{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox shopping mall | name = Santa Fe Place | image = | image_width = | caption = | location = Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | address = 4250 Cerrillos Road | coordinates = {{coord|35.644479|-106.009048|display=inline,title}} | opening_date = July 31, 1985 | closing_date = | developer = Herring Marathon | manager = Kohan Retail Investment Group | owner = | architect = | number_of_stores = 80 | number_of_anchors = 6 | floor_area = {{convert|569500|sqft|m2}} <ref>{{cite web |title=Jones Lang LaSalle Awarded Three New Retail Assignments Totaling More Than Two Million Square Feet |url=http://www.us.am.joneslanglasalle.com/en-US/news/2004/Q4/NewRetailAssignments.htm |date=2004-11-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061104194426/http://www.us.am.joneslanglasalle.com/en-US/news/2004/Q4/NewRetailAssignments.htm |archivedate=2006-11-04 }}</ref> | floors = 1 | parking = 3,261 <ref name="sfreporter.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-8528-vacancy-place.html|title = Vacancy Place| date=22 April 2014 }}</ref> | website = {{URL|santafeplacemall.com}} | footnotes = }}
'''Santa Fe Place''', formerly '''Villa Linda Mall''', is an enclosed shopping center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Formerly named Villa Linda Mall, Santa Fe Place is one of two enclosed malls in Santa Fe. Santa Fe Place is the largest mall in Northern New Mexico, and fourth in the state.
==History== <!-- Planning: What was there before? Why did the design take on the attributes it did? Construction: How long did it take to build? Any problems? Opening: What was the grand opening like? -->
Developed by Herring Marathon Group, Villa Linda Mall opened in 1985.<ref>{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Brown |title=MALL IN THE MAKING; Developer knows there's a long road to Vista Ridge |work=Dallas Morning News |date=1988-03-20 |quote=Herring Marathon Group's Villa Linda Mall in Santa Fe, opened in 1985, has an elaborate central court. |id=Newsbank document ID 0ED3CFE2A79177D1 }}</ref> The mall changed hands frequently around the turn of the century. Its ownership changed from First Union in 1997 to Zamias Services, Inc. in 1999,<ref name="movies">{{Cite news |first=James |last=Yodice |title=Movies Moving In |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-544672_ITM |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=1999-08-30 |quote=First Union [Real Estate Investments] is in the process of selling Villa Linda Mall to Pennsylvania-based Zamias Services Inc., a sale expected to be completed by late this year. }}</ref> then to General Growth Properties in 2001.
After being purchased by Greenfield and Associates in fall 2004,<ref>{{cite news |first=Megan |last=Kamerick |title=Santa Fe, Las Cruces malls undergoing refurbishments |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2005/04/18/newscolumn2.html |work=New Mexico Business Weekly |date=2005-04-15 }}</ref> the mall underwent a $10 million renovation that included a new roof. The mall celebrated its grand opening as Santa Fe Place in November 2005.<ref>{{cite news |first=Bob |last=Quick |title=New name, new look |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-11589803_ITM |work=Santa Fe New Mexican |date=2005-11-15 }}</ref> Babcock & Brown purchased the mall in 2007<ref>{{cite news |first=Bob |last=Quick |title=Year in review: Thornburg's close call no. 1 2007 story |url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Business/Business_2007_Year_in_review |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913125013/http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Business/Business_2007_Year_in_review |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-13 |work=Santa Fe New Mexican |date=2008-01-15 |quote=Santa Fe Place, formerly Villa Linda Mall, also was sold and now is owned by Babcock and Brown, a global investment company based in Sydney. }}</ref> followed by Trademark Property in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trademarkproperty.com/face-lift-for-santa-fe-place/|title = FACE-LIFT for Santa Fe Place – Trademark Property| date=9 May 2011 }}</ref>
Spinoso Real Estate Group owned and managed the property between 2014 and 2023. Ownership undertook significant renovations and upgrades to the common area during 2014-15 and to the food court in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/492450/santa-fe-place-celebrates-new-look-on-saturday.html|title = Santa Fe Place celebrates 'new look' on Saturday| work=Albuquerque Journal | date=6 November 2014 }}</ref><ref name="sfreporter.com"/> In 2021, Spinoso Real Estate Group announced plans to develop "Escarpa", a luxury three story apartment complex on the property.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/proposed-apartments-at-santa-fe-place-mall-approved/article_d852b15c-9dfa-11eb-a1b1-0f1373e361aa.html|title = Proposed apartments at Santa Fe Place mall approved| date=15 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.autotrophdesign.com/escarpa-at-santa-fe-place | title=Escarpa at Santa Fe Place }}</ref> The following year, plans to construct a Residence Inn on the northeast side of the property were also announced.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/business/residence-inn-hotel-planned-for-santa-fe-place/article_1b41a036-615e-11ed-a2c0-5f5198bdcbae.html | title=Residence Inn hotel planned for Santa Fe Place | date=14 November 2022 }}</ref>
Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased the property in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.yahoo.com/santa-fe-place-mall-sold-160500961.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAANFCOX1LucRenDFgMYrKnS_k4Gz0_y3MZmx40gdGckzGsy_7K8mhXHkWyBcpJ44wf6O2fSdmoH8ScsjMDeHLhfcFx2dM8ss6RWUu9OCulwllVpHr5u4JCmwitXkOcJ_mPVkqsL-AOyaydidGJxnRxfvSc9XP6KqdPEQlsmTf68P | title=Santa Fe Place mall sold to N.Y. Investment group | date=5 January 2023 }}</ref>
