The 20-acre (8.1 ha) Lake Success Shopping Center was planned in the early 1950s. Designed by architect A.H. Salkowitz in 1953, the center opened in 1956.[2][3][4] It was built and owned by Milton Peck and Arthur Shactman.[5]
On May 25, 1990, Sears opened a new location at the Lake Success Shopping Center, in the former Namm-Loeser space.[9][10] It was one of two opened that day – the other being in Holbrook, New York – and was the first time Sears opened a new store on Long Island in 7 years.[9]
In the fall of 2015, a Macy's Backstage store opened at the shopping center.[11][12] It was one of the first Backstage-branded stores the company opened.[11][12] Also taking place in 2015 was the opening of the shopping center's Shake Shack location, located in the space formerly occupied by Deli King – a Kosher delicatessen – and was the burger chain's second location to open on Long Island.[13]
In 2018, the Sears at the shopping center closed – a result of the company's bankruptcy and subsequent restructuring; the company deemed the location as being unprofitable.[1][14][15] It was soon thereafter announced that Target would open a store in the three-story space formerly occupied by the center's Sears.[1] After several delays, it was announced in February 2024 that the Target store will open at some point within the year – and it will also contain a CVS Pharmacy and a Starbucks.[1]
In 2021, the center's Bed Bath & Beyond closed, resulting from its parent company's bankruptcy. Its Modell's also closed around this time, leaving Macy's Backstage, Barnes & Noble and Victoria's Secret/Pink as the largest anchors.[16]
In early 2024 it was announced that the center's Target would open that April – and it will also contain a CVS Pharmacy and a Starbucks.[1][18][19] It was also announced that, while the Target was originally to occupy the lower two floors of the former Sears, it will instead occupy all three.[1][20]
^ ab"BIG NASSAU STORE FOR NAMM-LOESER: Lease Taken for 42 Years at 20-Acre Shopping Center in Lake Success Area NEAR THE SPERRY PLANT Peck and Shactman Sponsoring Union Turnpike Project -Parking for 1,500 Cars". The New York Times. December 27, 1953. pp. R1 – via ProQuest.