The Main Entrance was remodeled during a long-awaited, year 2000 renovation. This 11 million project was an attempt to revitalize the mall, which was being usurped by the glitzy WOLFCHASE GALLERIA.
Photo from Wikipedia / Thomas R. Machnitzki
By 2001, RALEIGH SPRINGS MALL is in a downward spiral that it will never escape from. Dillard's and Penney's have been demoted into a Clearance Center and Outlet Store. A Food Court, envisaged in the the mid-'90s, is never built. The good news is, an empty Woolworth has been repurposed as a new 12-screen megaplex.
RALEIGH SPRINGS MALL TENANTS 2001:
DILLARD'S CLEARANCE CENTER / GOLDSTEIN'S (with Beauty Salon) / J.C. PENNEY OUTLET STORE (with Optical Department) / SEARS (with Optical Department & freestanding Auto Center) / Alpha Omega Wireless / American Deli / Ashley Stewart Woman ladies' wear Averil Air / Bank of America (outparcel) / Bath & Body Works cosmetics / Beauty on the Go ladies' wear / Brothers Jewelers / Carlton Cards/ Champs Sports / Charley's Steakery / Chick-fil-A / Citi Trends ladies' wear / City Gear / Claire's Boutique / Cookie Jar / Eve's Shoes / Finish Line / Firestone Tire & Auto (outparcel) / Foot Locker / Footaction USA / Fotto Star / GNC / Gordon's Jewelers / Greg's Men & Boys Store / Heaven & Earth Floral Shop / Heavenly Products / Holliday's Fashions ladies' wear / InZone Racing / Jackson Hewitt Tax Service / Jewel Time / Jewelry Center / K·B Toys / Kids Foot Locker / Lady Foot Locker / LensCrafters / Lisa Akbari's Hair Nutrition (kiosk) / Marty's Store For Men / Mitchell's Formal Wear / Nail Pro / New Trends / No Limit Wireless / Omega Jewelers / Opinion Center / Oxford Gold & Diamonds / Pager's Unlimited / Palermo Pizza / Parfum & Fashion / Payless ShoeSource / Payne's Fashions / Pride Mini-Mart / Radio Shack / Rainbow Incorprated / Raleigh Gifts / Raleigh Springs Mall Cinema 12 / Rave / Regis Hairstylists / Rodella Candy (kiosk) / Roma Men's Fashions / Simply Fashions / Star East / The Barber Shop / Time Zone / Touchtel Wireless / US Kids Incorporated / Untouchables Photography / Video Images / Vitamin World (kiosk) / Waldenbooks / World Diamond Center / Zales Jewelers
Goldmith's, the J.C. Penney Outlet Store and Dillard's Clearance Center were history by mid-2003. This left Sears as the shopping center's only operational department store. Sears went dark in April 2011.
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