Village of Martinsville
Template:Infobox shopping mall Liberty Fair Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Martinsville, Virginia. Opened in 1989, it features Belk, Sears, Kroger, OfficeMax, and JC's 5 Star Outlet, an outlet store owned by J. C. Penney, and one vacant anchor space slated to become Marshalls.
History[edit | edit source]
Developers Diversified Realty built the mall in 1989. Its original anchor stores were J. C. Penney, Sears, Walmart, and Leggett,[1] a division of Belk which had been in Martinsville since 1930.[2]
By 1997, the Walmart store had relocated. The space became OfficeMax, Kroger, and Goody's.[3][4] Goody's closed in 2009.[5]
In May 2012, Hull Storey Gibson bought the mall from Developers Diversified Realty.[6] J. C. Penney, whose store was converted to an outlet store in 1999, was re-branded by the company as JC's 5 Star Outlet that same month.[7]
The closing of the Sears store was announced in late 2012.[8] RadioShack and The Pierced Ear moved out in late 2013, while a Chick-fil-A restaurant closed. All three of these stores were original tenants. Hull Storey Gibson also confirmed that Marshalls would be moving into the space vacated by Goody's.[9] J. C. Penney announced the closure of all of its outlet stores in October 2013, including the Martinsville location.[10]
References[edit | edit source]
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- ↑ Hall, Debbie (30 May 2013). "Belk celebrates 125 years in business". Martinsville Bulletin. http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=37856. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "OfficeMax opens in Liberty Fair Mall in Martinsville, VA". Greensboro News & Record. 26 October 1997. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=GB&p_theme=gb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF876CA7381FF5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "Liberty Fair Mall adding large Kroger to its stores". Greensboro News & Record. 23 July 1997. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=GB&p_theme=gb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF874CB71347D5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "Goody's to close at Liberty Fair Mall". Martinsville Bulletin. 7 January 2009. http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=17265. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ Collins, Paul (31 May 2012). "Liberty Fair Mall is sold". Martinsville Bulletin. http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=33391. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ Codispoti, Amanda (1 May 2012). "JC Penney outlet store to change name under new ownership". The Roanoke Times. http://blogs.roanoke.com/storefront/2012/05/jc-penney-outlet-store-to-change-name-under-new-ownership/. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ Ward, Justin (17 September 2012). "Sears to close at Liberty Fair Mall in Martinsville". WDBJ. http://articles.wdbj7.com/2012-09-17/liberty-fair-mall_33907416. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ Powell, Mickey (19 August 2013). "Two Liberty Fair Mall stores moving". Martinsville Bulletin. http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=38731. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "JC’s 5 Star Outlet at Liberty Fair Mall to close". Martinsville Daily. 1 October 2013. http://martinsvilledaily.com/?p=13135. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
