Edgewood Mall

Edgewood Mall
Location McComb, Mississippi
Coordinates 31°15′46″N 90°28′35″W / 31.26277°N 90.47646°W / 31.26277; -90.47646Coordinates: 31°15′46″N 90°28′35″W / 31.26277°N 90.47646°W / 31.26277; -90.47646
Address 1722 Veterans Blvd, McComb, MS 39648
Opening date July 1987
Developer Carl Haskins and Prescott Sherman
Owner Commercial Developers LLC[1]
No. of stores and services 45
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 400,000 square feet (37,161 m2)
No. of floors 1
Parking 1,900[2]
Website edgewoodmall.net

Edgewood Mall is a regional shopping mall located in McComb, Mississippi. Situated at the intersection of Interstate 55 and Veterans Boulevard, the mall is anchored by five department stores — JCPenney, Belk, Hobby Lobby, Marshall's, and Goody's — with Ashley Furniture Home Store as a junior anchor. The mall currently has more than 40 interior shops.. A Walmart Supercenter is located next door[3] and Lowe's is located across the boulevard. The mall also has area stores and restaurants that include: Piccadilly Cafeterias, McDonald's, First Bank, Blockbuster, Burger King, Ruby Tuesday, Pike County National Bank, BP Gas Station, China Buffet, Radio Shack, Walgreens, Holiday Inn Express, and the Kahalaf Plaza. On the other side of the I-55 is a B-Kwik Chevron/ Quiznos Subs, Arbys, Hampton Inn, Ramada Inn, Deerfield Inn, El Darado Mexican Restaurant, Legacy Ford Lincoln Mercury, and more too.

History

Edgewood Mall, the first enclosed shopping center in McComb, was built in 1987 by Prescott Sherman.[4][5] Anchored by JCPenney, Beall-Ladymon, and Walmart, the mall opened its doors in July 1987 with a total 236,324 square feet (21,955 m2) of retail space.[6] The mall was built on land owned by the Sherman family.[7][8]

In 1994, the Beall-Ladymon chain was bought out and converted to a Stage department store in early 1995.[9] Sears replaced the former Walmart anchor space, vacated in 1998 when Walmart built a Supercenter next door, in March 1999. A major overhaul of the mall in 1999 included a 15,466 square feet (1,437 m2) expansion of the JCPenney anchor, construction of an additional 25,000 square feet (2,323 m2) of space for specialty shops, and addition of fourth large (71,798 square feet (6,670 m2)) anchor, Mississippi-based McRae's.[2] This expansion, capped by a grand re-opening in September 1999, left the mall with over 400,000 square feet (37,161 m2) of retail space.[2][6]

In 2002, Mississippi Business Journal reported that Prescott Sherman had given $2 million to the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi from the Edgewood Mall.[5][10] Sears closed in 2012.[11] A Hobby Lobby replaced half of the Sears anchor space in 2015, making the store the only non-enclosed store of Edgewood Mall to date. In 2016, Marshall's took the other half of the former Sears anchor space.

Anchors

  • JCPenney - original tenant[6]
  • Belk - 71,798 sq ft (6,670 m2).; opened as McRae's in 1999,[12] converted in March 2006
  • Goody's - opened as Beall-Ladymon,[6] Beall-Ladymon chain bought out in 1994, converted to Stage in early 1995.[9] Stage Department Store was later converted to Goody's back in September 2011.
  • Ashley Furniture Home Store - open in late 2007 Sold To Lott Furniture in September 2008. Operated by Pennebaker Enterprises of Hattiesburg since July 2014.

Other stores

The mall's junior anchor is Lott Furniture. Other notable stores in the mall include Beall St., Foot Locker, Hibbett Sporting Goods, Rue21, Factory Connection, Friend Girl, and nail salon. A KB Toys which had opened during the mall's 1999 expansion was closed due to the toy chain's bankruptcy in 2004.[13] The mall's Kirkland's location closed in 2005.[1]

Expansion area

Edgewood Mall attract lots of people for portions of Southwest Mississippi, a lot from Louisiana, Alabama, and some from Tennessee and Arkansas who are on a travel or road trip. Ever since the mall's expansion grew out, more people coming to visit the mall by day.

Former features

Mississippi Driver's License Office

The Mississippi Highway Patrol's driver's license examiner's office relocated from the Magnolia Community Center in Magnolia, Mississippi, to Edgewood Mall in 2001.[14] Opening its doors on September 4, 2001, this office was located at the north entrance of the mall between JCPenney and McRae's.[14] In February 2007, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety announced that the office was being forced to relocate by the end of March 2007 because their space in the mall had been acquired by another party.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kirkland's leaving mall; Dollar Tree, Bath staying". McComb Enterprise-Journal. 2005-04-23. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22.
  2. 1 2 3 "1999 in review". McComb Enterprise-Journal. 1999-12-25. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22.
  3. ↑ "1990 Rewind". McComb Enterprise-Journal. 1999-12-18. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31.
  4. ↑ "People in business". The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). 1987-05-24. Karen Hammons has been appointed mall manager and marketing director for Edgewood Mall, the first enclosed shopping center development in McComb, Miss.
  5. 1 2 "Jack Ryan: Sherman has built a grand legacy". McComb Enterprise-Journal. 2002-01-06. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "A grand re-opening: Four-day celebration welcomes new, expanded mall stores". McComb Enterprise-Journal. 1999-08-28. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22.
  7. ↑ Taylor, April (2003-07-01). "Ole Miss graduate receives top engineering award". The Daily Mississippian.
  8. ↑ "Retail juggernaut". McComb Enterprise-Journal. 2004-07-06. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31.
  9. 1 2 Fod, Kelly (1994-09-26). "Beall-Ladymon Stores sold to Specialty Retailers". Arkansas Business.
  10. ↑ "University of Mississippi (People To Watch)". Mississippi Business Journal. 2002-02-11. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  11. ↑ http://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/article_90646c5c-330e-11e1-860f-001871e3ce6c.html
  12. ↑ Bentley, Julia (1998-04-13). "Proffitt's, Inc. Announces Plans for New McRae's Store in McComb, Mississippi". Business Wire.
  13. ↑ "No word on shuttering date for toy store". McComb Enterprise-Journal. 2004-01-30. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29.
  14. 1 2 "Driver's license bureau moving to McComb". McComb Enterprise-Journal. 2001-08-14. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22.
  15. ↑ "Local drivers license station moving". McComb Enterprise-Journal. 2007-02-22. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22.
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