Turtle Creek Mall
{{Distinguish|The Mall at Turtle Creek}}
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{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Turtle Creek Mall
| image = Turtle Creek Mall.jpg
| image_width = 350px
| caption = Aerial view of Turtle Creek Mall and anchor stores in 2014
| location = Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
| coordinates = {{coord|31.327|-89.376}}
| address = 1000 Turtle Creek Drive
| opening_date = 1994
| closing_date =
| developer = CBL & Associates Properties
| manager =
| owner = CBL & Associates Properties
| architect =
| number_of_stores = 75
| number_of_anchors = 6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
| floors = 1
| website =
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Turtle Creek Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Opened in 1994, its anchor stores are At Home, JCPenney, Dillard's, Belk, and Urban Planet. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Sears.
History
The first anchor stores that opened at Turtle Creek were Dillard's, Gayfers, and Goody's, all of which opened in October 1994. McRae's and JCPenney were added in 1995.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uHgxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jjMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3111,5896646&dq=turtle-creek-mall+1995&hl=en|title=Rome News-Tribune - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2018-05-26}} By 1999, Turtle Creek was at 100 percent capacity.{{cite web|author= |url=http://msbusiness.com/blog/1999/07/19/turtle-creek-mall-at-capacity/ |title=Turtle Creek Mall at capacity |website=Msbusiness.com |date= |accessdate=2017-07-16}}
The Gayfers anchor was converted into a second McRae's location when Gayfers was bought out by Dillard's in 1998.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/277164110/?terms="turtle+creek+mall"+"anchor"|title=Turtle Creek Mall owes success to location|last=Caldwell|first=Stan|date=October 17, 1999|work=Hattiesburg American|accessdate=20 January 2018}} Both were acquired by Belk in 2006, which consolidated all operations into the former Gayfers anchor in 2010.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20100225/NEWS01/100225010/Belk+to+combine+Turtle+Creek+Mall+stores|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411020735/http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20100225/NEWS01/100225010/Belk+to+combine+Turtle+Creek+Mall+stores|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-04-11|title=Belk to combine Turtle Creek Mall stores {{!}} Hattiesburg American {{!}} hat…|date=2013-04-11|work=archive.is|access-date=2018-10-13}} Goody's closed in 2009 and was converted into Stein Mart in 2011.[http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20110412/NEWS01/104120325/Stein-Mart-open-mall-November?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE]{{dead link|date=July 2017}} In 2014, the Garden Ridge anchor store was rebranded into At Home.{{Cite web |date=2014-06-17 |title=Garden Ridge rebranding all stores to At Home |url=https://www.retailcustomerexperience.com/news/garden-ridge-rebranding-all-stores-to-at-home/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.retailcustomerexperience.com |language=en}}
On May 31, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing 72 of its stores in the U.S., including its Turtle Creek location, which closed in September 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/31/news/companies/sears-stores-closing/index.html|title=Is your Sears or Kmart closing? Check the list|last=Smith|first=Aaron|work=CNNMoney|access-date=2018-06-02}}
On August 12, 2020, it was announced that Stein Mart had filed bankruptcy and would be closing all of its stores in the U.S., including its Turtle Creek location.{{Cite web|last=Kilgore|first=Tomi|date=August 13, 2020|title=Here are all the 'Going-Out-of-Business' sales for 112-year-old Stein Mart stores|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/companies/here-are-all-the-e2-80-98going-out-of-business-e2-80-99-sales-for-112-year-old-stein-mart-stores/ar-BB17Vw9o?ocid=uxbndlbing|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-14|website=www.msn.com}} By 2023, the former Stein Mart location was occupied by an Urban Planet clothing store.{{Cite web |title=Mall Directory {{!}} Turtle Creek Mall |url=https://www.turtlecreekmall.com/directory |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.turtlecreekmall.com}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.turtlecreekmall.com/ Turtle Creek Mall]
{{Hattiesburg, Mississippi}}
{{Shopping malls in Mississippi}}
{{CBL Properties}}
Category:Shopping malls in Mississippi
Category:Shopping malls established in 1994
Category:Buildings and structures in Hattiesburg, Mississippi