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Shopping mall in North Carolina, United States

Hanes Mall

A satellite photograph of Hanes Mall located in Winston Salem, North Carolina.A satellite view of Hanes Mall.
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Location Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates 36°04′10″N 80°18′00″W / 36.069386°N 80.300113°W / 36.069386; -80.300113
Address 3320 Silas Creek Parkway
Opening date 1975
Developer Richard E. Jacobs Group
Management CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
Owner CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
No. of stores and services 170[1]
No. of anchor tenants 5 (3 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area 1,435,164 square feet (133,331 m2)[1]
No. of floors 2 (3 in Belk and former Macy's)
Parking Circumnavigatible parking lot with 7,861 spaces
Website shophanesmall.com

Hanes Mall is a shopping mall located off I-40 via the Stratford Road and Hanes Mall Boulevard exits, on Silas Creek Parkway. Hanes Mall Boulevard, the road named after the mall, has become a very high traffic count area with over 250 businesses stretching over 2.9 miles. The mall has 1,435,164 square feet (133,331 m2) GLA and has 3 anchor stores and over 170 tenants in all.

The mall's anchor stores are Belk, Dillard's, and JCPenney. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were last occupied by Macy's and Sears. The Macy's building is now an operations center for Truliant Federal Credit Union, while the Sears building is owned by Novant Health, which plans to expand services from Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center into the building.

Hanes Mall was North Carolina's largest enclosed shopping mall until 2004 when SouthPark Mall in Charlotte finished its expansion project.[_citation needed_]

The original mall, the north wing, was opened in 1975 with Belk, JCPenney and Sears. In 1990, a new wing was built, expanding the mall southward to include Ivey's (this store was signed as Ivey's but, due to an acquisition by the parent company, opened as Dillard's), Thalhimer's (converted to Hecht's in 1992, and to Macy's in 2006) and a new food court.[_citation needed_]

Because of this design, one must go through JCPenney to cross from one wing to the other. In addition, the mall is built into the side of a hill; patrons enter through the first floor on the south side of the mall, but must enter on the second floor on the north side. Hanes Mall is two stories throughout, with the exception of Belk and the former Macy's, which each have an additional floor.[_citation needed_]

In the late 1980s, an arterial boulevard named after the mall was built. The boulevard would soon feature new development, overtime, and give Winston-Salem residents new ways to get new development. This also replaced a lengthy portion of nearby local road Vest Mill Road. In 1992, the Interstate 40 rerouting, allowed for a new half diamond interchange connecting Hanes Mall Boulevard to the new interstate stretch to be constructed. This replaced having to exit off at the Silas Creek Parkway with the former Interstate 40 stretch to access the mall.

The road that loops the mall's parking lot is known as Hanes Mall Circle and is the address for many outlying businesses. There are five roadway entrances into the mall parking lot, one off of Silas Creek Parkway, two off of Hanes Mall Boulevard, and two off of Stratford Road. Hanes Mall also had a four-screen General Cinema movie theater until October 10, 2000; it stood at the spot that is now home to the Texas Roadhouse restaurant. Golden Corral is in what used to be the parking lot next to the theater. Golden Corral has the theater's old address which is 180 Hanes Mall Circle. The theater closed after the lease ended. The theater was at Hanes Mall for 25 years and was one of the original buildings at the mall.[_citation needed_]

A large, working carousel is located on the lower level. The mall is currently owned and operated by CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.[_citation needed_]

An H&M store opened in November, 2011.[2] This was the second store to open in the Carolinas, the first being in Raleigh.[3]

On November 8, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 40 stores nationwide. The store closed in February 2019.[4] Sears was one of the original tenants that opened with the mall.

On January 8, 2020, it was announced that Macy’s would also be closing as part of a plan to close 29 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2020.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Hanes Mall". www.cblproperties.com. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  2. ^ Staff Reports (June 24, 2011). "Fashion retailer H&M coming to Hanes Mall". Greensboro News & Record. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  3. ^ JournalNow Staff (June 24, 2011). "Business Briefs: Media General announces furloughs". Winston-Salem Journal. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  4. ^ Thomas, Lauren; Hirsch, Lauren (2018-11-08). "Sears to shut 40 more stores early next year". CNBC.
  5. ^ "Macy's location at Hanes Mall among nearly 30 stores nationwide shutting down after drop in holiday sales". WXII 12. Hearst Television, Inc. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.