Fayette Mall is a regional

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, located at 3401 Nicholasville Road in southern Lexington. It is the largest mall in the state of Kentucky. The mall's anchor stores are

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, and

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. The mall is among the largest shopping malls in the

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, boasting just under 200 stores plus a large food court

History

Fayette Mall was opened by developer Richard E. Jacobs Group Inc. on April 20, 1971, supplanting Turfland Mall as Lexington's largest shopping mall. Its original

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included

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(became Shillito-Rike's in 1982, Lazarus in 1986, Lazarus-Macy's in 2003, now Macy's since 2005) and

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(became

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in 1985, Ben Snyder's in 1987,

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in 1988, now JCPenney since 1993). Fayette Mall was renovated and enlarged in 1993 with

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, which became

in 1998. The mall was acquired in 2001 by

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Inc. of

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, which classifies Fayette Mall as one of its superior shopping centers, one of a dozen "distinct, high-performing properties" in its portfolio of more than 100 malls and shopping centers. Fayette Mall's sales of $492 per square foot is the second-highest among CBL's properties. As of 2007, Fayette Mall featured of

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, 111 in-line stores, and 5,704 parking spaces on .

closed its mall store in late 2013 and sold the space to CBL for redevelopment. In March 2014, management announced that

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and H&M would be among the new openings in the former Sears space. The space opened on November 7, 2014.

Growth beyond the mall

In 2006, CBL opened The Plaza at Fayette Mall, a center adjacent to the mall and occupied by restaurants, various retailers, and a

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16.The Plaza at Fayette Mall Fact Sheet
Retrieved 2013-01-17.

References

External links

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CBL & Associates Properties Inc. web site

Fayette Mall Redevelopment Gallery
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