Village of Martinsville

Village of Martinsville
Coordinates 36°41′54″N 79°52′38″W / 36.69833°N 79.87722°W / 36.69833; -79.87722
Address 240 West Commonwealth Boulevard
Opening date 1989
Closing date 2014
Developer Developers Diversified Realty
Owner Hull Storey Gibson
No. of stores and services 30+
No. of anchor tenants 6
Total retail floor area 434,317 sq ft (40,349.4 m2)[1]
No. of floors 1

Village of Martinsville, formerly Liberty Fair Mall, is a shopping mall in Martinsville, Virginia. Opened in 1989, it was converted from an enclosed mall to an open air mall in 2014. Its anchor stores include Belk, Dunham's Sports, Kroger, Marshalls, and OfficeMax.

History

Developers Diversified Realty built the mall in 1989. Its original anchor stores were J. C. Penney, Sears, Walmart, and Leggett,[2] a division of Belk which had been in Martinsville since 1930.[3]

By 1997, the Walmart store had relocated. The space became OfficeMax, Kroger, and Goody's.[4][5] Goody's closed in 2009.[6]

In May 2012, Hull Storey Gibson bought the mall from Developers Diversified Realty.[7] J. C. Penney, whose store was converted to an outlet store in 1999, and later re-branded as JC's 5 Star Outlet.[8]

The closing of the Sears store was announced in late 2012.[9] RadioShack and The Pierced Ear moved out in late 2013, while a Chick-fil-A restaurant closed. All three of these stores were original tenants. Hull Storey Gibson also confirmed that Marshalls would be moving into the space vacated by Goody's.[10] J. C. Penney announced the closure of all of its outlet stores in October 2013, including the Martinsville location.[11] Demolition of the J. C. Penney building began in May 2014,[12] and the few remaining tenants relocated to the Belk wing in anticipation of further redevelopment.[13] As demolition of the mall continued through the end of 2014, Dunham's Sports was added as well.[14] At this point, the mall was renamed Village of Martinsville.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "About". Liberty Fair Mall. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Directory of major malls. MJJTM Publications Corp. 1990. p. 639.
  3. ↑ Hall, Debbie (30 May 2013). "Belk celebrates 125 years in business". Martinsville Bulletin. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "OfficeMax opens in Liberty Fair Mall in Martinsville, VA". Greensboro News & Record. 26 October 1997. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Liberty Fair Mall adding large Kroger to its stores". Greensboro News & Record. 23 July 1997. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Goody's to close at Liberty Fair Mall". Martinsville Bulletin. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  7. ↑ Collins, Paul (31 May 2012). "Liberty Fair Mall is sold". Martinsville Bulletin. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Codispoti, Amanda (1 May 2012). "JC Penney outlet store to change name under new ownership". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  9. ↑ Ward, Justin (17 September 2012). "Sears to close at Liberty Fair Mall in Martinsville". WDBJ. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  10. ↑ Powell, Mickey (19 August 2013). "Two Liberty Fair Mall stores moving". Martinsville Bulletin. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "JC’s 5 Star Outlet at Liberty Fair Mall to close". Martinsville Daily. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  12. ↑ http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=42028
  13. ↑ http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=42043
  14. ↑ http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/liberty-fair-mall-plan-unveiled-new-store-opening-this-fall/27867412
  15. ↑ http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=44379
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