys - 69A
- Hibbett Sports #1425 - 54
- Honolulu Poke and Ramen - 36
- Kay Jewelers #1812 - 81
- La Mekicana - 88 (coming soon)
- Madhouse Jui Jujitsu Studio - 95 (coming soon)
- Maurices - 58, 73, 75
- Men's Warehouse #1330 (SE corner of property)
- Mobile Fix - Kiosk near Claire's (coming soon)
- Nails Unique - 38
- Nonna's Primo Pasta Sauce - Kiosk (near Bath and Body Works)
- Olive Garden (south edge of property east of Chipotle)
- Patio Splash - 60
- Pro Image Sports - 79
- Renzio's Greek Food - 37
- Riddle's Jewelry - 11
- Rivian Car Chargers (parking lot, near Sleep Number)
- rue21 - 52
- The Salon by In-Style (inside JCPenney)
- Sherman Hill Model Railroad Display - 7, 91
- Shoe Carnival - 62
- Sleep Number #10795 by Select Comfort - 86 (Exterior, former Country Buffet)
- Spencers #02021 - 51
- Sunglass Hut - K-3
- Sweetwraps Western Gifts - 22
- T-Mobile - 70
- TCBY/Pretzelmaker - 40
- Tesla Supercharger (parking lot, near Olive Garden)
- Trendz Body Jewelry - T30
- Ulta Beauty #1159 - 83
- US Bank (north edge of property)
- Verizon Wireless #339437 (SE corner of property)
- Victoria's Secret #0687 - 69B
- Zumiez #us245 - 74
Former Movie Theatre/other major tenants
- Frontier Six Theatres - F, 27 (same space)
- Wyatts Cafeteria - Space H
- Cutlery World
- Tailor Bench One Birde & Tux
- Brookes Fashion Apparel
- United Jewelers & Distributors
- Travel Management
- Consumer Beauty Salon
- The Cutting Board
- Team Electronics
- Morrow's Nut House
- Olive's East
- Yesterdays
- H&L Crafts
- Beauty Express
- HUD & VA Information Center
- Equality Real Estate Inc
Former non-anchor tenants
Note that some of these numbers may not match up with the correct space as the space numbers have changed significantly over the years.
- Accents & Art - 11, 10
- Afterthoughts Boutique - 6
- AMC Classic Frontier 9 (formerly Frontier Six Theatres)[6]
- Arby's Roast Beef - 75, 91
- Ashley's Silver - 12, K3
- Athletic Fitters (shoe store)[31]
- ATM (Key Bank of Cheyenne) - K5
- Babbages - 66
- Baker's Shoes - 15, K1, 46
- Berman's The Leather Experts - 79
- Beauty Express[31]
- Blue Wire / Alltel Wireless (formerly Cellular One) - 70, K5
- Bookland - 39
- Boot Barn - 54
- Braun's (clothing) - 88
- Braun's (florist) - 10
- Bride & Tux - 8
- Burri Jewelers - 36, 48
- BW Sports - 79
- California Wear - 18
- Candy Express - 78
- Carmel Corn (candy & confectioners) - 19
- Carmelcorn Shoppe[31]
- Carousel Snack Foods[31]
- CB&Potts - Periphery
- Cell Fashions
- Cellular Junction - 87
- Cellular One - 38
- CEW Gifts - 62
- Cheyenne Coffee Company - K6
- Cheyenne Outfitters WRO - 41
- Cheyenne Vision Clinic (simultaneously with Vista Optical) - 65
- Cheyenne T-Shirt Co
- Chick-Fil-A - 71, 89
- China Wok - 36
- Christian Supply Inc - 23
- Christopher & Banks - 88
- Cinna Monster (ice cream & Cinnamon Rolls) - 40
- Cindy's Cinnamon Roll (bakery) - 40
- Circus World Toys (& Hobbies) - 48, 63
- CJ Banks - 91
- Clockworks - 66
- Coach House (Cards &) Gifts - 1, 14
- Cole Vision[11]
- Conrad's Mademoiselle Shop (clothing) - 47, 62
- Consumer Beauty Supply (& Salon) - 82
- Cooks Cupboard Chease - 28
- The Cooks Cupboard (cheese) - 28
- (Old) Country Buffet #145 - 86
- County Seat - 60, 76
- Corral West Ranchwear - 54, 52, 54 (same space)
- CPI Photo Finish - 8
- Cumming's (misc apparel)[31]
- Cutlery World - 55
- Cutlery & More - 70
- CVS Corporation (shoe store)[31]
- Day by Day Calendar[11]
- DEB - 93
- Denim connection - 10
- Disc Jockey - 52, 62
- Dollar World (department store) - 01
- Dough Daddy's Pizzeria and Mac - 80
- Dreams at Sea-Travel Management Agency Inc (simultaneously with Ptetzel Time) - 67
- Eddie Bauer[35]
- Electronics Boutique (of America Incorporated) - 66
- Electronics Unlimited - 50
- ERA the Property Exchange - K1
- ERMC (building maintenance service)[31]
- Eye Studio
- Famous Footwear - 51
- Flory Shoe Co - 51
- Flowerama of America - 18
- Footaction (USA) - 51
- Foot Locker - 61, 77
