Raleigh Springs Mall

Raleigh Springs Mall was an enclosed shopping mall serving the city of Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The site is located on the north side of Memphis, on Austin Peay Hwy. just north of Interstate 40. It was under construction in 1969 then opened as a brand new building two years later on August 11, 1971[citation needed] as one of the city's first two shopping malls (the other being Southland Mall), owned and managed by Angela Whichard, Inc. The Raleigh Springs Mall originally featured about seventy stores later to be remodeled and feature a twelve-screen multiplex, with four anchor stores, formerly occupied by Sears, JCPenney, Goldsmith's and Dillard's. The theater closed in December 2011, Sears closed in April 2011, and the other three anchors closed in 2003. The mall was later seized by the City of Memphis in favor to build a city Civic Center. The mall closed with 3 business still operating, City Trends, World Diamond Center, and a church. Some of the anchor stores JCPenney and Sears have been demolished leaving the movie theater, Dillard's, and the main building left. At the end of 2016, the remaining buildings were surrounded by gates.
Category:Enclosed Malls
Category:Shopping Malls
Category:Former Malls in the United States
Category:Former Malls in Tennessee
Category:Defunct malls
Category:Dead Malls
Category:Abandoned malls
Category:Malls that opened in 1971