Signal Hill Mall

Signal Hill Mall is a regional enclosed shopping mall located in Statesville, North Carolina, serving the Iredell County and the surrounding area located in the northern Charlotte suburbs. It has six stores, anchored by Belk. The mall is located on Interstate 77.[1]

Signal Hill Mall
LocationStatesville, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates35.7926°N 80.8575°W / 35.7926; -80.8575
Address1685 E Broad St
Opening dateAugust 1, 1973
No. of stores and services6, 42 at peak
No. of anchor tenants3 (1 open, 2 vacant)
No. of floors1
Websitestatesvillemall.com

History

C&J Associates announced the mall in 1972, with F. W. Woolworth Company and Belk as the first two anchor stores announced.[2] The third original anchor, Spainhour's, was a local department store also operational in downtown at the time.[3] Belk had been operational in the city since 1912.[4] The mall opened on August 1, 1973.

At its peak in the 1990s, it had 42 stores and 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2).[5] Hills Stores Company opened a 83,000 square feet (7,700 m2) store at Signal Hill Mall in 1995.[6]

Saslow Jewelers closed its store in 2017.[7] Radio Shack also closed in 2017.[8] Sears closed in 2012. JCPenney closed in April 2015.[9]

References
  1. Biba, Jacob (June 17, 2015). "'The malls that time forgot': a look inside the abandoned malls of North Carolina". The Guardian. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. "Signal Hill Mall involves 30 stores". Statesville Record and Landmark. December 10, 1971. p. 2B. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  3. "New Spainhour's store is planned". Statesville Record and Landmark. May 15, 1972. pp. 1A, 3A. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. "History on Belk store reverts to 1912 in city". Statesville Record and Landmark. April 8, 1974. p. 8E. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  5. Hamlin, John (April 1, 2013). "What's in store for 40-year-old Signal Hill Mall?". Statesville Record & Landmark. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  6. "Hills heads south." WWD, 15 February 1995, p. 20. Business Collection, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A16519329/GPS?u=tplmain&sid=GPS&xid=6ae43a7f. Accessed 1 August 2018.
  7. Osborne, Jessica (September 20, 2017). "Saslow's Jewelers closing at Signal Hill Mall". Statesville Record & Landmark. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  8. "Radio Shack set to close in Signal Hill Mall in Statesville". Statesville Record & Landmark. May 9, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  9. "JC Penney will close Statesville store April 4". Statesville Record & Landmark. January 8, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
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