The Center Mall in Omaha, NE Has 227,600 Square Feet and No Stores. A Developer Wants 500 Apartments Instead.

The mall at 1941 South 42nd Street in Omaha, Nebraska, hasn’t been a retail center in years. It’s a five-story building full of small offices.

The Center opened in 1955, one of the first enclosed multi-level shopping centers in the country. Younkers anchored it. Offices took most of the fourth floor from opening day.

A 1969 fire destroyed the fifth floor. Younkers closed in January 1996, and the last shops followed…

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