Utica Square

Utica Square is an upscale outdoor shopping center located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1][2] The mall is anchored by a branch of the Saks Fifth Avenue chain (which opened at Utica Square in 1986).[3] The shopping center features a number of smaller, mostly independent shops.

A courtyard in Utica Square (shops in background)

Utica Square opened on May 22, 1952 as Tulsa's first suburban shopping center.[4] Helmerich & Payne, Inc., an energy company, purchased Utica Square in 1964,[1] and bought Miss Jackson's in 2001.[5]

Previous anchor stores included Renberg's (closed 1998),[6] John A. Brown Department Store (converted to Dillard's in 1984; Dillard's closed 2001), T G & Y, and C.R. Anthony. Current stores include American Eagle, Ann Taylor, Anthropologie, Banana Republic, Coach, Talbots, Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, L’Occitane, Restoration Hardware, Starbucks, and JoS. A. Bank Clothiers. A medical building was built in 1956 and demolished in 2002.[7]

Utica Square is mentioned frequently in P.C. and Kristin Cast's House of Night books.[8]

Anchors

See also
  • Leading shopping districts by city

References
  1. Cynthia Dees, "Utica Square Bucks Downturn in Market", Tulsa World, July 18, 1990.
  2. Kyle Arnold, "Still stylish at 100: Exclusive Miss Jackson's celebrates a century of luxury retail", Tulsa World, April 4, 2010.
  3. Saks Fifth Avenue at Utica Square website (accessed April 20, 2010).
  4. http://www.uticasquare.com/ourstory.htm
  5. Debbie Blossom, "Owner of Utica Square buying Miss Jackson's", Tulsa World, September 28, 2001.
  6. Dan Rutherford, "Store No More? Renberg's Out in '98, Utica Square Says", Tulsa World, May 20, 1997.
  7. Debbie Blossom, "Utica Square med building to come down", Tulsa World, March 16, 2002.
  8. Jason Ashley, "A love affair with vampires", Tulsa World, June 28, 2010 (pay site).
  9. http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=53&articleid=20110917_53_E1_CUTLIN296770#

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