Mall St. Matthews, formerly known as The Mall, is a shopping mall located near Louisville, Kentucky at 5000 Shelbyville Road (US 60) in the eastern suburb of St. Matthews.
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The building, which was once known only as "The Mall," was Kentucky's first enclosed suburban retail center. The Rouse Company created it, and on March 21st, 1962, it was inaugurated. The mall's major stores were A & P, Kaufman-Straus, and Rose's, and it was close to the Watterson Expressway. A further mall development in the 1960s included the addition of the JCPenney anchor shop.