Bellevue Center

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Bellevue Center


caption =
location = I-40 @ US Hwy 70 South, *Nashville, TN , USA
opening_date = 1990 (renovated 2000)
closing_date = May 31, 2008
developer =
manager = Madison Marquette
owner = OakTree Capital Management
number_of_stores = 90+
number_of_anchors = 3
floor_area = convert|848545|sqft|m2
(GLA)
floors = 2

Bellevue Center was a regional shopping mall in the western Nashville, Tennessee suburb of Bellevue, Tennessee. It had capacity for over 90 stores on two floors totaling 848,545 square feet.

The mall originally opened in 1990 with two anchors, Dillard's and Castner Knott, situated at each end of the mall. Spaces for two other anchors were included. One of these (the one closest to Dillard's) was to house a Macy's store, but the project was canceled and nothing was ever built on the site. Macy's eventually came to the mall in the former Castner Knott location after a series of acquisitions. Sears came to Bellevue Center in 1999, occupying the other empty anchor space. Dillard's closed its store and sold its property to the mall's owners in 2007 following years of declining sales.

Bellevue Center officially closed on May 31, 2008, when the last of its non-anchor tenants moved out. Current plans are to demolish the mall and convert the former Dillard's building into a branch of the Metro Nashville Public Library (bottom floor) and Kohl's department store (top level) [http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080916/NEWS04/809160374] . The area formerly occupied by the mall itself will be replaced with an open-air lifestyle center. [http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880605013] Sears and Macy's intend to remain open through the redevelopment process and anchor the redeveloped property.

Anchors

*Macy's (opened as Castner Knott 1990, became Proffitt's 1998, Hecht's 2001, and Macy's 2006)
*Sears (opened 1999)
*Dillard's (1990-2007)
*Kohl's (future)

ee also

List of shopping malls in Tennessee

References