At the time of its construction, Sunvalley Shopping Center was said to be the largest air-conditioned regional shopping center in the world. Developed by A. Alfred Taubman, the shopping center opened on August 5, 1967 with a performance by Tony Martin and is on two floors. In the mall's early days it had 40 vendors including three anchor stores: a Macy's, a Sears, and a JCPenney on three floors. A fourth anchor tenant was built in 1981: a three-floor, Emporium Capwell, which operated as The Emporium from 1990 to 1995 until the department store's sale to Federated Department Stores; this location later became a Macy's Men's/Home/Cellar/Backstage, reducing the number of different anchor tenants in the mall to three. A World's Fare food court made up of international restaurants also included staples like donuts and Kentucky Fried Chicken; stores included piano-organ stores, an art gallery, a pet shop, a post office, an ice skating rink, cages of rare birds, and water fountains in numerous locations. The SunValley Cinema had 1,500 seats. The parking lot has 9,000 spaces.