History
While the location caused some difficulties placing entry points to the parking lot, Beloit Plaza overcame its shortcomings through a broad array of strong tenants. When it opened in 1966, Beloit Plaza could boast three major department stores and three other anchor-quality tenants:
- Sears, Roebuck and Company (one story, with attached Auto Center)
- J.C. Penney (one story)
- Charles V. Weise (two stories; a branch of an old-line Rockford (IL) department store, owned by Bergner's)
- Kohl's (a Wisconsin-based supermarket chain)
- Woolworth (the sixth-largest store in the chain)
- Walgreens
In addition to its anchors, Beloit Plaza had a variety of primary tenants (including Fannie May, Fashion Bug, Hallmark, and Radio Shack), two banks on outparcels, a location in the heart of Beloit, and a hub for the city’s bus lines. While the mall's architecture was the basic, Kohl’s did feature a reduced form of the chain’s trademark arch façade (still seen at some existing older Kohl’s Supermarkets).
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