Turtle Creek Mall

Not to be confused with The Mall at Turtle Creek.
Turtle Creek Mall
Aerial view of Turtle Creek Mall and anchor stores in 2014
Map
LocationHattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
Coordinates31°19′37″N 89°22′34″W / 31.327°N 89.376°W / 31.327; -89.376
Address1000 Turtle Creek Drive
Opening date1994
DeveloperCBL & Associates Properties
OwnerCBL & Associates Properties
No. of stores and services75
No. of anchor tenants6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area845,508 square feet[1]
No. of floors1

Turtle Creek Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Opened in 1994, its anchor stores are At Home, JCPenney, Dillard's, Belk, and Urban Planet. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Sears.

History

The first anchor stores that opened at Turtle Creek were Dillard's, Gayfers, and Goody's, all of which opened in October 1994. McRae's and JCPenney were added in 1995.[2] By 1999, Turtle Creek was at 100 percent capacity.[3]

The Gayfers anchor was converted into a second McRae's location when Gayfers was bought out by Dillard's in 1998.[4] Both were acquired by Belk in 2006, which consolidated all operations into the former Gayfers anchor in 2010. [5] Goody's closed in 2009 and was converted into Stein Mart in 2011.[6] In 2014, the Garden Ridge anchor store was rebranded into At Home.[7]

On May 31, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing 72 of its stores in the U.S., including its Turtle Creek location, which closed in September 2018.[8]

On August 12, 2020, it was announced that Stein Mart had filed bankruptcy and would be closing all of its stores in the U.S., including its Turtle Creek location.[9] By 2023, the former Stein Mart location was occupied by an Urban Planet clothing store.[10]

References

  1. ^ "CBL : Turtle Creek Mall : Fact Sheet". Archived from the original on 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  2. ^ "Rome News-Tribune - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  3. ^ "Turtle Creek Mall at capacity". Msbusiness.com. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  4. ^ Caldwell, Stan (October 17, 1999). "turtle+creek+mall"+"anchor" "Turtle Creek Mall owes success to location". Hattiesburg American. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Belk to combine Turtle Creek Mall stores | Hattiesburg American | hat…". archive.is. 2013-04-11. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  6. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Garden Ridge rebranding all stores to At Home". www.retailcustomerexperience.com. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  8. ^ Smith, Aaron. "Is your Sears or Kmart closing? Check the list". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  9. ^ Kilgore, Tomi (August 13, 2020). "Here are all the 'Going-Out-of-Business' sales for 112-year-old Stein Mart stores". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  10. ^ "Mall Directory | Turtle Creek Mall". www.turtlecreekmall.com. Retrieved 2023-02-06.