Edgewater Mall
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{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Edgewater Mall
| image = Edgewater Mall, Biloxi, Mississippi.jpg
| image_width =
| caption = Aerial view of Edgewater Mall and anchor stores in 2013
| location = Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
| coordinates = {{coord|30.390|-88.988|display=inline,title}}
| address = 2600 Beach Boulevard
| opening_date = 1963
| closing_date =
| developer = Holcomb & Milner{{cite journal|title=Mississippi|journal=CSA Super Markets|year=1961|publisher=Lebhar-Friedman|volume=37|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DzxPAAAAYAAJ&q=%22edgewater+plaza%22+%22biloxi%22+%22holcomb%22}}
| manager =
| owner = Jim Wilson & Associates
| architect =
| number_of_stores = 100+
| number_of_anchors = 4
| floor_area = {{convert|843652|sqft|m2|lk=in|sigfig=2}}{{cite web|url=http://jwamalls.com/images/docs/pdf/Edgewater._Lease_Plan_5_.7_.13_.pdf |title=Lease Plan |work=Jim Wilson & Associates |access-date=2013-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222409/http://jwamalls.com/images/docs/pdf/Edgewater._Lease_Plan_5_.7_.13_.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2013 }}
| parking =
| publictransit = {{rint|bus|1}} CTA
| floors = 1 (2 in Belk and Dillards, 4 in Parking Garage)
| website =
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File:Edgewater Mall, Biloxi.jpg
Edgewater Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States. Opened in 1963, its anchor stores are Belk, Dillard's, JCPenney, and Premiere Cinemas.
History
The mall was built in 1963{{cite web|url=http://jwamalls.com/retail_properties/property/edgewater_mall |title=Edgewater Mall |work=Jim Wilson & Associates |access-date=2013-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223904/http://jwamalls.com/retail_properties/property/edgewater_mall |archive-date=2 December 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.wlox.com/story/23492891/edgewater-mall-celebrates-its-50th-birthday|title=Edgewater Mall's 50th birthday brings hope for many more|date=21 September 2013|work=WLOX|access-date=2013-11-25}} as Edgewater Plaza. Among its first tenants were Godchaux's, Gayfers, and J. J. Newberry. In the early 1970s, the mall was expanded with a new wing ending at Sears. The addition of this wing required the demolition of the Edgewater Gulf Hotel.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BX&s_site=sunherald&p_multi=BX&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F280B3E049CC5C6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=EDGEWATER MALL: A TOWN OF ITS OWN|date=24 March 2002|work= Sun Herald|access-date=2013-11-25}} Sears opened in July 1972.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BX&s_site=sunherald&p_multi=BX&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB624D1222895A7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=SEARS TO GROW WITH 2ND FLOOR|date=12 July 1997|work= Sun Herald|access-date=2013-11-25}} J. J. Newberry closed in 1979 and became JCPenney the same year.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BX&s_site=sunherald&p_multi=BX&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB62442C4D4D918&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=JC PENNEY PLANS EXPANSION AT EDGEWATER MORE SPACE TO MEAN MORE GOODS|date=6 September 1996|work= Sun Herald|access-date=2013-11-25}} McCrory Stores operated a dime store in the mall until 1996.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BX&s_site=sunherald&p_multi=BX&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB6222D8B8C054F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=CHESTERFIELD'S TAPS COAST RESTAURANT SET TO OPEN IN EDGEWATER|date=26 February 2000|work= Sun Herald|access-date=2013-11-25}}
A year later, the mall underwent a major expansion and renovation program that included the addition of McRae's (now Belk) as an anchor,{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BX&s_site=sunherald&p_multi=BX&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB624D94D61CD24&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=EDGEWATER TO UNVEIL NEW LOOK, MERCHANTS MCRAE'S JOINS LINEUP|date=5 August 1997|work= Sun Herald|access-date=2013-11-25}} along with the expansion of the JCPenney and Sears stores. A second story was added to the Sears store, while the JCPenney store was expanded into a space previously occupied by a Jitney Jungle supermarket. The Gayfers chain was sold to Dillard's in 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-55368851.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610054014/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-55368851.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2014|title=Dillard's Still Lives with Gayfers Name in Biloxi, Miss., Area.|last=Monti|first=Lisa|date=5 August 1999|work=Tribune Business News|access-date=2013-11-25}}
The mall was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Sears was the first store to reopen after the hurricane.{{cite web|url=http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=3912593&nav=6DJI|title=First Store Re-Opens At Edgewater Mall|date=28 September 2005|work=WLOX|access-date=2013-11-25}} Dillard's, which suffered the most damage from the hurricane, was rebuilt and did not reopen until 2008.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BX&s_site=sunherald&p_multi=BX&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=118C2EBE4123B3C8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Dillard's to reopen in mall next year, Extensive damage will take time to fix|date=26 April 2007|work= Sun Herald|access-date=2013-11-25}}
In June 2017, Sears announced that its store at the mall would close in September 2017, dropping the number of anchors from 4 to 3.{{cite news
| last = Muller | first = Wesley | title = Sears is closing its doors at Edgewater Mall | newspaper = Sun Herald | date = June 6, 2017 | url = http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article154704029.html | access-date = 2017-10-19}} In November 2018, Premiere Cinemas opened in the former Sears location.
{{cite news| last = Perez| first = Mary| title = New movie theater is opening this week in Biloxi mall and the first shows are free| newspaper = Sun Herald| date = November 28, 2018| url = https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article222186820.html| access-date =2020-01-11}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.edgewatermall.com Official website]
{{Shopping malls in Mississippi}}
Category:Shopping malls established in 1963