Savannah Mall
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The Savannah Mall is a one million square foot shopping mall that opened in July 1990 in Savannah, Georgia. Today the mall has five anchors of Bass Pro Shops, Burlington Coat Factory, Dillard's, Steve and Barry's and Target. There are 110 stores including Gap/Gap Kids, The Limited, Texas Roadhouse, Pacific Sunwear, Bath & Body Works, Foot Locker, etc. A food court is on the upper level of the mall and features a carousel, the only permanent carousel in the Savannah Market. At Center Court a variety of different functions take place from fashion shows to Santa Claus at Christmas.
History
At opening date the mall was expected to finally succeed the older Oglethorpe Mall. Savannah Mall was considered "upscale" and had stores like Banana Republic, Abercrombie and Fitch, Ann Taylor, Benetton, etc. Anchors included Belk, Parisian, Montgomery Ward, and J.B. White. By late 1998 Montgomery Ward had left when the company began to struggle. Also that year Dillard's bought J.B. White and renamed the store. Belk and Parisian pulled out of the mall by 2003. Many stores were leaving the mall and by 2005 there were more than 20 vacancies. In 2004 Target opened their new store on the site of the old Belk. Burlington Coat Factory opened two years later on the first floor of the new store Target constructed. Steve and Barry's also opened in 2004 in the vacated Montgomery Ward. A.C. Moore Arts and Crafts also has opened a new store on the site of a vacated Express, Structure, and The Shoe Department.
Department Stores
- Belk (opened with mall in 1990; closed 2003; building sold to Target; new 213,000 SF, bi-level building constructed; Target opened October 5th, 2004 on 2nd level; Burlington Coat Factory opened March 10th, 2006 on ground floor)
- J.B. White (opened with mall in 1990; purchased by and renamed Dillard's in 1998)
- Montgomery Ward (opened as alternative to Jordan Marsh in 1991; closed 1998 as part of a rash of closings from the struggling company; building is shuttered and walled off; reopens to public in 2004 as Steve and Barry's and office space)
- Parisian (opened with mall in 1990; closed 2003 after filing bankruptcy; reopens August 2003 as Bass Pro Shops)
External links
- [savannahmall.com] ยท Official Website
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