- Forge Cafe - 24
- Fowlers Inc. (Clothing) - 57
- Fox Photo[11]
- Foxmoor - 63, 13
- Galaxy Cafe - 24
- Gallenkamp Shoes - 49
- Game Nutz[31]
- Game On (internet service/gaming) - 31
- Gardan Jewelers - 29
- Gart Bros Sporting Goods - 84 (also took over former Fashion Bar)
- General Novelty[11]
- General Nutrition Center - 37, 49
- Geronimo Trading Post (Indian apparel-gifts) - 66
- George's Shoe Repair - K3
- Golden Chain Gang (jewelers) - K4
- Goose 'n Gander (baby Clothing) - 66
- Gordon's Jewelers - 29, 39
- Gymboree - 44
- H&R Block
- Hallmark Cards (Gateway) - 4
- Hallmark Cards (Roley's) - 4, 59
- Hickory Farms of Ohio - 93
- Ice Cream Corral - 27
- Impressions N Leather - 63, 79
- Island Ink Jet - K2
- Jay Jacobs (womens clothing) - 44
- JC Keepsake Diamonds - 39
- Jean Nicole (clothing) - 5
- Jewelry Impressions - 47, 48
- Journeys - 18
- Karmelkorn Shoppe - 16, 19
- Kay-Bee Toys (& Hobbies) - 63
- K G Men's Store - 10, 42, 46, 32
- Kinney Shoe Store - 13, 71
- Listen (hearing aids)[11]
- Little Country Store (furniture/crafts) - 77
- Lovejoys - 66
- Magic Grounds Coffee - K6
- Magic Wok (restaurant) - 5, 36
- Main Street T's - K1A
- Malings Shoe Store - 55, 78
- Mall Street Yogurt - 38, 39
- Mattresses & More Inc - 62
- Metabolife Distributor[11]
- Miracle Ear - 78
- Mister Neat's Formalwear - 70
- Morrow's Nut House - 67
- Motherhood Maternity - 7
- Musicland - 94
- Nails Unique - 38
- Namco Cybertainment
- Naturalizer Buster Brown Shoes - 16, 53
- Natural Lites - 96, 3
- Nature's Touch - 75, 97, 59
- New West Eye Works[35]
- Northern Reflections - 78
- Olive's East (restaurant) - 24
- One Hour Photo Express - 8
- Orange Julius - A, 20
- Original Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie - 4
- Pac Sun - 72
- Pacific Wave - 72
- Parkway Pizza - 80
- Payless ShoeSource - 64
- Pearle Vision Center/Express - 97, 69a
- Peoples Sporting Goods - 2, 3
- Pet City - 74, 92
- Phones Plus - 6
- Play A-Round (miniature golf) - 31 (also 30), 59
- Pretzel Time - 67
- Print Gallery - 65
- Quest Solutions Center
- Qwest - K8
- Radio Shack - 5
- Raytown Studios
- Record Bar - 2
- Reel Connections (vhs, movies, & apparel) - 52
- Regis Hairstylists - 9
- Ritz Camera Centers - 68
- Royal Optical - 10, 87
- Safari Mini Golf - 59
- Salvator's Pizza - 3
- Sam Goody Store - 94
- Samuels Jewelers - 65, 81, 48
- SBARRO - 80
- Schuback Jewelers - 81 (later, also included 80)
- Score (sporting apparel) - 37
- Seiferts (clothing) - 6, 7
- Sleep Concepts Sleep Centers - 97, K1
- Spencer Gifts Express - 50
- Sportsfan - 79
- Stage (Specialty Retailers) (clothing) - 43, 72, E
- Stork & Cradle - 4,
- Stuart's Plus (ladies plus size clothing) - 16
- Subway - 24
- Sunglass Hut - K7
- Sunstations (sunglasses) - 43
- Supercuts - 58
- T-Shirts Plus - 15
- Taco's Etc. - 18, 21 (same space)
- Taco John's - 21 (also 20)
- Tandy Corporation[11]
- The Boundary (clothing) - 73
- The Buckboard Company[31]
- The Enchanted Bean - 24
- The Eyes Have It - 8
- The Great Hot Dog Experience - 50, 65
- The ID (women's apparel) - 72
- The Owls Perch (gift shop) - 47
- The Pro Shoppe - 37
- The Sportspage - 68
- Things Remembered - K2, 18, K2
- Thom McAnn - 13, 14
- Three Chocolatiers[31]
- Time-Out Family Amusement Center - 9, 22
- Toys "R" Us Express - 63
- Trade Home Shoes - 47
- Trade Secret (salon) - 47, 82
- Travel Management Agency Inc - 83, 67, 83
- Under The Rainbow (novelties & gifts) - 12
- USAF Recruiting Office - 25
- USMC Recruiting Office - 36B
- US Air Force Department (Recruiting sector) - 5
- US Army Department (Army, Army Reserve Recruiting Office) - N5
- US Army Recruiting Office - 25
- US Eye Works[31]
- US Government (executive offices)[31]
- US Marine Corps (Recruiting) - N5
- US Navy (Recruiting) - 5, 33B
- US Vision (optical goods store)[31]
- Ups N-Downs (clothing) - 11
- Vanity (junior size ladies clothing) - 12
- Vanity Shop of Grand Forks
- Verizon Wireless - 65 (interior, moved to SW corner of property)
