J.C. Penney presided over the West Wing of the mall with a gargantuan 202,000 square foot store.
Photo from Wikipedia / Mike Kalasnik
Photo from Wikipedia / Mike Kalasnik
A vintage aerial view shows the mall's extensive peripheral development. At number 1 is a Chuck E. Cheese's family entertainment center & pizza restaurant. Number 2 indicates the old Penneys Auto Center, which morphed into a Firestone Auto Care Center in 1983. At number 3 is Military Circle Shops, a convenience center housing fourteen tenant spaces.
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A Food Court was installed in gutted South Wing space as part of a mid-1990s face lift.
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The Food facility contained nine fast food restaurants.
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An abandoned Belk on the south end of the mall was replaced with a new Cinemark movie megaplex. It opened for business in March of the year 2000.
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