Governor's Square Mall

{{Infobox shopping mall

| name = Governor's Square Mall

| image = Governor's Square Mall (TN).jpg

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| caption = Entrance to Governor's Square Mall, July 2022

| location = Clarksville, Tennessee, United States

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| address = 2801 Wilma Rudolph Boulevard

| opening_date = October 29, 1986

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| developer = CBL & Associates Properties/Cafaro Company

| manager = Cafaro Company

| owner = Cafaro Company

| architect =

| number_of_stores = 100+

| number_of_anchors = 7 (6 open, 1 vacant)

| floor_area = {{cvt|805,000|sqft}}

| floors = 1

| website =

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Governor's Square Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States, serving the Clarksville metropolitan area. It is owned by the Cafaro Company. Its anchor stores are Burlington, Dick's Sporting Goods, Ross Dress For Less, JCPenney, Belk, Old Navy, and Dillard's. The mall contains over 100 stores and restaurants across {{cvt|805,000|sqft}} of space.

History

Plans for the mall were announced by the Youngstown, Ohio-based Cafaro Company in 1985, with an estimated construction cost of $40 million.{{cite news |last1=Lynch |first1=Harold |title=Indiana Firm Agrees To Place Store In New Mall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/367112990/ |access-date=February 10, 2022 |work=The Leaf-Chronicle |publisher=Gannett |date=February 19, 1985}}{{cite news |last1=Lynch |first1=Harold |title=Governor's Square Mall Opens Community Room |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/467308377/ |access-date=February 10, 2022 |work=The Leaf-Chronicle |publisher=Gannett |date=August 24, 1989}} Governor's Square Mall opened in October 1986, with a total cost of $50 million.{{cite news |last1=Lynch |first1=Harold |title=City's Two Rivers Mall Regroups |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/467668832/ |access-date=February 10, 2022 |work=The Leaf-Chronicle |publisher=Gannett |date=January 28, 1990}} At the time of its opening, the area around Exit 4 on Interstate 24 was largely undeveloped.{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/theleafchronicle/access/1699259181.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+03%2C+2008&author=STACY+SMITH+SEGOVIA&pub=The+Leaf+Chronicle&desc=Mall+opening+just+the+beginning+of+Exit+4+area&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131182341/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/theleafchronicle/access/1699259181.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+03,+2008&author=STACY+SMITH+SEGOVIA&pub=The+Leaf+Chronicle&desc=Mall+opening+just+the+beginning+of+Exit+4+area&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|title=Mall opening just the beginning of Exit 4 area|publisher=pqasb.pqarchiver.com|accessdate=12 July 2015}} The mall is now the center of the retail and commercial district for the Clarksville area. By August 1987, the mall had 66 tenants, with JCPenney, Sears, and Snyder's as the three anchor stores.{{cite news |title=A Special Place To Be |url=https://theleafchronicle.newspapers.com/clip/55721990/governors-square-mall-aug-16-1987/ |access-date=February 9, 2022 |work=The Leaf-Chronicle |publisher=Gannett |date=August 16, 1987}} Occupancy at the mall reached 92 percent by 1990, with a total of 98 stores.{{cite news |title=Governor's Square Mall Booming |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/467705622/ |access-date=February 10, 2022 |work=The Leaf-Chronicle |publisher=Gannett |date=June 29, 1990}}

In 1994, Dillard's announced plans to open a store at the Governor's Square Mall.{{cite news |title=Dillard's |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/467747150/ |access-date=February 10, 2022 |work=The Leaf-Chronicle |publisher=Gannett |date=September 28, 1994}} An original anchor Snyder's (later Hess's{{cite book|title=Directory of Major Malls|date=1992|publisher=MJJTM Publications Corporation|issn=0732-5983|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M3wrAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=12 July 2015}}) was split between Borders Books & Music{{cite book|title=Chain Store Age|date=2003|issue=v. 79, nos. 1-6|publisher=Lebhar-Friedman, Incorporated|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0KsjAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=12 July 2015}} and Goody's Family Clothing. After Goody's closed, it became Dick's Sporting Goods.{{Cite web|url=http://businessclarksville.com/2010/03/19/dicks-sporting-goods-coming-to-governors-square-mall-4768/|title = Blockchain-Hero: Educates About Cryptocurrencies|date = 15 February 2018}} A food court was also added.{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/theleafchronicle/access/1985957961.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2010&author=JIMMY+SETTLE&pub=The+Leaf+Chronicle&desc=New+food+court+coming+to+mall&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131195903/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/theleafchronicle/access/1985957961.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17,+2010&author=JIMMY+SETTLE&pub=The+Leaf+Chronicle&desc=New+food+court+coming+to+mall&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|title=New food court coming to mall|publisher=pqasb.pqarchiver.com|accessdate=12 July 2015}} Borders closed in 2011 and became Ross Dress for Less in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20130125/MAJOREVENT/301250014/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131104094049/http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20130125/MAJOREVENT/301250014/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2013 |title=Ross Dress for Less coming to Governor's Square Mall in Clarksville |last=Settle |first=Jimmy |date=25 January 2013 |work=The Leaf Chronicle |accessdate=3 November 2013 }}

On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/10/15/sears-holdings-bankruptcy-store-closures/1645971002/|title = Sears store closing list: 142 more Sears, Kmart locations closing in Chapter 11 bankruptcy| website=USA Today }} Burlington opened a store at the former Sears location in September 2021.{{cite news |title=Burlington Store opens at Governors Square Mall former Sears location |url=https://clarksvillenow.com/local/burlington-store-opens-at-governors-square-mall-former-sears-location/ |access-date=February 9, 2022 |work=Clarksville Now |date=September 17, 2021}}

References

External links

[http://www.governorssquare.net/ Official website]

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Category:Shopping malls in Tennessee

Category:Shopping malls established in 1986

Category:Buildings and structures in Clarksville, Tennessee

Category:Cafaro Company

Category:1986 establishments in Tennessee