In 2025, Dunham’s Sports announced that they would be opening a new location in the anchor space where Conn’s HomePlus had been located until they closed due to bankruptcy. The anchor space was renovated and transformed into a sporting goods store throughout 2025. Dunham’s Sports opened on September 19, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dunham’s Sports to Open First Store in New Mexico {{!}} SGB Media Online |url=https://sgbonline.com/dunhams-sports-to-open-first-store-in-new-mexico/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=sgbonline.com}}</ref>
==Stores== <!-- What stores were in the mall when it opened? What about later years? What anchor or other noteworthy stores are in the mall now? See Wikipedia:WikiProject Shopping Centers/Anchors and tenants for more details. Please include reliable sources, also! -->
The mall's present anchor stores are JCPenney, Dillard's, Dunham’s Sports, and Hobby Lobby. One of the original anchor stores, Bealls, closed in 1989 to make way for the northern United Artists theater, which opened in 1991.<ref name="movies" /> Mervyn's was also one of the original anchors, but closed in 2008 due to bankruptcy. Sports Authority took Mervyn's former location in 2013. Around that same time Shoe Pavilion also went bankrupt, leaving a large vacant location. JCPenney moved from Santa Fe's first mall, De Vargas Center, Sears moved from its Downtown location. In 2011, United Artists North, then known as the only "discount theater" in Santa Fe, closed.<ref>{{cite news|first=Crystal|last=Gutierrez|url=http://www.krqe.com/dpp/connections/business/cinema-closing-could-cost-regulars|title=Cinema closing could cost regulars;|work=KRQE News|date=2011-11-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229124200/http://www.krqe.com/dpp/connections/business/cinema-closing-could-cost-regulars|archivedate=2011-12-29}}</ref> In 2016, Cost Plus World Market and Bed Bath & Beyond opened stores there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/business/santa-fe-place-h-m-store-set-to-open-sept/article_a21481ee-2f69-504f-9872-ca0ce78821ab.html|title=Santa Fe Place H&M store set to open Sept. 14|date=24 August 2017 }}</ref> Sports Authority closed in 2016 due to bankruptcy. Conn's HomePlus took over the space in 2022. In 2017, Sears shuttered its Santa Fe location.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/1001077/santa-fe-sears-store-closing.html|title = Santa Fe Sears store closing}}</ref> During the same year, Victoria's Secret relocated, renovated and added Pink to their location, H&M, Torrid and Forever 21 opened new-to-market locations, while Regal Cinemas (formerly United Artists) announced its return to the center after a full renovation of the space.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/business/pop-up-halloween-store-could-be-just-start-of-big/article_83bab363-f25b-5b79-882d-fc96b43f6218.html|title = Pop-up Halloween store could be just start of big changes at Santa Fe Place| date=26 September 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=H&M to Open Store in Santa Fe Next Month | website=US News & World Report | date=31 August 2017 | url=//www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2017-08-31/h-m-to-open-store-in-santa-fe-next-month | access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref> In 2019, arts and crafts store Hobby Lobby relocated to the center, occupying the former Sears location.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/business/hobby-lobby-plans-relocation-to-santa-fe-place/article_f021c6fe-bc15-51d7-8ad1-cc324a3d1312.html|title=Hobby Lobby plans relocation to Santa Fe Place|date=11 March 2019 }}</ref> In October 2022 a new to market 2nd & Charles was announced, occupying the last remaining part of the former Mervyn's space. However, plans stalled after a change in management. In 2023, Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy, resulting in the closure of the Santa Fe location. The following year, Barnes & Noble announced plans for the space.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bed-bath-beyond-store-santa-033500486.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAANFCOX1LucRenDFgMYrKnS_k4Gz0_y3MZmx40gdGckzGsy_7K8mhXHkWyBcpJ44wf6O2fSdmoH8ScsjMDeHLhfcFx2dM8ss6RWUu9OCulwllVpHr5u4JCmwitXkOcJ_mPVkqsL-AOyaydidGJxnRxfvSc9XP6KqdPEQlsmTf68P | title=Bed Bath & Beyond store at Santa Fe Place closes | date=3 August 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/business/barnes-noble-headed-for-santa-fe-place-mall/article_aa910b7a-c9d9-11ee-a428-5ff80c68779f.html | title=Barnes & Noble headed for Santa Fe Place mall | date=12 February 2024 }}</ref> In 2023, Conn’s HomePlus filed for bankruptcy and closed and the space was eventually bought by Dunham’se Sports in 2025 who announced they would open one of their stores. Dunham’s Sports opened in October, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dunham’s Sports to Open First Store in New Mexico {{!}} SGB Media Online |url=https://sgbonline.com/dunhams-sports-to-open-first-store-in-new-mexico/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=sgbonline.com}}</ref>
==Food court== Originally the food court at Santa Fe Place was named ''El Mercado''. The food court hosted 12 restaurants, an arcade, and the United Artists South movie theater. After changing management, ''El Mercado'' was changed to ''The Market'', after renovation. The Market can house 6 restaurants, due to Foot Action previously occupying the other half of the court. When renovated, the seating area was leveled.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/columns/jennifer_goes/jennifer-goes-to-things-does-stuff-a-mall-too-far/article_f5bd8fed-013b-5f1a-88b7-6c8a7ec1fe0f.html|title=Jennifer Goes [To Things & Does Stuff]: A mall too far|date=29 January 2016 }}</ref> In 2020, Spinoso Real Estate Group remodeled the food court.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/business/santa-fe-place-adding-food-hall-ropes-course-retro-arcade/article_9f58ba06-4827-11ea-9a6a-c7ef0d38efb7.html|title = Santa Fe Place adding food hall, ropes course, retro arcade| date=17 February 2020 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.shopsantafeplace.com/}} * [https://spinosoreg.com/ Spinoso Real Estate Group]
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