River Falls Mall
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| River Falls | |
 River Falls Mall |
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| Mall facts and statistics | |
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| Location | Clarksville, Indiana, USA |
| Opening date | 1990 |
| Management | General Growth Properties |
| Owner | General Growth Properties |
| No. of stores and services | 7 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | http://www.riverfallsmall.com |
River Falls Mall is located in Clarksville, Indiana on State Highway 131. It opened in 1991 as the last mall in the Louisville area, right across from the existing Green Tree Mall. Original anchors included Wal-Mart, Bacon's, All About Sports, and Toys "Я" Us. The mall also featured a ten-screen movie theatre and a food court, as well as a large amusement park, all of which were on an upper level. Later, Dillard's bought out Bacon's and moved some of their merchandise to the former Bacon's store, while retaining their women's department at their Green Tree Mall store across the street.
Initially more popular than Green Tree Mall with younger shoppers, River Falls Mall never achieved full occupancy and eventually started to decline due to the sheer number of younger (teenage) patrons and a declining tenant base. The two shopping centers had considerable overlap of tenants — such stores as Waldenbooks, Hallmark and Radio Shack could be found at both malls, although River Falls featured some stores such as Express that were not in Green Tree. The two malls were meant to act as ancillary malls — two shopping centers next to each other, each one targeting a different demographic.
Bass Pro Shops entered negotiations with Chicago-based mall owner General Growth Properties in 2002 to open a store at the mall. Negotiations were completed and construction on the Bass Pro Shops store was started in early 2004. Dillard's closed its store, returning all of its departments to the Green Tree Mall location, as had been the case before the River Falls store opened. Around the same time, Wal-Mart closed as a new supercenter was built nearby; Dick's Sporting Goods moved out of the middle of the mall and into the former Wal-Mart.
The mall has now become a "box" mall, meaning that its made up of larger anchor stores. Current tenants are Dick's Sporting Goods, Toys "Я" Us, Old Time Pottery, Armed Forces, Red Lobster, and of course, Bass Pro Shops. A movie theatre named Great Escape River Falls 12 opened in November 2006.
Bigg's, an original anchor detached from the mall, closed its 78,500 sq. ft. store in August 2006.
[edit] Anchors
- Bass Pro Shops (264,982 sq. ft.)
- Dick's Sporting Goods (50,875 sq. ft.)
- Louisville Athletic Club (30,155 sq. ft.)
- Old Time Pottery (84,415 sq. ft.)
- Toys "R" Us (47,458 sq. ft.)
[edit] External links
| Malls in the Louisville, Kentucky area |  |
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| Fourth Street Live • Green Tree Mall • Jefferson Mall • Lyles Mall • Mall St. Matthews • Mid City Mall • Oxmoor Center • Park Place Mall • River Falls Mall |
