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Citadel Mall
File:Citadel Mall Logo.JPG
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LocationCharleston, South Carolina, USA
Opening date1981
DeveloperJacobs
ManagementCBL Properties
OwnerCBL Properties
No. of stores and services100
No. of anchor tenants6
Total retail floor area1,117,380 square feet (103,808 m2) [1]
(GLA)
No. of floors1
WebsiteCitadel Mall online

Citadel Mall is a shopping mall located in Charleston, South Carolina.

The mall opened in 1981 as a project of national mall developer Jacobs, Visconti & Jacobs of Cleveland, Ohio. Citadel Mall is located at the intersection of Sam Rittenberg Boulevard (S.C. Highway 7) and Savannah Highway (U.S. Hwy. 17) at the junction of Interstate 526 in the heavily commercialized West Ashley suburb of Charleston.

At the time of its opening, Citadel Mall was anchored by Sears which relocated from Downtown Charleston, Belk, which shuttered a 1950s store in North Charleston and relocated to the mall, and Thalhimer's, an upscale department store new to South Carolina owned by the Carter Hawley Hale corporation.

In addition to the 3 anchor stores, the mall featured approximately 100 national specialty retailers and eateries - many of which were new to the Charleston area. The mall was well-received in Charleston and was the catalyst for many nearby large-scale commercial projects as shopping centers and restaurants were built all around the mall's perimeter.

Jacobs, Visconti & Jacobs later became The Richard E. Jacobs Group in the 1990s. The first major change at the mall occurred in 1992 when it was announced that Thalhimer's, now owned by the May Department Store Company would be folded into the Hecht's Department Store chain and the Charleston location would be sold to Dillard's. Dillard's operated in the former Thalhimer's building until 1994 when they relocated to a newly constructed, much larger new building at the mall.

Dillard's sub-leased the former Thalhimer's building to JCPenney, although the store never seemed to catch favor with the mall's fashion conscious shoppers and abruptly closed less than a year after opening. Target purchased the vacant two-story JCPenney building and demolished it to make way for a new Target store - the first in Charleston. Target's success at Citadel Mall prompted the company to quickly construct three other locations in the Charleston area.

Not to be out done by Dillard's and its luxurious and spacious new store, Belk announced plans to construct a 200,000 square feet (20,000 m2) two-level store on the back of the mall next to Dillard's. Belk sold their vacated building to Parisian, a division of Saks Incorporated, who completely gutted the interior and opened an upscale two-level department store. It was announced in August 2006 that Saks Incorporated would sell their Parisian chain to Belk Incorporated and that all Parisian stores will be converted to Belk in the third quarter of 2007.

Belk announced in a press release that the Citadel Mall Parisian store would close on February 2, 2007 since Belk already operates a newer, larger store at the mall. An article posted in Charleston's Post and Courier confirmed that JCPenney will return to the mall and open in the vacated Parisian store in October 2007.

The Richard E. Jacobs Group added a Food Court and completely remodeled the mall's interior in the early 2000s. Shortly thereafter, Jacobs divested the majority of its mall portfolio and sold Citadel Mall to CBL & Associates. CBL added a sixth anchor store to the mix in 2005 - Dick's Sporting Goods on an outparcel next to the mall's freestanding six screen AMC Theaters.

Anchors

  • Belk (189,892 sq ft (17,642 m2))
  • Dillard's (186,455 sq ft (17,322 m2))
  • JCPenney (129,790 sq ft (12,058 m2)) (opening September 30, 2007 in former Parisian)
  • Sears (120,816 sq ft (11,224 m2))
  • Target (125,381 sq ft (11,648 m2))

Outparcels

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