Town & Country Village (Sacramento)

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Town & Country Village
LocationMarconi & Fulton Avenues, Sacramento, California, United States
Coordinates38°37′08″N 121°24′01″W / 38.618924°N 121.400174°W / 38.618924; -121.400174Coordinates: 38°37′08″N 121°24′01″W / 38.618924°N 121.400174°W / 38.618924; -121.400174
Opening date1946
DeveloperJohn W. Davis, Jeré Strizek
OwnerPhillips Edison & Company, Inc.
No. of stores and services28
No. of anchor tenants7
Total retail floor area216,192 square feet (20,084.9 m2)
(GLA)
No. of floors1
Websiteshoptownandcountry.com

Town & Country Village is a shopping center in Arden-Arcade, California, United States (with a Sacramento address) in the Sacramento area. It is located at the northeast corner of Marconi and Fulton Avenues. Town & Country Village was the first suburban, auto-oriented shopping center in the Sacramento metropolitan area and one of the first in the United States, opening in 1946 with 65 shops.[1][2] It is anchored by Bed Bath & Beyond, Five Below, Ross Dress for Less, Sprouts Farmers Market, T. J. Maxx, Trader Joe's and Ulta Beauty.[3]

History[]

Town & Country Village, which first opened in September 1946, was designed by John W. Davis, and built by contractor Jeré Strizek (1902–1979).[4] Original tenants included a beauty shop, ice cream bar, appliance stores, a five-and-ten cent store, rustic garden center, doctors' offices, hardware store, bottle shop, grocers, pharmacy, clothing stores, jewelry store, furniture store, post office, bank, photography studio, restaurants and bars, a shoe repair shop, and a movie theater.[5] The center never had a department store anchor nor was it ever enclosed.[6][7]

In the 1990s, Town & Country Village was expanded to include more shop space, including a Lucky supermarket. It was later converted to Albertsons in 1999 and Save Mart in 2007. Save Mart was shuttered in March 2016.[8]

In 2013, Town & Country Village was repurposed into a power center. It involved demolishing a substantial portion of shop space in the rear of the shopping center to make way for big-box stores Ross Dress for Less, T. J. Maxx and Bed Bath & Beyond. In July 2018, Sprouts Farmers Market opened in a portion of the former Save Mart, followed by Five Below in June 2020, opening in another portion.[9][10] Much of the original 1940s-built shopping center closest to the intersection of Marconi and Fulton remains.

References[]

  1. ^ Burg, William (2008). Sacramento.
  2. ^ Burg, William. Sacramento's K Street: Where Our City Was Born.
  3. ^ [Google Maps, accessed June 26, 2020]
  4. ^ "Town & Country Village history includes locations outside Sacramento". Valley Community Newspapers. June 13, 2015.
  5. ^ "Town & Country Village", Eichlerific (blog)
  6. ^ Avella, Stephen (2008). The Good Life: Sacramento Consumer Culture. p. 135, 141.
  7. ^ Kassis, Annette (2012). Weinstock's: Sacramento's Finest Department Store. p. Chapter V.
  8. ^ "Save Mart closing two stores in Sacramento area". Sacramento Bee. February 16, 2016.
  9. ^ Excitement Builds at Town & Country Village: Sprouts Farmers Market and Ulta Beauty grand opening details, July 24, 2018
  10. ^ "5 things to know, including an update on local Five Below openings". Sacramento Business Journal. June 17, 2020.

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