Promenade Mall

Tulsa Promenade Mall is a 926,426-square-foot (86,067.8 m2) shopping center located in the Midtown section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is anchored by Dillard's, Sky Fitness, and a third anchor store last occupied by Mervyn's until February, 2006 and a fourth anchor last occupied by Macy's until March 26, 2017. The mall sits on 22 acres of land. 
== History ==
The original structure was built in 1965 as an outdoor shopping center called Southland, anchored by Brown-Dunkin (now Dillard's) and JCPenney. In 1986, the property was rebuilt as an indoor mall, retaining the Dillard's and JCPenney stores as anchors while adding Mervyn's as a third. Campbell Company developed the original plaza, and Robert B. Aikens converted it to the present-day mall structure.
The next physical renovation to Tulsa Promenade Mall was in 1996 with parking structures on the north and south sides of the center, expansion of Dillard's and addition of Foley's. In 1998 the Hollywood Palace 12 Theatre opened. The 1999 renovation added carpeting, fixtures, additional restrooms. The tenant mix was enhanced significantly over the next few years with the addition of El Chico restaurant and many retail concepts. In 2005, the center was renovated with the addition of a soft play area, indoor fountains and planters, a glass elevator and a newly designed exterior corner consisting of signage and landscaping.
Mervyn's, which occupied two floors on the west end of the mall as an anchor store, closed in 2005. In 2011 approximately 75% of the first floor (of the former Mervyns space) was leased by Sky Fitness, leaving about 25% of the first floor and 100% of the second floor still vacant. In January 2017, Macy's announced that they will be closing the Promenade location by the end of the year; it closed on March 26, 2017.
On August 6, 2017, an EF-2 tornado crossed part of Midtown Tulsa, lying within the area bounded by 41st and 51st streets and Memorial Drive and Sheridan Road. Promenade Mall was affected, but suffered only light roof and structural damage. Stores were able to reopen within two days after the event. No injuries occurred inside the mall, since the tornado struck shortly after 1 AM.
Due to missed mortgage payments and long term maintenance issues, the mall went into receivership in July 2019. Tulsa Promenade was returned to Kohan's ownership in September 2019.
On January 17, 2020, it was announced that JCPenney would also be closing on April 24, 2020 as part of a plan to close 6 stores nationwide which will leave Dillard's and Sky Fitness as the only anchor left.
In 2021, the entire second floor was vacated, with tenants moving to the first floor, relocating outside of the mall, or closing permanently. Dillard's remained open on its second floor, albeit with locked doors to the mall interior.
In June 2022, it was announced that the Tulsa Oilers would be purchasing the former Macy's with plans to convert it to a practice rink as well as opening it to the public to use. The renovation should take about 18 months.
On September 17th in 2023, the mall closed its doors for the final time. After numerous complaints about the buildings deteriorating structure and mechanical/electrical/plumbing systems from tenants and customers alike, a final fire marshall inspection sealed the coffin. The fire suppression system wasn't up to code, fire extinguishers were out of date etc. The malls owners were ordered to either upgrade their systems which would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars if not a million or hire an advanced 3rd party fire-watch company to monitor their building. (Not to mention multiple occasional pipe bursts and leaks, and in one case water leaking inside a tenants electrical breaker panel almost causing a fire. The entire AC system was also reported to be non-functioning, leading to an extremely uncomfortable shopping experience). Neither sounded appealing to Kohan Retail Investments, and so they made a public announcement that the mall would shut down permanently on a Sunday. However, tenants were only notified not even a week in advance, and had to find a new place to settle fast. They stated that after the mall shutdown, they will release a schedule for store owners to come in and relocate their stock.
Currently, there remains the original Dillards (closed their upper floor completely, and converted to a clearance center), Extra Storage Space (former JCPenny) , Genesis Health Clubs (bought out the previous Sky Fitness), CREOKS Health Services (behavioral health offices), WeStreet Ice Center (former Macy's, now a local credit union sponsoring local hockey team Tulsa Oilers by building them an indoor ice rink, complete with a sports bar and small arcade). The mall and its former stores have been wiped off maps services, and their website taken down, only accessible through internet archive services such as the wayback machine. There exists a radio callsign license by the FCC, a registered radio frequency so that maintenance and security workers can have their own radio channels to communicate, and which will expire November 17th, 2024.
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