In 1983, the mall opened with
The Denver Dry Goods Company and anchor stores
May-Daniels & Fisher (May D&F),
Montgomery Ward,
Sears, and
Joslins. In 1987,
The May Department Stores Company, then owners of May D&F, acquired The Denver Dry Goods Company; since May Company already operated a May D&F store at the mall, the Denver Dry Goods store was sold to J. C. Penney. In 1993, the May D&F store was converted to
Houston-based
Foley's. In 1998, the mall was sold by Southwest Properties Venture, a partnership between Denver developers Jordon Perlmutter, Samuel Primack, and Michael Cooper to General Growth Properties for $64 million. Joslins was converted to Dillard's in 1998. Montgomery Ward closed in 2001 as the chain shuttered the last of its stores nationwide. In 2006, the former Montgomery Ward store was demolished and re-built on a similar footprint as a Dillard's store and the former Dillard's being converted to a
Dick's Sporting Goods and
Steve & Barry's. In that same year, the Foley's store was converted to
Macy's. In 2009, Steve & Barry's closed as the entire chain was shut down. In November 2015, an 18-month, $75 million renovation was completed. Also in November 2015,
The Cheesecake Factory opened at the mall. On August 6, 2019, it was announced that Sears will be closing this location as part of a plan to close 26 stores nationwide. The store closed in October 2019. On October 15, 2020, Macy's parent company,
Macy's, Inc., announced that they will convert the
Dover Mall in
Dover, Delaware and the Southwest Plaza Macy's stores into fulfillment centers, with in-store shopping discontinued at these two locations. == Gallery ==