Citadel Mall

Citadel Mall, one of the largest shopping malls in the state, is a regional 1,138,527 square feet (105,773 m²) shopping mall located in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. It opened on July 29, 1981 and is located at the intersection of Sam Rittenberg Boulevard (SC Hwy. 7) and I-526. The mall features more than 100 stores, including six anchor stores: the area's largest Belk and Dillard's department stores, Dick's Sporting Goods, a newly renovated JCPenney, Sears and the region's first Target that was recently remodeled to include a new "Fresh Grocery" section. On September 1, 2013 the mall went into foreclosure after then owner CBL & Associates Properties defaulted on mortgage payments and it was purchased at auction by the lender in January 2014. The mall is currently owned by a holding company formed by the lender, 2070 Sam Rittenberg Boulevard Holdings LLC and is being marketed for sale.

History

The mall opened in 1981 as a project of national mall developer Jacobs, Visconti & Jacobs of Cleveland, Ohio. Citadel Mall is located at the intersection of Sam Rittenberg Boulevard (S.C. Highway 7) and Savannah Highway (U.S. Highway 17) at the junction of Interstate 526 in the heavily commercialized West Ashley suburb of Charleston, South Carolina.

The Citadel (mall)

The Citadel Mall is one of the two enclosed shopping malls of Colorado Springs.

Anchors

History

Construction on the Citadel Mall began in 1970, and it opened in 1972. By 1980 The Rouse Company owned the mall. In 1997 it was sold to The Macerich Company, a company based in California. In January 2007, the mall was sold to Midwest Mall Properties, a private investor group, which retained Macerich as management company.

Although many stores surround the actual mall, the entire campus is located at the intersection of Platte and Academy on what was until recently the eastern edge of the city.

From November 18 thru December 25, 2005, for the 50th anniversary of the NORAD Tracks Santa program, the Citadel Mall had a massive Santa Tracking Village that included a 25-foot tree, a tracking map and viewfinder where visitors could watch a NORAD Tracks Santa video, hear audio messages of peace from children around the world, and receive a 24-page coloring book with Santa's assistants wearing NORAD patches.