Asheboro Mall Explained

Asheboro Mall
Location:Asheboro, North Carolina, United States
Address:345 Randolph Mall
Opening Date:1982
Developer:Richard E. Jacobs/David Hocker
Owner:Hull Property Group
Number Of Stores:50
Number Of Anchors:4
Floor Area:379097lk=inNaNlk=in[1]
Floors:1

The Asheboro Mall (previously Randolph Mall) is an enclosed shopping mall in Asheboro, North Carolina. It features Dunham's Sports and Belk as its anchor stores. It is managed by Hull Property Group.

History

Asheboro Mall opened in 1982 as Randolph Mall. Its original tenants included Woolco and Belk-Yates.[2] Woolco later became Roses, which closed in August 2000.[3] Also that year, Belk expanded its store.[4]

In 2001, CBL & Associates Properties bought the mall from Richard E. Jacobs Group. The same year, Dillard's opened in the vacated Roses store.[5] Books-A-Million opened at the mall in 2004, taking a space vacated by Eckerd Drug in 1997.[6] In 2013, Dillard's announced that the Randolph Mall store would close.[7] The same year, it was announced that Dunham's Sports would be replacing it.[8]

In January 2015, it was announced that the JCPenney store would be closing as part of a plan to close 39 underperforming stores nationwide.[9] It was later replaced by an Ulta Beauty and Ross Dress for Less.[10] Randolph Mall was eventually sold to Hull Property Group in December 2016.[11]

On June 6, 2017, Sears announced that its store would also be closing in September 2018 as part of a plan to close 72 stores nationwide which left Belk and Dunham's Sports as the only anchors left.[12]

In 2020, Hull Property Group began a massive renovation project of the mall. The former Sears structure was torn down, to be replaced by a new entrance and plaza that will accommodate two outward facing stores. A new entrance near Dunham Sports was added to connect to a Cinemark theater that was recently renovated as well. Interior improvements throughout the mall include new carpeting and lighting, as well a newly designed ceiling were also included. A former PNC Bank building was also torn down and replaced with an outparcel, which will accommodate other tenants. As of April 2021, the renovations are now done and the mall has officially been renamed Asheboro Mall.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mall information. CBL & Associates Properties. 16 May 2013.
  2. 1981. No title. The State. Sharpe Publishing Company, Incorporated. 47.
  3. News: Rose's store to close in Randolph Mall. Barr. Annette. 3 June 2000. News & Record. 16 May 2013.
  4. News: Renovations at Belk coming to an end. Midgett. Melissa. 16 May 2000. News & Record. 16 May 2013.
  5. Web site: Randolph Mall gets new anchor tenant. 30 April 2001. The Business Journal. 16 May 2013.
  6. News: Randolph Mall set to welcome chain bookstore. Brumley. Mark. 6 December 2003. News & Record. 16 May 2013.
  7. Web site: Dillard's in Randolph Mall closing. Braun. Amy Dominello. 24 April 2013. The Business Journal. 16 May 2013.
  8. Web site: Randolph Mall drafts Dunham's Sports. Fickes. Michael. 23 July 2013. Chain Store Age. 12 April 2014.
  9. News: Strauss. Gary. J.C. Penney, Macy's to shut stores, lay off scores. USA Today. Gannett. January 8, 2015. January 9, 2015.
  10. Web site: Ross, Ulta Beauty to open at Randolph Mall. The Courier-Tribune. 20 July 2015. 6 January 2017.
  11. News: Triad shopping mall has a new owner. Huffman. Steve. 19 December 2016. The Business Journal. 6 January 2017.
  12. Web site: Sears in Randolph Mall is closing.
  13. Web site: Randolph Mall is renovating: Here's what's happening=The Courier-Tribune. 21 September 2020. 29 September 2020.