Danville Mall, formerly Piedmont Mall, is an enclosed

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Danville, Virginia Danville is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, located in the Southside Virginia region and on the fall line of the Dan River. It was a center of tobacco production and was an area of Confederate activity ...

. Opened in 1984, it is managed by

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. The mall's

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s are Belk and Dunham's Sports, with three vacant anchors last occupied by

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, and Sears.

History

The original anchors of Piedmont Mall were

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, Hills, Belk-Leggett, and Globman's, which closed in 1990 and was later an auxiliary store for Belk. Sears was later added as a fifth anchor.

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bought the mall in 1995. The Hills store was sold to

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and closed in 2001. In November 2005, the former Hills/Ames space became the first

store in Virginia, but it closed only three years later. Hull Storey Gibson bought the mall in 2012 after General Growth filed for bankruptcy. Under Hull Storey Gibson's ownership, major renovation plans were announced, and the property was renamed Danville Mall. As part of these renovations, the Belk store was remodeled, and the second Belk was closed. In November 2015, Dunham's Sports opened on the lower level of the former Boscov's store. The food selection is

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along with China Shuttle being the lone eateries with China Shuttle announcing they plan to close down the business before holiday season. Leaving Chick-fil-A being the lone restaurant. On May 3, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 42 stores nationwide. The store closed in August 2018.
/ref> On June 4, 2020, it was announced that

would be closing around October 2020 as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide, leaving Belk and Dunham's Sports as the only remaining anchor stores.

Anchors

Current anchors

* Belk (1984-present) * Dunham's Sports (2015-present)

Former anchors

(1999-2001) *

(2005-2008) *Globman's (1984-1990) * Hills (1984-1999) * Sears (1990s-2018) *

(1984-2020)

References

External links

Danville Mall
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