Janss Marketplace

Janss Marketplace is an outdoor shopping mall in Thousand Oaks, California. Previously known as Janss Mall, it opened in September 1961 as Village Lane. It was the first mall established in the city, and Thousand Oaks' only shopping center until The Oaks was built in 1978.[1][2][3] 39 businesses are located here as of 2020.[4] Conejo Valley Art Museum is also located here. It is home to well-known anchoring stores - Burlington, Nordstrom Rack, and Old Navy. - along with specialty shops and fast food establishments. It has a nine-screen movie theater and is surrounded by neighborhood restaurants.[5]

Janss Marketplace
LocationThousand Oaks, California
Coordinates34.183°N 118.878°W / 34.183; -118.878
No. of stores and services39
No. of anchor tenants4
No. of floors1

A big attraction here in the 1960s was its 854-seat Fox Conejo movie theater. The theater opened in May 1963 with a gala premiere of the movie A Gathering of Eagles (1963). Celebrities such as Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Eden, Gary Crosby and Annette Funicello attended the opening gala.[6]

In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Janss Marketplace, into Seritage Growth Properties.[7] Sears downsized its store from 171,000 square feet (15,900 square meters) to 68,750 square feet (6,387 square meters) to make way for Nordstrom Rack, DSW, and Sports Authority, which closed in 2016.

The Reign of Terror Haunted House is located here, which is a 25,000 square feet (2,300 square meters) house open for tours on and around Halloween.[8][9]

Toys "R" Us closed in June 2018.

On June 28, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 78 stores nationwide. The store closed in September 2018.[10] The former Sports Authority space became Dave & Busters that year.

References
  1. O'Brien, Tricia (2017). Thousand Oaks and Westlake Village. Arcadia Publishing. Page 39. ISBN 9781467125697.
  2. Bidwell, Carol A. (1989). The Conejo Valley: Old and New Frontiers. Windsor Publications. Page 45. ISBN 9780897812993.
  3. Shor, Tama J. (1996). Directory of Major Malls, 1996. Directory of Major Malls, Incorporated. Page 125. ISBN 9781888454000.
  4. http://janssmarketplace.net/shops
  5. Baker, Pam (2002). Thousand Oaks Westlake Village: A Contemporary Portrait. Community Communications, Inc. Page 29. ISBN 978-1581920611.
  6. Bidwell, Carol A. (1989). The Conejo Valley: Old and New Frontiers. Windsor Publications. Page 75. ISBN 9780897812993.
  7. http://www.seritage.com/retail/property/145-w-hillcrest-dr/3312479/landing
  8. https://www.theacorn.com/articles/beware-reign-of-terror-even-bigger/
  9. http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/conejo-valley/2017/09/28/green-slime-joins-reign-terrors-ghouls-thousand-oaks-does-it/655641001/
  10. https://www.toacorn.com/articles/sears-closing-thousand-oaks-store/
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