Arbor Place 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 ...

in Douglasville, Georgia, United States. Opened in 1999, the mall was originally to be anchored by

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, Parisian,

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, and

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. The Upton's chain went out of business prior to the opening of the mall, but the contract to build the store was still completed, resulting in a vacant anchor when the mall opened. A home improvement chain named Dekor took over the Upton's site in 2000. The chain folded in 2001 and once again left the mall with a vacant anchor space. In 2003,

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 ...

took over the site. The two-level mall has been very successful and was the first to bring upscale shopping to an underserved area. Shoppers previously had to travel long distances to other Atlanta area malls. Rich's, long planned to open at the mall, finally opened as

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in 2004, one of only two stores signed with the hyphen. In 2005 the Rich's name was dropped, and became just

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. Parisian closed its store in September 2007 and it is bought out by

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. Belk took over the Parisian store on late of 2007. Arbor Place Mall was built by and is still owned by

CBL Properties CBL Properties (previously CBL & Associates, Inc., then CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.) is an American real estate investment trust that invests in shopping centers, primarily in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States. The company is ...

(formally known as CBL & Associates). Along with this, Arbor Place Mall enforces a youth escort policy, known as YEP, stating youths under 17 must be accompanied by an adult on Friday and Saturday nights after 6:00pm. On November 7, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 96 stores nationwide. The store closed on February 16, 2020. On June 4, 2020, it was announced that JCPenney would also be closing as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide. On July 19, 2020, the closure of the JCPenney location is cancelled. The corporate office and CBL Properties negotiated terms for a new lease. On September 18, 2020,

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announced that 63 locations would be closing, as the company was suffering financial issues due to the

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. These locations included Arbor Place in Douglasville. On Sunday August 28, 2022, Conn’s Home Plus is opening a partial space in the former Sears. Arbor Place Mall owner CBL & Associates Properties voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2020 citing losses due to Coronavirus.

Anchors

Current anchors

(2007–present) *

(October 13, 1999 – present) *

(March 6, 2005 – present) *

(October 2003 – present)

Future anchors

* Conn’s Home Plus coming in 2022 in the former Sears

Former anchors

*Dekor (2000-2001) * Parisian (October 13, 1999-September 2007) * Rich's (2004-March 6, 2005) *

(October 13, 1999 – February 16, 2020)

Canceled anchors

(1999)

References

External links

Arbor Place Mall
official website

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