Mall of Memphis
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The Mall of Memphis was a shopping mall in Memphis, Tennessee, containing 885,627 sq ft (82,277.4 m2) of retail space and 5,564 parking spaces. The mall opened October 7, 1981, closed on December 24, 2003, and was demolished in 2004. Among other things, the mall was home to the Ice Chalet, Memphis's only public ice rink.
History
The Mall of Memphis and the commercial area that developed around it prospered throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s. However, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, several deadly shootings and a rash of robberies occurred on or near the mall's parking lots. These events led to the Mall of Memphis developing a reputation for being unsafe and being nicknamed the "Mall of Murder". A study done by Rhodes College in 2006 shows the media's impact of giving the mall this reputation and also studying how the mall's nickname may have resulted in its death.[1]
In the 1990s, in an effort to escape the growing crime in the area, many of the mall's clientele moved east to
The mall underwent an extensive renovation shortly before it closed, in an unsuccessful attempt to attract new business. Although new tenants opened, the full renovation was never completed, which would have included a face lift and a name change to Memphis Park Galleria. This meant that when the mall was closed and demolished, many of its features, such as benches, railings, elevators and interior decor, were still in new condition, having seldom been used.
By April 2007, a newspaper report by
The site of the Mall is now a TAG Truck Center by Lonestar Truck Group.[5][6][7]
See also
References
- ^ "Mall of Memphis Timeline". The Mall of Memphis. Retrieved September 14, 2006.
- New York Times News Service. p. C6. Retrieved November 25, 2021 – via Google News.
- ^ Maki, Amos (April 4, 2007). "Wal-Mart to rise at old mall site". The Commercial Appeal. Archived from the original on April 28, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2007.
- ^ Maki, Amos (January 6, 2008). "Shopping a dead mall site -- With Wal-Mart out, owner eyes industrial development". The Commercial Appeal. Archived from the original on January 9, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
- ^ Wade, Don (December 2, 2017). "TAG Truck Center Prepares to Open On Former Mall of Memphis Site". The Daily News. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- Memphis Business Journal. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ Risher, Wayne (March 28, 2018). "TAG Truck Center marks completion of Mall of Memphis site revitalization". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved January 22, 2022.