Mayor Curt Skoog joined Chamber President Tracey Osborne Oltjen on October 23, 2025, to help CBL Properties celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Oak Park Mall.

Since opening in 1975, Oak Park Mall has been a major economic driver for Overland Park. The mall was developed by Copaken, White & Blitt (now Copaken Brooks) in conjunction with Frank Morgan and Sherman Dreiseszun.

Did you know . . .

• 50 years after its opening, Oak Park Mall remains the #2 ranked top taxpayer, contributing about 1.1% of Overland Park’s entire assessed valuation - even as the city’s tax base has grown roughly 60% since 2015.
• On average, Oak Park Mall is about 25% larger than any mall across Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma or Colorado.
• By assessed value alone, Oak Park Mall would rank higher than 14 Kansas counties.
• With 8,925,255 annual visits, Oak Park Mall hosts more guests than 27 packed Super Bowls - or 120 Arrowhead sellouts - every year.
• Johnson County leads the state in drawing shoppers - $14.44B in 2024 taxable retail sales. If our county was a country – its GDP and number of visitors would rival the Bahamas!