Ward Parkway Center

Shopping mall in Kansas City, Missouri
38°58′15″N 94°36′24″W / 38.97073°N 94.60668°W / 38.97073; -94.60668Address8600 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, Missouri 64114Opening date1959DeveloperLegacy DevelopmentManagementLegacy DevelopmentOwnerLegacy DevelopmentNo. of anchor tenants2
Target
AMC Theatres 14Total retail floor area800,000 square footNo. of floors1 (Originally 2 floors)
(2nd floor interior stores
- State Line Level)
(1st floor exterior stores
- Ward Parkway Level)ParkingParking lotPublic transit accessBus interchange RideKCWebsiteOfficial Website

Ward Parkway Center, Ward Parkway Mall, or Ward Parkway Shopping Center is a shopping center located in Kansas City, Missouri on the Kansas/Missouri border line. The location surrounds the area on the North from 85th Terrace to 89th Street on the South and on the West from State Line Road to Ward Parkway on the East. Once a two floor mall with a food court it now has one floor with the first floor enclosed. The mall itself is currently in a redevelopment phase and has been in business since 1959. Former stores Sam Goody, Gap, T.G.I. Friday's, The Limited, and Winstead's. Ward Parkway Center is the location of the first modern movie multiplex, with its original two screens (since renovated and expanded to 14 screens) still operated by AMC Theatres. Originally a tiny two-screen theater located near Montgomery Ward, later expanded to the new complex.

Today

Ward Parkway Center has been updated inside and out with evidence of more foot traffic despite expansion development and some empty storefronts.

Ward Parkway Center is set to develop the former Dillard's site — six years after the department store closed. In 2016, plans were approved for a 31,000-square-foot, U-shaped addition with six restaurant tenants and a pedestrian plaza, all on south end of the center. The tenants include Smitty's Garage, Torchy's Tacos Charleston's Restaurant, Hawaiian Bros, and Hurts Donuts. The two middle buildings were expanded into 18,000 square feet with smaller tenants on either side. Buildings on the north and south end of the addition include patios.

Chick-fil-A has a pad site outside of Target fronting State Line Road.

Anchor Tenants

  • Target - replaces Montgomery Ward in a new building at the same location
  • AMC Ward Parkway 14 Theatres - renovated with leather seats and bar.

Competition

External links

  • Official Website
  • Directory Map
  • Ward Parkway Center will add 6 more restaurants (11-9-2015)
  • Ward Parkway Center's new owners see bright future for revamped mall (12-12-2003)
  • Ward Parkway Center may sell (5-9-2003)

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