# Crossroads Mall

Boulder, CO · mall · tier: curated · Retrofit Atlas record `m-e5c459ed4b` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/co/boulder-crossroads-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-e5c459ed4b.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-e5c459ed4b.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-e5c459ed4b

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | reported · authors' map |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | • Redevelopment: retail, office and restored street grid | reported · authors' map |
| Opened | 1963 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2004 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2007 | reported · authors' map |
| Redeveloper | Macerich/Westcor | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “Crossroads Mall opened on March 14, 1963, with 394,000 leasable square feet for retail stores, surrounded by open-air parking.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_Mall_(Colorado)
- **year_closed**: “On January 8, 2004, the closing of Crossroads Mall was announced. The mall closed in February 2004, with the exception of Foley's, the only store to survive from Crossroads to the new Twenty Ninth Street.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_Mall_(Colorado)
- **status**: “The new Twenty Ninth Street retail district opened on October 13, 2006. Unlike the indoor design of the Crossroads Mall, the new Twenty Ninth Street retail district is an outdoor shopping neighborhood.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_Mall_(Colorado)

## Anchors

Sears, Montgomery Ward, Mervyn's, J. C. Penney, Randall Shop (Denver Dry Goods), May D&F (Foley's/Macy's)

## Parties

- Macerich — owner (from text) (1979–2004)

## Timeline

- 1963: Opened
- 1979: Acquired by Macerich
- 1986: Mervyn's added as anchor
- 1987: Sears replaces Denver
- 1990: Expansion to 820,000 sq ft
- 1997: Montgomery Ward closure
- 2001: J. C. Penney closure
- 2004: Mall closure announced
- 2006: New retail district opens
- 2007: Retrofit: redevelop

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Crossroads Mall was an indoor shopping mall from 1963 until 2004, in Boulder, Colorado.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_Mall_(Colorado)

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_Mall_(Colorado)
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) — https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=ce33ab2637374aab862b8a23847f620f (2021-01-20)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Crossroads Mall, Boulder, CO." Record m-e5c459ed4b, release 2026-10-21, tier curated. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/co/boulder-crossroads-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_bouldercrossroadsmall,
  title = {Crossroads Mall, Boulder, CO},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/co/boulder-crossroads-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-e5c459ed4b, release 2026-10-21, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.