Village of Martinsville
Coordinates | 36°41′54″N 79°52′38″W / 36.69833°N 79.87722°W |
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Address | 240 West Commonwealth Boulevard |
Opening date | 1989 |
Closing date | 2014 |
Developer | Developers Diversified Realty |
Owner | Wheeler Real Estate[1] |
No. of stores and services | 17 |
No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
Total retail floor area | 293,870 sq ft (27,301 m2)[2] |
No. of floors | 1 |
Village of Martinsville, formerly Liberty Fair Mall, is a shopping mall in Martinsville, Virginia. Opened in 1989, it was converted from an enclosed mall to an open-air mall in 2014. Its anchor stores include Belk, Dunham's Sports, Kroger, Marshalls, and OfficeMax.
History
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Developers Diversified Realty built the mall in 1989. Its original anchor stores were J. C. Penney, Sears, Walmart, and Leggett,[3] a division of Belk which had been in Martinsville since 1930.[4]
By 1997, the Walmart store had relocated. The space became OfficeMax, Kroger, and Goody's.[5][6] Goody's closed in 2009.[7]
In May 2012, Hull Storey Gibson bought the mall from Developers Diversified Realty.[8] J. C. Penney, whose store was converted to an outlet store in 1999, and later re-branded as JC's 5 Star Outlet.[9]
The closing of the Sears store was announced in late 2012.[10] RadioShack and The Pierced Ear moved out in late 2013, while a Chick-fil-A restaurant closed. All three of these stores were original tenants. Hull Storey Gibson also confirmed that Marshalls would be moving into the space vacated by Goody's.[11] J. C. Penney announced the closure of all of its outlet stores in October 2013, including the Martinsville location.[12] Demolition of the J. C. Penney building began in May 2014,[13] and the few remaining tenants relocated to the Belk wing in anticipation of further redevelopment.[14] As demolition of the mall continued through the end of 2014, Dunham's Sports was added as well.[15] At this point, the mall was renamed Village of Martinsville.[16]
References
- ↑ http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/news/sale-finalized-for-village-of-martinsville/article_e6085cf6-c7e0-11e6-bc70-e31ce6cb9319.html
- ↑ "Site Plans". Wheeler Real Estate. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ↑ Directory of major malls. MJJTM Publications Corp. 1990. p. 639.
- ↑ Hall, Debbie (30 May 2013). "Belk celebrates 125 years in business". Martinsville Bulletin. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ↑ "OfficeMax opens in Liberty Fair Mall in Martinsville, VA". Greensboro News & Record. 26 October 1997. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "Liberty Fair Mall adding large Kroger to its stores". Greensboro News & Record. 23 July 1997. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "Goody's to close at Liberty Fair Mall". Martinsville Bulletin. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ Collins, Paul (31 May 2012). "Liberty Fair Mall is sold". Martinsville Bulletin. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ Codispoti, Amanda (1 May 2012). "JC Penney outlet store to change name under new ownership". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ Ward, Justin (17 September 2012). "Sears to close at Liberty Fair Mall in Martinsville". WDBJ. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ↑ Powell, Mickey (19 August 2013). "Two Liberty Fair Mall stores moving". Martinsville Bulletin. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "JC's 5 Star Outlet at Liberty Fair Mall to close". Martinsville Daily. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=42028%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- ↑ http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=42043%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=44379%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D