Knoxville Center, marketed as East Towne Mall; located in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a super-regional shopping mall serving the Knoxville metropolitan area. The mall opened in 1984, and is located at Exit 8 on Interstate 640. The mall's primary target is the fastest growing area in the market. The mall was sold to Simon Property Group spin off Washington Prime Group(now under the name WP Glimcher) in 2014. Retaining Simon Property Group as the manager of the mall. On February 18, 2016 it was announced that the mall had been placed up for sale once again. The mall was sold in August 2016 to Knoxville Partners LLC. As of August 2017, Knoxville Partners LLC has changed the name of the mall back to East Towne Mall. Signage at the mall remains unchanged, the mall is still marketed as Knoxville Center. The mall currently has 3 anchor stores open, Belk, Sears, and Regal Cinemas. Sears announced on May 31, 2018 they would be closing the Knoxville Center location as part of a plan to close 72 stores nationwide. The store will close in September 2018.
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Anchors
- Vacant Anchor Space (Opened as Miller's Department Store, then later Hess's, to later become Dillard's, 123,601 sq ft.)
- Vacant Anchor Space (former JCPenney, 133,431 sq ft.)
- Belk (Opened as Proffitt's, became Belk, 108,048 sq ft.)
- Sears (Original Anchor, 179,628 sq ft., closing in September 2018)
Maps Knoxville Center
Former anchors
- Dillard's (closed in September, 2008)
- JCPenney (closed on September 17, 2017)
- Proffitt's (Closed due to corporate realignment, reopened as Belk)
- Service Merchandise (two story store near Sears which closed to become The Rush Fitness Complex, 54,000 sq ft.)
- The Rush Fitness Complex (Re-branded as Gold's Gym)
- Golds Gym (former The Rush Fitness Complex, two level store 54,000 sq ft., closed on May 16, 2018)
- Sears (set to close in September 2018)
Services
East Towne Mall opened with a food court in the center of the mall located on the upper level of the Center Court. The food court is located directly next to the 10-screen Regal Stadium Cinema location.
Renovation and name Change
East Towne Mall received a major renovation by its owner Simon Property Group in 1997. The outside was left unchanged aside from a new entrance. The inside was renovated with new tile, paint, trim, and other features. The mall adopted a Tennessee mountain theme. Once the renovation was completed, the name Knoxville Center was adopted. As of August 2017, Knoxville Partners LLC has internally changed the name of the mall to East Towne Mall
References
External links
- East Towne Mall website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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