Prince of Orange Mall

Prince of Orange Mall is a regional enclosed shopping mall in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is located on the northern end of town, at the edge of the city limits. The only anchor tenant that is left is Belk. Sears was the third anchor; the store closed in 2013. JCPenney was the most recent fifth anchor. The store closed somewhere around 2020, after the company declared bankruptcy. There’s also an unknown fourth anchor which has been demolished unknown what it was.
== Background ==
The mall was built in 1984, and currently has approximately 336,000 square feet (31,200 m2) in retail space, 270,000 square feet (25,000 m2) of which is occupied by the anchor tenants. It is the only enclosed mall in the greater Orangeburg area, approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of the larger metropolitan center of Columbia and 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Charleston.
Hull Storey Gibson Companies, a regional owner of shopping malls, purchased the mall in 1998 when it was in foreclosure. At that point, the food court had no tenants and the mall was only at 70 percent occupancy. The mall was subsequently renovated and occupancy increased.
The mall is named after William IV, Prince of Orange, for which the town is also named.
On June 4, 2020, JCPenney announced that it would close by around October 2020 as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide. After JCPenney had closed, Belk will be the one and only remaining anchor store left.
Category:Regional malls
Category:Shopping Malls
Category:Enclosed Malls
Category:Malls in the United States
Category:Malls in South Carolina
Category:Malls that opened in 1984