Comments on: Chapel Hills Mall; Colorado Springs, Colorado

By: Doug Davidson

Doug Davidson — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:55:04 +0000

I worked there in 1982 at Bishops Buffett which was kity corner from K-Mart. The mall was brand new then.
Ironically K-Mart bought Bishops and decided to turn it into a Furrs, which they also owned. They transferred the Bishops employees, who wanted to go, to Bloomington Illinois.

I heard the Furrs didn’t last too long there after that.

Then mall was great when it first opened with Famous Barr and a Tex Critters Pizza Jamborie.

I have a lot of great memories of the mall and Colorado Springs in general.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:11:12 +0000

Once the K-mart leaves, maybe they should look into remodeling that entire wing, perhaps with entertainment in mind considering that the movie theater is already there…

By: dman

dman — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:28:31 +0000

The mall is actually doing some upgrades. They are re-doing the concrete and bollards at the main entrances, adding a soft seating location in the Upper level near Macy’s, and are adding a bunch of landscaping. They did loose K-mart this year but it probably is not a huge loss for the mall and who knows maybe they will get something cool to expand into it. I would love to see a big JC Penney expansion or something. I think the mall is making a big push to reinvigorate their experience level and could turn a corner once the economy recovers…

By: prshack

prshack — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:37:08 +0000

They’re losing the K-Mart.

http://www.gazette.com/articles/mall-55523-chapel-kmart.html

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:48:35 +0000

I did some researching. Chapel Hills Mall did open with Kmart as an anchor, and as of 1990 had Dillard's, Joslin's, Kmart, Fashion Bar, and Service Merchandise. And Sears, of course. Foley's opened in 1998 in the old Joslin's, but the look, feel, and employees remained the same. Meanwhile, Service Merchandise left prematurely in 1994, becoming JCPenney soon afterward. link

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:40:51 +0000

Prangeway: According to GGP’s lease plans, the Kmart here sells groceries. Does that mean it’s a Super Kmart?! And “The Love Shop”? What the heck is that?

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:41:31 +0000

Was Kmart added on later…? It sure looks like it.

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:33:05 +0000

Yuk! Those poor food court patrons now have stare at an ugly Dick’s storefront instead of graceful ice skaters.

This appears to have bizarre specialty stores: Everest Tibet Imports, All Things Catholic…what a strange place.

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:47:31 +0000

June 2008

Mall is nice, BUT so many of the trees are dying or have died around the mall. The landscaping of a mall is essectial and sets a “tone” of the mall inside as far as maintance etc. Please remove the dead trees, increace the watering scheduling ….and replace the trees….!! It really reflects and says a lot about the mall…

Thanks
Linda

By: Prangeway

Prangeway — Thu, 10 May 2007 01:56:21 +0000

You are correct, the population for the city of Colorado Springs is only 369,000.

However…

The metro population which I specifically referenced (of 520,000) is a more meaningful statistic for us when we seek to define a trade area for a particular shopping center, because it reflects all the people living in the area the shopping center could potentially serve. A particular municipality’s population often doesn’t include all the people in suburban or outlying areas, and this overall statistic is more important to our analysis. Therefore, the agglomeration of all the municipalities in a metropolitan area is what we typically use in our analyses.