The Jones Store Co.

The Jones Store Co. (or simply Jones), was a chain of department stores in Missouri and Kansas founded in 1887 as an 800-ft store in Stafford Kansas, by J. Logan Jones. In 1902, a massive 500,000 sq ft 7-story building in downtown Kansas City, Missouri was leased by Jones. Despite many retailers leaving the downtown area, the downtown flagship store stayed open until early 1998.
The building would later be demolished in 2005. Locations of The Jones Store operating in malls were re-branded as Macy*s in September 2006, after a merger between May Dept Stores and Federated Dept Stores in 2005. This marked the second entry to Kansas City for Macy*s, after all their locations had been replaced by Dillard's in the mid-1980s.
== Former Locations ==
===Missouri===
Kansas City - Downtown - 500,000 sq. ft.
* Opened 1902 - Closed 1998
Kansas City - Metro North Mall - 244,000 sq. ft.
* Opened 1976 - Closed 2006 (now Macy*s)
Kansas City - Bannister Mall
* Opened 1980 - Closed 2005
Kansas City - Blue Ridge Mall
* Opened 1963 - Closed 2003
Independence - Independence Square
Independence - Independence Center - 193,000 sq. ft.
* Opened late 1984 - Closed 2006 (now Macy*s) (closed)
===Kansas===
Overland Park - Oak Park Mall - 183,000 sq. ft.
* Opened 2002 - Closed 2006 (now Macy*s)
Overland Park - Metalf South Shopping Center - 259,000 sq. ft.
* Opened 1967 - Closed 2006 (now Macy*s) (closed)
Prairie Village - Prairie Village Shopping Center - 160,000 sq. ft.
* Opened 1958 - Closed 2006 (now Macy*s) (closed)
Leawood - Town Center Plaza - 123,000 sq. ft.
* Opened 2004 - Closed 2006 (now Macy*s)
Topeka - West Ridge Mall - 189,000 sq. ft.
* Opened 1988 - Closed 2006 (now Macy*s)
===Nebraska===
Omaha - Westroads Mall
* Opened 1999 - Closed 2003
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