- Video Concepts - 69b
- Vista Optical (also Cheyenne Vision Clinic) - 65
- Waldenbooks - A, 41, 4
- Wax Works[31]
- Western Ranchman Outfitters - 7
- Wireless Technologies - 3A
- Wolfer's Ladies Apparel & Bridal Salon - 35
- Wyatt's Cafeteria
- Wyoming West (gift shop)[31]
- Yesterdays (antique reproductions) - 52
- Your Fathers Mustache Family Hairstyling Center - 7
- Zales Jewelry - 9, 10
- # 1 Properities - K9
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frontier Mall Fact Sheet Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Sears Grand Opening". Wyoming State Tribune-Eagle. 7–8 October 1980. pp. 1B–12B.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Staff, Wyoming Tribune Eagle. "Wyoming Tribune Eagle Photo Collection (P2017-4)". Wyoming State Archives - Historic Photo Collection. Incl 00021, 00028, 00030, 00033, 00045, 00047, 00079, 0081, 00095
- ↑ "Lost Department Stores of Denver". Mark A. Barnhouse. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ↑ "Fashion Bar" advertisement (1981-02-11). Wyoming State Tribune.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Cheyenne Directory 1983. R.L. Polk & Co. Publishers. 1983. pp. 107–108 (Street guide).
- ↑ "Frontier Mall - Ride Free Today - The grand opening of our new carrousel is at 10am (ad)" September 11, 1990. The Wyoming Eagle. pp 3
- ↑ "Fashion Bar will rename stores." Fort Collins Coloadoan. May 3 1995.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cheyenne City Directory 1996
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- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Cheyenne City Directory 2000
- ↑ Dubroff, Henry (23 May 1998). "An unforgettable department store sale". Denver Business Journal. American City Business Journals.
- ↑ "Path Cleared for Gart, Sports Authority merger". April 4, 2003. Fort Collins Coloadoan.
- ↑ Cheyenne City Directory 2006
- ↑ Cheyenne City Directory 2007
- ↑ Colleen (2011-09-13). "Joann's Craft & Fabric Stores Opening Six New Locations!". Sew Daily.
- ↑ Staff, W. B. R. (2011-09-15). "Jo-Ann Fabric opens Cheyenne store today". Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
- ↑ "Frontier Mall - Store Directory, Alphabetically". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2001-01-24.
- ↑ Way, Prange (2009-07-25). "Frontier Mall; Cheyenne, Wyoming - Labelscar: The Retail History Blog".
- ↑ Cooper, Steve CooperSteve (2016-05-26). "The Beginning Of The End For Sports Authority Cheyenne". 101.9 KING FM.
- ↑ Release, Jeremy Downing/Press (2017-11-03). "Sears closing Cheyenne store". Wyoming News Now. Archived from the original on 2024-01-07.
- ↑ "110217_store_closing_list.pdf" (PDF). web.archive.org. 2017-11-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-04.
- ↑ Downing, Jeremy (2017-11-24). "Planet Fitness coming to Cheyenne". Wyoming News Now.
- ↑ WY, Planet Fitness Cheyenne (2018-02-27). "Planet Fitness Opens "Judgement Free" Gym in Cheyenne, Wyoming". GlobeNewswire News Room.
- ↑ Shortgo (2019-08-26). "JAX Mercantile Company Headed to Cheyenne". Shortgo.
- ↑ "About JAX — JAXOutdoorGearFarmandRanch". jaxgoods.com
- ↑ Staff, Cap City (2023-02-27). "Appliance Factory & Mattress Kingdom purchases former Dillard's in Cheyenne". Cap City News.
- ↑ Dynes, Michelle. "Frontier Mall's big facelift". Wyoming News.com.
- ↑ Google Maps Street View. August 2007
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 "Mall Directory | Frontier Mall". Frontier Mall
- ↑ 31.00 31.01 31.02 31.03 31.04 31.05 31.06 31.07 31.08 31.09 31.10 31.11 31.12 31.13 31.14 31.15 31.16 Cheyenne City Directory 1997
- ↑ Cheyenne Directory 1990. R.L. Polk & Co. Publishers. 1990. pp. 107–108 (Street guide).
- ↑ Cheyenne Directory 2009. R.L. Polk & Co. Publishers. 2009. pp. 107–108 (Street guide).
- ↑ "Frontier Mall - Home". Frontier Mall. Archived Jul 15 2006 in Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Cheyenne City Directory 1999