In 1993, all of the mall's three anchor stores are operational...but not for long. J.C. Penney would go dark in May 1994, followed by Lazarus (nee' Joseph Horne Company), which shut down in February 1998. This left Montgomery Ward, whose store had been expanded and refurbished in the late 1970s. This store would be shuttered, along with the entire chain, in March 2001.