Edgewood Mall

Infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Edgewood Mall


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location = McComb, Mississippi
address = 1722 Veterans Blvd, McComb, MS 39648
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opening_date = July 1987
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developer = Prescott Sherman
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owner = Centre Pointe LLC
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number_of_stores = 45
number_of_anchors = 4
floor_area = convert|400000|sqft|m2|0
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parking = 1,900
website = [http://www.edgewoodmall.net edgewoodmall.net]
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Edgewood Mall is a regional shopping mall located in McComb, Mississippi. Situated at the intersection of Interstate 55 and Veterans Boulevard, the mall is anchored by four department stores — J. C. Penney, Sears, Belk, and Stage — with Ashley Furniture Home Store as a junior anchor. The mall currently has more than 40 interior shops, and a food court with a restaurant located at the mall's main entrance. A Wal-Mart Supercenter is located next door [cite news |work=McComb Enterprise-Journal |title=1990 Rewind |url=http://www.enterprise-journal.com/articles/1999/12/18/news/19991218-archive0.txt |date=1999-12-18] and Lowe's is located across the boulevard.

History

Edgewood Mall, the first enclosed shopping center in McComb, was built in 1987 by Prescott Sherman. [cite news |work=The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) |title=People in business |date=1987-05-24 |quote=Karen Hammons has been appointed mall manager and marketing director for Edgewood Mall, the first enclosed shopping center development in McComb, Miss.] cite news |work=McComb Enterprise-Journal |title=Jack Ryan: Sherman has built a grand legacy |date=2002-01-06 |url=http://www.enterprise-journal.com/articles/2002/01/06/opinions/20020106-archive0.txt] Anchored by J. C. Penney, Beall-Ladymon, and Wal-Mart, the mall opened its doors in July 1987 with a total convert|236324|sqft|m2|0 of retail space.cite news |work=McComb Enterprise-Journal |title=A grand re-opening: Four-day celebration welcomes new, expanded mall stores |date=1999-08-28 |url=http://www.enterprise-journal.com/articles/1999/08/28/news/19990828-archive2.txt] The mall was built on land owned by the Sherman family. [cite news |work=The Daily Mississippian |title=Ole Miss graduate receives top engineering award |first=April |last=Taylor |url=http://www.thedmonline.com/2.2838/1.122082 |date=2003-07-01] [cite news |work=McComb Enterprise-Journal |title=Retail juggernaut |date=2004-07-06 |url=http://www.enterprise-journal.com/articles/2004/07/06/news/20040706-archive.txt]

In 1994, the Beall-Ladymon chain was bought out and converted to a Stage department store in early 1995.cite news |work=Arkansas Business |title=Beall-Ladymon Stores sold to Specialty Retailers |first=Kelly |last=Fod |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail/retailers/9261807-1.html |date=1994-09-26] Sears replaced the former Wal-Mart anchor space, vacated in 1998 when Wal-Mart built a Supercenter next door, in March 1999. A major overhaul of the mall in 1999 included a convert|15466|sqft|m2|0 expansion of the J.C. Penney anchor, construction of an additional convert|25000|sqft|m2|0 of space for specialty shops, and addition of fourth large (convert|71798|sqft|m2|0) anchor, Mississippi-based McRae's.cite news |work=McComb Enterprise-Journal |title=1999 in review |date=1999-12-25 |url=http://www.enterprise-journal.com/articles/1999/12/25/news/19991225-archive12.txt] This expansion, capped by a grand re-opening in September 1999, left the mall with over convert|400000|sqft|m2|0 of retail space.

In 2002, "Mississippi Business Journal" reported that Prescott Sherman had give $2 million to the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi from the Edgewood Mall. [cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-25255550_ITM |title=University of Mississippi (People To Watch) |date=2002-02-11 |work=Mississippi Business Journal |accessdate=2008-09-05]

The mall's overall business and store mix continued to develop in 2003, with the mall maintaining high occupancy as of August 2008.

Anchors

* J. C. Penney - original tenant
* Sears - convert|96932|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on.; space originally occupied by Wal-Mart, which relocated in 1998cite news |work=Mississippi Business Journal |title=Pike County economic engine roars with millions in new construction |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5277/is_199803/ai_n24333232 |date=1998-03-23]
* Belk - convert|71798|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on.; opened as McRae's in 1999 [cite news |first=Julia |last=Bentley |work=Business Wire |title=Proffitt's, Inc. Announces Plans for New McRae's Store in McComb, Mississippi |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail/retailers-general-merchandise-stores-department/6918919-1.html |date=1998-04-13] , converted in March 2006
* Stage - opened as Beall-Ladymon, Beall-Ladymon chain bought out in 1994, converted to Stage in early 1995.

* Ashley Furniture Home Store- open in late 2007 Sold To Lott Furniture in September 2008.

Other stores

The mall's junior anchor is Lott Furniture. Other notable stores in the mall include Beall St., Foot Locker, Hibbett Sporting Goods, and Friedman's Jewelers . A KB Toys which had opened during the mall's 1999 expansion was closed due to the toy chain's bankruptcy in 2004. [cite news |work=McComb Enterprise-Journal |title=No word on shuttering date for toy store |date=2004-01-30 |url=http://www.enterprise-journal.com/articles/2004/01/30/news/20040130-archive6.txt] The mall's Kirkland's location closed in 2005.cite news |work=McComb Enterprise-Journal |url=http://www.enterprise-journal.com/articles/2005/04/23/news/20050423-archive4.txt |title=Kirkland’s leaving mall; Dollar Tree, Bath staying |date=2005-04-23]

Former features

Mississippi Driver's License Office

The Mississippi Highway Patrol's driver's license examiner's office relocated from the Magnolia Community Center in Magnolia, Mississippi, to Edgewood Mall in 2001.cite news |work=McComb Enterprise-Journal |title=Driver's license bureau moving to McComb |url=http://www.enterprise-journal.com/articles/2001/08/14/news/20010814-archive1.txt |date=2001-08-14] Opening its doors on September 4, 2001, this office was located at the north entrance of the mall between J. C. Penney and McRae's. In February 2007, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety announced that the office was being forced to relocate by the end of March 2007 because their space in the mall had been acquired by another party.cite news |work=McComb Enterprise-Journal |title=Local drivers license station moving |url=http://www.enterprise-journal.com/articles/2007/02/22/news/20070222-archive4.txt |date=2007-02-22]

References

External links

* [http://www.edgewoodmall.net Edgewood Mall]
**Note: edgewoodmall.net expired on 08/14/2008 and is (as of 09/08/2008) pending renewal or deletion.