In our first BUFORD-CLAIRMONT logo montage, we see a grand opening ad for the mall's Sunshine department store. It commenced operation in August 1970. Marshalls, which replaced "Sunshines" in October 1978, would be a fixture at the complex for over 31 years. Jacobs Drug, on the other hand, was only in business for one year. 

In its original state, BUFORD-CLAIRMONT MALL encompassed around 320,000 leasable square feet on a single level. There was free parking for 2,500 autos.

The mall's movie house opened, in February 1971, as the Loews Twelve Oaks, a single-screen venue. It was divided and renamed the Twelve Oaks 1 & 2 in May 1975. The Storeys chain acquired the theater and reconfigured it as the 12 Oaks 4 in May 1989. The cinema would be shuttered in 1998.

Graphic from Loews Theatres