Location Bristol, Virginia, USA Owner Sunstar Keshav LLC No. of anchor tenants 1 Opened 1976 Phone +1 276-466-8331 | Opening date 1976 No. of stores and services 5 stores No. of floors 2 Total retail floor area 5 ha Number of anchor tenants 1 | |
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Address 500 Gate City Hwy, Bristol, VA 24201, USA Hours Open today · 10AM–9PMFriday10AM–9PMSaturday10AM–9PMSunday1–6PMMonday10AM–9PMTuesday10AM–9PMWednesday10AM–9PMThursday10AM–9PM Similar Kingsport Town Center, Mall at Johnson City, Greenbrier Mall, The Pinnacle, Staunton Mall | ||
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Bristol Mall is the only regional shopping mall serving Bristol, Virginia. Opened in 1976, the mall's original anchor stores were Parks-Belk, Miller's and Sears. In 1992, Miller's was acquired by Proffit's Inc. and the name changed to Proffit's. An 86,000 square feet JCPenney store was constructed as an addition to the mall in the mid-1990s. In conjunction with the JCPenney addition, the mall underwent a complete interior renovation. In 2005, Belk Inc. purchased the Proffit's chain and the Proffit's location was converted to a second Belk location in the mall, with the men's, home and children's departments relocating from the original Belk building to the former Proffit's store, which was rebranded Belk Men, Home & Kids.
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In April 1999, Bristol Mall was sold to Aronov Realty Management of Montgomery, Ala., from an affiliate of Urban Retail Properties, Chicago, for $25 million The mall was sold to Bristol Mall Acquisitions LLC in 2006 for $18.3 million and purchased by Sunstar Keshav LLC, for $2.6 million in March 2016.
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Bristol Mall had the usual mix of restaurants, mall services, fast food, and other typical mall stores, as well as a movie theater. There were also eight food establishments including Chick-Fil-A. Piccadilly Cafeterias, an original Bristol Mall tenant since the mall's opening in 1975 closed on May 23, 2011 when its lease expired. With Bristol being the home of country music, long before Knoxville or Nashville, for many years there has been a museum at the mall, showcasing the legacy this left to the area.
JCPenney closed in May 2014 as a part of a nationwide closure of 33 underperforming stores. Later that same year, Belk announced it would be closing both of its anchor locations at the mall and consolidating the two stores in 2015 into one newly constructed store at The Pinnacle, a large lifestyle center under construction near Interstate 81.
On August 3, 2015, local news station WCYB reported that Bristol Mall had gone into foreclosure and would be put up for auction. After an unsuccessful first auction, the mall was ultimately purchased by a family-owned real estate investment group, Sunstar Keshav LLC at a second online auction. Representatives from the company state that they are committed to revitalizing Bristol Mall and again making it a viable retail complex.
On January 4, 2017, Sears Holdings announced that the Bristol Mall Sears location, including its Auto Center, would close in 2017. This leaves the mall without any anchor stores since the departure of JCPenney and the two Belk anchor store locations. Today, the two-level mall remains open but largely vacant with many stores closing and moving to the new Pinnacle shopping complex. The remaining stores are Sears, Bath & Bodyworks, Bounce Bristol, KSS Toys and More, Bellemeade Formal Wear and Misty Mountain Designs.
On February 20, 2017, local news station WCYB reported that Game Stop would close on Monday, February 20. Also they reported that Misty Mountain Designs would close on Sunday, February 26, according to their Facebook page. The remaining stores in the Bristol Mall after Sears closure in March would be Bath and Body Works, KSS School Supplies, Bounce Bristol, and Belemeade Formal Wear.