is<\/del> was Carolina Circle Mall in Greensboro? Oops, I’m sorry. It was bulldozed into a Walmart shopping center.\u00a0 The mall owners are going to have to pull a miracle to get another big-name anchor store to fill Sears’ spot. The previous owners lost Goody’s through no fault of their own and could only replace it with a locally-owned furniture store. No big-name anchor store will want to invest in a new location in a mall that’s got troubles in a city that’s got 20+% (yeah, that’s the real number) unemployment. That’s why the open space that was Boscov’s in Danville’s Piedmont Mall is still an open space. It’s also why it was an open space long before Boscov’s came in, too.<\/p>\nCome to think of it, I’m wondering if this is what’s in store for Piedmont Mall next year as the story says Hull Storey Gibson is going to renovate it. There are a lot of “local” businesses there and very few national ones. Piedmont Mall is in about the same shape as Liberty Fair Mall, but I don’t see much chance of them trying to run Piedmont Mall into the ground since there’s plenty of big-box retail near it unlike in Martinsville. But that’s enough Danville speculation for now. Let’s get back to Martinsville.<\/p>\n
Remember when Patrick Henry Mall was the place to shop in Martinsville? Yeah, me neither but it was when JC Penney was there and other businesses. It’s now a dump whose major tenant is a temporary-based call center company. It’s about 20% full (if that) and quite dead. Liberty Fair Mall is about 70% full (soon to drop) and on life support. Let’s see what this “planning” brings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You just bought a large mall that’s seen better times in a city with 20+% unemployment, so what do you do? That’s right… you kick out one of your anchor stores that’s been there since the beginning. Wait, what?!<\/p>\n
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