Utica Square facts for kids

Utica Square is an upscale outdoor shopping center located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The mall is anchored by a branch of the Saks Fifth Avenue chain (which opened at Utica Square in 1986). The shopping center features a number of smaller, mostly independent shops.

A courtyard in Utica Square (shops in background)

Utica Square opened on May 22, 1952 as Tulsa's first suburban shopping center. Helmerich & Payne, Inc., an energy company, purchased Utica Square in 1964, and bought Miss Jackson's in 2001.

Previous anchor stores included Renberg's (closed 1998), John A. Brown Department Store (converted to Dillard's in 1984; Dillard's closed 2001), T G & Y, and C.R. Anthony. Current stores include American Eagle, Ann Taylor, Anthropologie, Banana Republic, Coach, Talbots, Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, L’Occitane, Restoration Hardware, Starbucks, and JoS. A. Bank Clothiers. [1] A medical building was built in 1956 and demolished in 2002.

Utica Square is mentioned frequently in P.C. and Kristin Cast's House of Night books.

Anchors

• Saks Fifth Avenue (48,000 square feet)