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Asheboro Mall opened in 1982 as Randolph Mall. Its original tenants included Woolco and Belk-Yates. [2] Woolco later became Roses, which closed in August 2000. [3] Also that year, Belk expanded its store. [4] In 2001, CBL & Associates Properties bought the mall from Richard E. Jacobs Group. The same year, Dillard's opened in the vacated Roses ...
Belk was founded in 1888 by William Henry Belk in Monroe, North Carolina, outside Charlotte. The store was first called New York Racket and then Belk Brothers, after Belk made his brother, physician John Belk, his partner. [3] Belk bought in volume to pass savings on and sold at fixed prices, then a relatively unusual practice. [4]
Belk expanded its store and added a second level in 2000. In the same year the mall added a Food Court. Chick Fil-A opened the first store in the region in the mid eighties. This was the only mall location in company history open on Sundays due to mall rules until 1997 when the lease was renegotiated. [citation needed]
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The mall opened on July 27, 1983, with anchors Kmart, J. C. Penney, and Belk-Simpson for a total of 21 stores, which, plus two soon to open stores, put the mall at 40% occupancy. [4] The mall was foreclosed on in September 1991, after its owners, Blue Ridge Mall Limited Partnership, failed to make payments for two months in a row. [5]
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With roughly 200,000 square feet of retail space, Boone Mall opened with 25 stores, with space for 40 total. Anchor stores were JCPenney and Belk. [1] [2] Construction costs were $2.5 million, and the mall would create approximately 500 jobs in the region. [2]
Triangle Town Center opened on August 14, 2002 [1] with anchors Hudson Belk, Sears, Dillard's, and Hecht's. [4] Construction of the mall required re-routing of existing roads. [5] Saks Fifth Avenue, the state's first, opened later in 2004. The mall features a two-level Barnes & Noble, which serves as a junior anchor. [6]