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Alexandria Mall
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LocationAlexandria, Louisiana, U.S.
Coordinates31°16′39″N 92°27′41″W / 31.27750°N 92.46139°W / 31.27750; -92.46139
Opening dateAugust 1, 1973
DeveloperPaul Broadhead[1]
ManagementJones Lang LaSalle
No. of stores and services80
No. of anchor tenants7 (5 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area869,012 sq ft (80,733.9 m2)
No. of floors1
Parking4800 spaces
Websitealexandriamall.com
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Alexandria Mall is a shopping mall located in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. It features Dillard's, JCPenney, Conn's, and Michaels as anchor stores.[2]

Mall history

In March 1972, Buddy Tudor's family-owned construction company from Pineville began construction of Alexandria Mall, which opened its doors on August 1, 1973. Spanning nearly 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) in total, it originally featured national department stores JCPenney and Sears (both of which replaced preexisting locations in Alexandria), the regional chain Bealls (later Beall-Ladymon), based in Shreveport, Louisiana, and local department stores Weiss & Goldring, Gus Kaplan (later Green's) and Wellan's as anchors. Other original tenants included Piccadilly Cafeteria, Peoples Shoes, Lerner Shops and a two-screen cinema run by General Cinema Corporation.[4][5]

An expansion to the mall was completed in August 1986, which added the department stores Dillard's and Mervyn's (the latter of which opened that October due to a delay in construction), several additional stores, and a food court dubbed "The Market Place", doubling its size to 869,732 sq ft (80,800.7 m2). Concurrently, portions of the existing mall were renovated, and the two-screen cinema was replaced with a six-screen multiplex on the mall's periphery.[6][7][8] In honor of the mall's expansion, local pizza chefs cooked a 650-pound (290 kg) pizza.[9]

In July 1989, Wellan's closed after failing to pay rent for seven months. The Alexandria Mall store was the chain's last remaining location.[10] In 1994, Beall-Ladymon was acquired by Stage Stores and renamed to Stage. In November of that year, a renovation of the Sears wing of the mall and its entrance was completed, and part of the former Wellan's became a Sam Goody store; Stein Mart filled the remainder of the space in October 1995.[11][12]

In February 2001, General Growth Properties (GGP) took over leasing and management of the mall.[13] It was then sold to J. Herzog Properties of Denver, Colorado in 2004, with GGP retaining its management role.[14] Stein Mart closed on April 30, 2006, followed soon by the closure of Mervyn's. In March 2007, Burlington Coat Factory opened in the former Mervyn's location, while Weiss & Goldring relocated outside the mall. Bed Bath & Beyond opened in 2008 in the previous location of Weiss & Goldring, and the former Stein Mart became a children's play place called Slinkee's.

GGP handed over management of the mall to Jones Lang LaSalle in 2010.[15] Both Slinkee's and the neighboring Lagniappe Theater Company had their leases terminated on September 29, 2015, as the mall was under negotiations to convert their spaces into a Conn's store,[16] which opened on February 13, 2016.[17]

In September 2018, Sears closed as part of the chain's plan to close 72 stores nationwide.[18] Stage closed in early 2019. Bed Bath & Beyond closed in March 2023,[19] and Michaels opened in its place later that year.[20] In fall 2024, Burlington Coat Factory moved to the nearby MacArthur Village shopping center.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Location Billboard Erected At Site of Alexandria Mall". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 22, 1971. pp. A-5. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Alexandria Mall".
  3. ^ Alexandria Mall Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, International Council of Shopping Centers. Accessed July 30, 2007.
  4. ^ {{Cite news |date=July 31, 1973 |title=Alexandria Mall Complex to Open Wednesday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/214630974/ |access-date=October 23, 2024 |work=Alexandria Daily Town Talk |pp=B-1
  5. ^ {{Cite news |date=July 31, 1973 |title=Lerner Shop Is 434th In Nation|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/214630997/ |access-date=November 4, 2024 |work=Alexandria Daily Town Talk |pp=B-3
  6. ^ Ryman, Rich (August 13, 1986). "44 New Alexandria Mall Stores Set to Open Today". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. pp. D-1. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  7. ^ Ryman, Rich (April 17, 1985). "Mall Expansion, Renovation Work To Begin May 1". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. pp. D-1. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  8. ^ Robichaux, Mark (July 23, 1986). "New Mall Section Opens in 3 Weeks". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. pp. D-1. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  9. ^ "Alexandria chefs make 650-pound pizza". Baton Rouge Advocate. 1986-08-18. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
  10. ^ Ryman, Richard L. (July 27, 1989). "Wellan's shuts doors on last store". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. pp. A-1–A-2. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  11. ^ "Alexandria getting 7 new stores". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 15, 1994. pp. B-8. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  12. ^ Watson, Mark (September 13, 1995). "Stein Mart opening new location in Mall". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. pp. B-8. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  13. ^ Ruda, Mark (February 5, 2001). "General Growth Properties Wins 14-Mall Management Contract". GlobeSt. Retrieved November 4, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Mall portfolio goes to 3 buyers". FindArticles.com. 2004. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
  15. ^ "Jones Lang LaSalle strikes mall deal with General Growth Properties". American City Business Journals. July 12, 2010.
  16. ^ Klein, Miranda (October 10, 2015). "Slinkee's, Lagniappe move out; new retailers to move in mall". Alexandria Town Talk. Retrieved October 29, 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Klein, Miranda (February 13, 2016). "Conn's is now open in the Alexandria Mall". Alexandria Town Talk. Retrieved October 23, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Sears at Alexandria Mall expected to close". www.kalb.com. May 31, 2018.
  19. ^ "Alexandria Bed Bath & Beyond location to close in March". www.kalb.com. January 5, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ "Michaels store opening in Alexandria Mall". www.kalb.com. August 14, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ Martinez, Melinda (July 23, 2024). "Burlington to move from Alexandria Mall to MacArthur Village". Alexandria Town Talk. Retrieved October 23, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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