Knoxville Center

Knoxville Center

Location	Exit 8 on Interstate 640, Knoxville, United States
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 (91,100 m2) (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]

Contents 1 Anchors 2 Former anchor 3 Services 4 Renovation and name Change 5 Changes in 2008 6 References 7 External links

Anchors

• Vacant Anchor Space- (Opened as Miller's Department Store, then later Hess's, to later become Dillard's. Macy's is reported as being interested in this anchor position. 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.)
• J. C. Penney (Original Anchor, 133,431 sq ft.)
• The Rush Fitness Complex (former Service Merchandise, two level store 54,000 sq ft.)

Former anchor

• Dillard's- Closed in September, 2008.
• Proffitt's- Closed due to corporate realignment, reopened as Belk.
• Service Merchandise (two story store near Sears which closed to become The Rush Fitness Complex, 54,000 sq ft.)

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]

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.

Changes in 2008

In 2008, Dillard's announced that they would close their Knoxville Center store. Macy's claimed that they may open a store in the former Dillard's. Hollister Co. also opened a store at the mall.

In 2009, Packard's, a video game and movie trade-in store, opened just past the food court on the bottom level.

As of 2010, the former Dillard's location has yet to be occupied by another department store despite rumored interest from Macy's. The Waldenbooks store located at the Sears section of the mall closed early 2010, leaving numerous vacant lots on this one particular section of the mall. Although suffering from the loss of many stores, the mall continues to sell with the popular food court and Regal Cinema stadium theater.

References

External links

• Knoxville Center website

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