Edgewater Mall
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Aerial view of Edgewater Mall and anchor stores | |
| Location | Biloxi, Mississippi |
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| Coordinates | 30°23′24″N 88°59′17″W / 30.390°N 88.988°W |
| Address | 2600 Beach Boulevard |
| Opening date | 1963 |
| Developer | Holcomb & Milner[1] |
| Owner | Jim Wilson & Associates |
| No. of stores and services | 100+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 843,652 square feet (78,000 m2)[2] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Edgewater Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Biloxi, Mississippi. Opened in 1963, it features Belk, Dillard's, J. C. Penney, and Sears as its anchor stores.
History
The mall was built in 1963[3][4] as Edgewater Plaza. Among its first tenants were Godchaux's, Gayfers, and J. J. Newberry. In the early 1970s, the mall was expanded with a new wing ending in Sears. The addition of this wing required the demoltion of the Edgewater Gulf Hotel.[5] Sears opened in July 1972.[6] J. J. Newberry closed in 1979 and became J. C. Penney the same year.[7] McCrory Stores operated a dime store in the mall until 1996.[8]
A year later, the mall underwent a major expansion and renovation program that included the addition of McRae's (now Belk) as an anchor,[9] along with the expansion of the J.C. Penney and Sears stores. A second story was added to the Sears,[6] while the J. C. Penney store was expanded into a space previously occupied by a Jitney Jungle supermarket.[7] The Gayfers chain was sold to Dillard's in 1998.[10]
The mall was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Sears was the first store to reopen after the hurricane.[11] Dillard's, which suffered the most damage from the hurricane, was rebuilt and did not reopen until 2008.[12]
See also
References
- ↑ "Mississippi". CSA Super Markets. Lebhar-Friedman. 37: 42.
- ↑ "Lease Plan" (PDF). Jim Wilson & Associates. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ↑ "Edgewater Mall". Jim Wilson & Associates. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ↑ "Edgewater Mall's 50th birthday brings hope for many more". WLOX. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ↑ "EDGEWATER MALL: A TOWN OF ITS OWN". The Sun-Herald. 24 March 2002. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- 1 2 "SEARS TO GROW WITH 2ND FLOOR". The Sun-Herald. 12 July 1997. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- 1 2 "JC PENNEY PLANS EXPANSION AT EDGEWATER MORE SPACE TO MEAN MORE GOODS". The Sun-Herald. 6 September 1996. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ↑ "CHESTERFIELD'S TAPS COAST RESTAURANT SET TO OPEN IN EDGEWATER". The Sun-Herald. 26 February 2000. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ↑ "EDGEWATER TO UNVEIL NEW LOOK, MERCHANTS MCRAE'S JOINS LINEUP". The Sun-Herald. 5 August 1997. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ↑ Monti, Lisa (5 August 1999). "Dillard's Still Lives with Gayfers Name in Biloxi, Miss., Area.". Tribune Business News. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ↑ "First Store Re-Opens At Edgewater Mall". WLOX. 28 September 2005. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ↑ "Dillard's to reopen in mall next year, Extensive damage will take time to fix". The Sun-Herald. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2013.