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University Place general manager Rob Kallas retires after half-century of building Utah County's retail hub
In the 1970s, Woodbury Corp. launched a two-anchor mall in Orem, anchored by ZCMI on the west end and JCPenney on the east. Over the last half-century, the property has grown into the sprawling campus now called University Place, which is arguably the retail hub of Utah County, fitted with stores, restaurants, apartments and entertainment amenities. One man behind the mall’s evolution is Orem native Rob Kallas, who has been with Woodbury Corp. since 1974 and became the mall’s general manager in 1978. After nearly a half-century of managing the property, Kallas is calling it a ...
