The Apple Blossom Mall is a

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...

that was built in 1982 on the south side of

Winchester, Virginia Winchester is the most north western independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Frederick County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Winchester wit ...

. It has 83 stores, including anchor stores of

Belk Belk, Inc. is an American department store chain founded in 1888 by William Henry Belk in Monroe, North Carolina, with nearly 300 locations in 16 states. Belk stores and Belk.com offer apparel, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, home furnishings, ...

(formerly Leggett),

AMC Classic AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC and known in some countries as AMC Cinemas or AMC Multi-Cinemas) is an American movie theater chain fou ...

, and

JCPenney Penney OpCo LLC, doing business as JCPenney and often abbreviated JCP, is a midscale American department store chain operating 667 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. Departments inside JCPenney stores include Mens, Womens, Boys, Gir ...

. The mall's single vacant anchor space was once occupied by

Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began a ...

. The shopping mall was acquired by

Simon Property Group Simon Property Group, Inc. is an American real estate investment trust that invests in shopping malls, outlet centers, and community/lifestyle centers. It is the largest owner of shopping malls in the United States and is headquartered in Indian ...

in 1999. It is now managed and 49.1% owned by Simon Property Group. In 2007, Simon Property Group announced the development of a major lifestyle center at Apple Blossom Mall. The addition was slated to include three lifestyle-type tenants, two big boxes, an additional department store, new restaurants, and an RC Theatres 16-screen complex. Construction on the theatres was to begin in the spring of 2007 with the opening scheduled between late 2007 and early 2008. The lifestyle center never materialized. There is now an

(formerly

Carmike Carmike Cinemas was a motion picture exhibitor headquartered in Columbus, Georgia. As of March 2016, the company had 276 theaters with 2,954 screens in 41 states, and was the fourth largest movie theater chain in the United States. The company b ...

) located in the mall. In mid-2012, mall representatives announced renovation plans for the mall, including new floors and lighting, a children's play area, and a 12-screen theater to replace the existing theater. On November 7, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing the Apple Blossom Mall location as part of their plan to close 96 stores nationwide. The store closed in February 2020. On March 29, 2020, the mall closed temporarily due to COVID-19 concerns. It reopened on May 15, 2020.

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* Shopping malls in Virginia Shopping malls established in 1982 Simon Property Group Winchester, Virginia 1982 establishments in Virginia {{US-mall-stub