Southwest Plaza

Address: 8501 West Bowles Ave., Littleton, CO, 80123

Hours:

10:00 - 21:00 ( Mon - Sat )  11:00 - 18:00 ( Sun )  

About

Southwest Plaza is an enclosed shopping mall located in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, immediately south of Denver. "Littleton" is commonly indicated in the mall's postal address because its ZIP code is primarily associated with that city, which lies some two miles west. The mall has two levels with over 150 stores, plus a food court. Anchor stores include Dillard's,JCPenney, Macy's, and Sears, with Dick's Sporting Goods and Steve & Barry's University Sportswear added in late 2007. General Growth Properties owns and manages Southwest Plaza.

HistoryThe first store to open at Southwest Plaza was The Denver Dry Goods Company, which opened in late 1982. By 1983, the mall opened, with additional anchor stores including May-Daniels & Fisher (May D&F), Montgomery Ward, Sears, and Joslins. In 1987, the May Company, then owners of May D&F, acquired Denver Dry Goods; since May Company already operated a May D&F store at the mall, the Denver Dry Goods store was sold to JCPenney. Joslins was converted to Dillard's in 1998. Montgomery Ward closed in 2001 as the chain shuttered the last of its stores nationwide; their store at Southwest Plaza was converted to a new Dillard's store in 2006, with the former Dillard's (in the former Joslins) being shuttered. As of Autumn 2007, Dick's Sporting Goods and Steve & Barry's University Sportswear were added, each occupying a level of the former Dillard's.