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Lakeside Shopping Center
Location Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.
Coordinates 30°0′23″N 90°9′26″W / 30.00639°N 90.15722°W / 30.00639; -90.15722
Opening date March 24, 1960
No. of stores and services (119+ by late 2020)
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 967,000 sq ft (89,800 m2)
No. of floors 1 with partial upper level (3 in Dillard's and Macy's, 2 in JCPenney)

Lakeside Shopping Center, or simply Lakeside, is a shopping mall located at 3301 Veterans Memorial Boulevard in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, Louisiana. It opened on March 24, 1960 as the first regional shopping mall in New Orleans and is the largest and busiest mall in Greater New Orleans. Lakeside is a 967,000 sq ft (89,800 m2) mall with three major retail anchors (Dillard's, Macy's, JCPenney, and Zara). There are also more than 120 stores and restaurants. Lakeside once operated a 5-screen movie theater in a satellite complex near Dillard's but competition from newer stadium style theaters forced its closure and its eventual demolition for additional satellite retail space in 2000. The smaller Clearview Mall, a mall that opened in 1966 and is located about 2 miles (3 km) to the west on Veterans Memorial Boulevard, had never operated a movie theater on its property since its opening. That mall greatly expanded its food court and added 12 screens with stadium style seating in 2001.

Anchors

Former anchor

  • La Madeleine Country French Café

Satellite

  • Dick's Sporting Goods
  • LOFT, a division of Ann Taylor (clothing retailer)

Hurricane Katrina

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Lakeside in the immediate aftermath Hurricane Katrina

The mall suffered only minor damage from Hurricane Katrina.

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