The Commercial Appeal is an E.W. Scripps Company newspaper. The Commercial Appeal Two of Memphis's older malls, Raleigh Springs and the Mall of Memphis, are undergoing facelifts this year. The project will be financed in part through tax increment financing with city-county funds promised by Mayor Willie Herenton to help revitalize aging malls.
Work is scheduled to be completed by year's end.
The Mall of Memphis, on American Way at Perkins, south of Interstate 240, also is sprucing up with its own renovation that includes an expansion of its ice rink to accommodate regulation hockey games, with spectator seating and locker rooms. The mall is anchored by Dillard's and J.C. Penney. Renovations and new stores at the Mall of Memphis are expected to create about 500 new jobs, mall officials said. Winchester and Hickory Ridge in southeast Shelby County. Also features a carousel.