Westfield Oakridge, commonly known as Oakridge, is a shopping mall in San Jose, California, located in the Blossom Valley neighborhood of South San Jose. Established in 1973, Oakridge has been redeveloped multiple times in its history, most recently in 2003, to the cost of $150 million.
History
Westfield Oakridge opened on February 7, 1973 with anchors Grants and Montgomery Ward. An expansion in 1978 converted the former Grants into mall shopping space, added an additional wing of shops, and new anchors Macy's and Bullock's. Bullock's closed its Northern California locations in 1983 and sold its Oakridge location to Nordstrom; which opened in the building in 1985. Nordstrom opened a new department store at the competing Valley Fair shopping center in 1987, and the two stores existed simultaneously until 1994 when Nordstrom closed its Oakridge store and sold the building to Sears.[2]