Knoxville Center

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Knoxville Center

Location	Exit 8 on Interstate 640, Knoxville , USA
Opening date	1984
Management	Simon Property Group
Owner	Simon Property Group
No. of stores and services	130+
No. of anchor tenants	5
Total retail floor area	981,000 square feet (GLA)
No. of floors	2
Website	Knoxville Center

Knoxville Center, formerly East Towne Mall; located in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a super-regional shopping mall serving the Knoxville metropolitan area. The mall opened in 1984.^[1] and is located at Exit 8 on Interstate 640. The mall's primary target is the fastest growing area in the market. ^[2]

1 Anchors
2 Former anchor
3 Services
4 Renovation and name Change
5 Notable stores
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Anchors

Dillard's (Opened as Miller's Department Store, then later Hess's. 123,601 sq. ft.)
Belk (Opened as Proffitt's, became Belk, 108,048 sq. ft.)
Sears, Roebuck and Company (Original Anchor, 179,628 sq. ft.)
JC Penney (Original Anchor, 133,431 sq. ft.)
The Rush Fitness Complex (former Service Merchandise, two level store 54,000 sq. ft.)

[edit] Former anchor

Service Merchandise (two story store near Sears which closed to become The Rush Fitness Complex, 54,000 sq. ft.)

[edit] Services

Knoxville Center opened with a food court in the center of the mall located on the upper level of the Center Court. The food court is located directly next to the 10-screen Regal Stadium Cinema location.^[3]

[edit] Renovation and name Change

East Towne Mall received a major renovation by its owner Simon Property Group in 1997. The outside was left unchanged aside from a new entrance. The inside was renovated with new tile, paint, trim, and other features. The mall adopted a Tennessee mountain theme. Once renovation was completed, the name Knoxville Center was adopted.