Cross County Mall
... that in 1974, Mattoon, Illinois's Cross County Mall became the first shopping center in the US to have J. C. Penney, Sears, and Kmart, then the nation's three largest retailers?
... that in 1974, <a href="./Mattoon,_Illinois" id="mwBLU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mattoon, Illinois">Mattoon, Illinois</a>'s <b id="mwBLY"><a href="./Cross_County_Mall_(Illinois)" id="mwBLc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cross County Mall (Illinois)">Cross County Mall</a></b> became the first shopping center in the US to have <a class="mw-redirect" href="./J._C._Penney" id="mwBLg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="J. C. Penney">J. C. Penney</a>, <a href="./Sears" id="mwBLk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sears">Sears</a>, and <a href="./Kmart" id="mwBLo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kmart">Kmart</a>, then the nation's three largest retailers?