Edgewood Mall

Edgewood Mall is a regional shopping mall located in McComb, Mississippi. Situated at the intersection of Interstate 55 and Veterans Boulevard, the mall is anchored by three department stores — J. C. Penney, Belk, and Goody's — with Ashley Furniture Home Store as a junior anchor. The mall currently has more than 40 interior shops.. A Wal-Mart Supercenter is located next door^[3] and Lowe's is located across the boulevard. The mall also has area stores and restaurants that include: Piccadilly Cafeterias, McDonalds, First Bank, Blockbuster, Burger King, Ruby Tuesday, Pike County National Bank, BP Gas Station, China Buffet, Radio Shack, Walgreens, Holiday Inn Express, and the Kahalaf Plaza. On the other side of the I-55 is a B-Kwik Chevron/ Quiznos Subs, Arbys, Hampton Inn, Ramada Inn, Deerfield Inn, El Darado Mexican Restaurant, Legacy Ford Lincoln Mercury, and more too.

History

Edgewood Mall, the first enclosed shopping center in McComb, was built in 1987 by Prescott Sherman.^[4][5] Anchored by J. C. Penney, Beall-Ladymon, and Wal-Mart, the mall opened its doors in July 1987 with a total 236,324 square feet (21,955 m²) of retail space.^[6] The mall was built on land owned by the Sherman family.^[7][8]

In 1994, the Beall-Ladymon chain was bought out and converted to a Stage department store in early 1995.^[9] Sears replaced the former Wal-Mart anchor space, vacated in 1998 when Wal-Mart built a Supercenter next door, in March 1999. A major overhaul of the mall in 1999 included a 15,466 square feet (1,437 m²) expansion of the J.C. Penney anchor, construction of an additional 25,000 square feet (2,323 m²) of space for specialty shops, and addition of fourth large (71,798 square feet (6,670 m²)) anchor, Mississippi-based McRae's.^[2] This expansion, capped by a grand re-opening in September 1999, left the mall with over 400,000 square feet (37,161 m²) of retail space.^[2][6]

In 2002, Mississippi Business Journal reported that Prescott Sherman had given $2 million to the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi from the Edgewood Mall.^[5][10] Sears closed in 2012.^[11]

Anchors

• J. C. Penney - original tenant^[6]
• Sears - 96,932 sq ft (9,005 m²).; space originally occupied by Wal-Mart, which relocated in 1998^[12] Sears closed in 2012.
• Belk - 71,798 sq ft (6,670 m²).; opened as McRae's in 1999,^[13] converted in March 2006
• Goody's - opened as Beall-Ladymon,^[6] Beall-Ladymon chain bought out in 1994, converted to Stage in early 1995.^[9] Stage Department Store was later converted to Goody's back in September 2011.
• Ashley Furniture Home Store- open in late 2007 Sold To Lott Furniture in September 2008.

Other stores

The mall's junior anchor is Lott Furniture. Other notable stores in the mall include Beall St., Foot Locker, Hibbett Sporting Goods, Rue21, Factory Connection, Friend Girl, and nail salon. A KB Toys which had opened during the mall's 1999 expansion was closed due to the toy chain's bankruptcy in 2004.^[14] The mall's Kirkland's location closed in 2005.^[1]

Expansion area

Edgewood Mall attract lots of people for portions of Southwest Mississippi, a lot from Louisiana, Alabama, and some from Tennessee and Arkansas who are on a travel or road trip. Ever since the mall's expansion grew out, more people coming to visit the mall by day.

Former features

Mississippi Driver's License Office

The Mississippi Highway Patrol's driver's license examiner's office relocated from the Magnolia Community Center in Magnolia, Mississippi, to Edgewood Mall in 2001.^[15] Opening its doors on September 4, 2001, this office was located at the north entrance of the mall between J. C. Penney and McRae's.^[15] In February 2007, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety announced that the office was being forced to relocate by the end of March 2007 because their space in the mall had been acquired by another party.^[16]

References

External links

• Edgewood Mall