West Town Mall

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West Town Mall

Location	Kingston Pike, Interstate 40, and Interstate 75 Knoxville , USA
Opening date	1972
Management	Simon Property Group
Owner	Simon Property Group
No. of stores and services	150+ stores
No. of anchor tenants	5
Total retail floor area	1,330,000 square feet (GLA)
No. of floors	1
Website	West Town Mall Website

West Town Mall is a shopping mall located in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It is the premiere shopping mall serving the Knoxville Metropolitan Area, which includes the University of Tennessee. Opened in August 1972, this one-level mall is located in the western portion of Knoxville in the West Hills community. West Town Mall is located along Interstates 40/75 and Kingston Pike.^[1]

1 Anchors
- 1.1 Other stores
2 Movie theaters
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Anchors

Dillard's (opened as Miller's Department Store, then later Hess's. 243,110 sq. ft.)
Belk (Opened as Proffitt's, became Belk. Converted to Store for Women May 2007, 103,000 sq. ft.)
Sears, Roebuck and Company (original anchor, 182,140 sq. ft.)
JC Penney (Original anchor, moved to space originally slated for Parks-Belk in 1994. 147,282 sq. ft.)
Belk (Men,Children Home, former Parisian. 144,000 sq. ft.)

[edit] Other stores

West Town Mall caters to a more upscale customer than other malls in the Knoxville area. There are 40 stores exclusive to the Knoxville area including Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, Apple Store, and Coach.

There is a food court in the center the mall, which was the first mall location for Knoxville-based Petro's.^[2]

[edit] Movie theaters

West Town Mall has had two different theaters in its life. The first was a round theater on an out parcel at the corner of Morrell Rd and Kingston Pike. The building was demolished before the mall's major renovations of the 1990s.

In 1998, Knoxville based Regal Cinemas opened a Funscape entertainment complex in the mall.^[3] The location was the former upper level of JC Penney that had been stripped of its walls and roof in the 1990s renovation and addition. The lower level space had been converted to a main hallway and retail space and the uppper level became the theater complex and entertainment area. The theater is still there, but the entertainment area was closed by Regal.