page_title: Tanglewood Mall
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Tanglewood Mall / History
caption_attribution_description: English: "Dead" wing of Tanglewood Mall in Roanoke, Virginia.
context_page_description: Tanglewood Mall is a shopping mall in southwest Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. It originally opened for business March 28, 1973. The mall is currently managed by Urban Retail Properties.
  Tanglewood Mall is located at the intersection of US 220 and Route 419. The Roy L. Weber Expressway's southern terminus is the exit with 419.
context_section_description: Planning for Tanglewood Mall began in 1969, and construction commenced in 1971. When the mall opened in 1973, the original anchor stores were J. C. Penney, Leggett (now Belk), Woolco, Miller & Rhoads, and G.C. Murphy. The mall's interior contained dark parquetry floors, tinted glass, modern lighting, and three large fountains. A convenience center opened adjacent to the mall in 1975, featuring Kroger and General Cinema.
  G.C. Murphy left Tanglewood Mall in 1979. Following this departure, its upper level was reconfigured into a food court. The lower level became small shop space, with the former Murphy's escalator added to the mall common area.  
  Woolco closed its Tanglewood location in 1983, and the space was renovated to create a Brendle's catalog showroom, along with T. J. Maxx and additional small shop space.  Another notable feature of the mall was the French Quarter, which was designed to look like a French village, with boutiques including a gourmet market and restaurant, DJ's Brasserie. 
  The interior was renovated in 1985 following the opening of Valley View Mall, which swept away much of the 1970s-style decorative details, replacing them with softer colors and Mediterranean tile, as well as a passenger elevator.
  Miller & Rhoads closed in 1989, with its space being subdivided among smaller stores. Goody's Family Clothing was added in 1995 in the former French Quarter space, and Stein Mart joined the same year.
  In 1998, a 10-screen outparcel cinema opened.  In 2005 the mall added a satellite of a Roanoke Science museum, entitled "Baby Dinosaurs at the Mall".
  On March 17, 2017, J. C. Penney announced that they were closing their Tanglewood Mall location. The store closed on July 31, 2017.
  A.C. Moore opened in February 2006 in a section of previous storefronts, ahead of the proposed construction schedule of Renovations from 2005 to 2007. In March 2019, they announced that they were closing their Tanglewood Mall location. The store closed later in April.
  Michaels bought the A.C.Moore space a few days after A.C. Moore closed.
  On August 12, 2020, it was announced that Stein Mart would close this location as the chain is closing all locations.
caption: A "dead" wing of Tanglewood Mall, in 2004, before renovations began
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