Valdosta Mall Explained

Valdosta Mall
Location:Valdosta, Georgia, United States
Address:1700 Norman Dr
Coordinates:30.8446°N -83.3219°W
Opening Date:1983
Number Of Stores:70+
Number Of Anchors:7 (6 open,1 vacant)
Floor Area:5600000NaN0
Floors:1

Valdosta Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Valdosta, Georgia, United States.

It is composed of more than 70 stores and restaurants in 5600000NaN0 of gross leasable area. Belk, and JCPenney, are the mall's anchor stores. The wing featuring JCPenney was part of a 1985 expansion.[1] An Additional Vacant Anchor was previously a Sears which closed in 2018.In 2006, an outdoor concourse was added to the mall's front face, bringing in Old Navy, PetSmart, Office Depot and Ross Dress For Less as junior anchors.[2] In 2007, the JCPenney store expanded greatly, taking over some of the space vacated when the old movie theater moved across the street.[3]

The mall was formerly known as Colonial Mall Valdosta under the ownership of Colonial Properties Trust who sold the mall to Gregory Greenfield and Associates in 2007.[4] The mall is currently owned by GEM Realty Capital.

In 2015, the Office Depot was replaced with a Bed Bath & Beyond.

On November 2, 2017, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 63 stores nationwide. The store closed in January 2018.

Sometime in December 2018, the FYE store in the mall announced its closing, and a storewide discount of 30-50% began. It is closed completely as of January 22, 2019.

As of July 1, 2019, Valdosta Mall is managed by Spinoso Real Estate Group.

In 2023, Bed Bath & Beyond closed due to their bankruptcy.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Valdosta Mall to get $6.5 million look. 16 March 1985. Waycross Journal-Herald. 19 November 2013.
  2. Web site: Old Navy Opens, PetSmart to follow on Monday . 2007-11-27 . Tanner . Jennifer . 2006-05-20 . Valdosta Daily Times.
  3. Web site: Business This Week: Morning shopping eye-opening . 2008-05-30 . Harris . Kay . 2007-11-24 . Valdosta Daily Times.
  4. Web site: Firm picked to provide property management for mall . 2007-11-27 . 2007-07-13 . Valdosta Daily Times.