South Side Mall (South Williamson, Kentucky) Explained

South Side Mall
Address:275 South Side Mall Road
Location:South Williamson, Kentucky
Opening Date:September 1981
Developer:Richard E. Jacobs, David Hocker
Owner:Hannah Family
Manager:S & E Enterprise, LLC
Number Of Stores:37+
Number Of Anchors:5 (1 vacant)
Floor Area:[1]
Floors:1
Website:website

South Side Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in South Williamson, Kentucky, on U.S. Route 119. Anchor stores are Sears Hometown Store, Label Shopper, Shoe Show Mega Store, and Tractor Supply Company.[2] The mall is also home to South Side Theater.

History

David Hocker and Richard E. Jacobs group developed the mall in 1980 located in Kentucky but largely serving Williamson, West Virginia. Original tenants included Kroger/SuperX Drugstore, Kmart, and R. H. Hobbs department store.[3] Dawahares was also an anchor store. By 1983, R. H. Hobbs had closed and been converted to Watson's,[4] which in turn was sold to Peebles in 1998. The Kmart, later the site of Magic Mart, closed in 2002.[5] Dawahares is now Shoe Show.

Magic Mart announced that it would close the South Side Mall store in mid-2016.[6]

On March 3, 2020, Peebles was converted into Gordmans,[7] which in turn was closed in July 2020, following the filings of bankruptcy from the company.[8]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Directory of major malls. 1990. MJJTM Publications Corp.. 269.
  2. Web site: About Us . 2013-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195312/http://www.southsidemall.net/Pages/aboutus.aspx . 2013-10-29 . live .
  3. News: Work progressing on new Southside mall. Sanders. Charlotte. 12 July 1980. Williamson Daily News. 23 October 2013.
  4. News: Area's shopping habits changed by development of SOuthside Mall. Sanders. Charlotte. 26 May 1987. Williamson Daily News. 23 October 2013.
  5. Web site: List of Kmart store slated to close. 8 March 2002. USA Today. 23 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131101071005/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/retail/2002-03-08-kmart-list.htm. 1 November 2013. live.
  6. Web site: Magic Mart closing - Williamson Daily News - williamsondailynews.com . 2016-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160403124126/http://williamsondailynews.com/news/3837/magic-mart-closing . 2016-04-03 . dead .
  7. Web site: Gordmans hosting grand opening March 3 at Southside Mall .
  8. Web site: Gordmans closing, company bankrupt SentinelNews.com. 2021-08-29. www.sentinelnews.com.