Santa Rosa Plaza

For other malls with a similar name, see Santa Rosa Mall.

Santa Rosa Plaza is an enclosed shopping mall in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Opened in 1983, it is anchored by Macy's with two vacant anchor tenants last occupied by Sears and Forever 21. The mall is managed by Simon Property Group.

Santa Rosa Plaza

Location	Santa Rosa, California, United States
Coordinates	38.43929°N 122.7167°W / 38.43929; -122.7167
Address	1071 Santa Rosa Plaza
Opening date	1983
Developer	The Hahn Company[1]
Owner	Simon Property Group
No. of stores and services	107
No. of anchor tenants	3 (1 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area	692,026 square feet (64,291.3 square meters)[2]
No. of floors	2 (3 in Macy's)

Santa Rosa Plaza is one of two enclosed shopping malls in Santa Rosa, the other being Coddingtown Mall, which is located 2 mi (3.2 km) north off US Highway 101.

History

The mall was built in downtown Santa Rosa in 1983 with Macy's, Sears, and Mervyn's as the original anchors, following the demolition of various downtown buildings as part of Santa Rosa's urban renewal project, including the landmark 1923 California Theater.^[3] Macy's, the first store in the development, opened in 1981 on the site of the former theater.^[4] Development was delayed for many years due to legal disputes between developers Ernest Hahn and Hugh Codding, the latter of whom owned nearby Coddingtown Mall.^[1] Codding lost the settlement.^[5]

In an interview with Gaye LeBaron, Hugh Codding said the construction bonds for the Santa Rosa Plaza were paid in full with property tax revenues from the plaza businesses.^[6][7]

Mervyn's closed in 2008 when the chain filed for bankruptcy.^[8] Two years later, the first level of the location became Forever 21.^[9]

In December 2012, a man was stabbed and wounded by another man in the center of the mall, outside the Apple Store.

In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Santa Rosa Plaza, into Seritage Growth Properties.^[10]

On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide.^[11] The store closed on January 6, 2019. The first level is now Home Interiors Furniture.

Forever 21 closed after the holiday season of 2023, leaving Macy's as the only anchor.

On May 2, 2025, the famous Agraria hand sculpture was removed from the mall's entrance near B street after nearly 30 years as a downtown landmark. The sculpture will be moved north to Geyserville