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| name =Staunton Mall
| image              = Staunton mall corridor.jpg
| image_width        = 300
| caption            = An interior corridor of Staunton Mall in 2011.
| location           = [[Staunton, Virginia]]
| coordinates        = 
| address            = 90 Lee Jackson Highway
| opening_date       = 1968
| closing_date       = 2021
| developer          = Rosenfeld Realty
| manager            = 
| owner              = Staunton EM 2 LLC<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.whsv.com/2020/12/03/staunton-mall-to-be-demolished-repurposed-for-mixed-use-development/|title=Staunton Mall to be demolished, repurposed for mixed-use development|first=John|last=Hood|website=WHSV|date=December 3, 2020 |accessdate=Feb 14, 2021))</ref>
| architect          = 
| number_of_stores   = 
| number_of_anchors  = 6 (1 open, 5 vacant)
| floor_area         = 422,000 square feet<ref name="thefreelibrary">((cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Colonial+Properties+Trust+Retail+Portfolio+Reaches+10+Million+Square...-a020014863|title=Colonial Properties Trust Retail Portfolio Reaches 10 Million Square Feet - Free Online Library|publisher=thefreelibrary.com|accessdate=2014-12-13))</ref>
| parking            = 
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'''Staunton Mall''' was a shopping mall in [[Augusta County, Virginia]], United States. It was slightly outside the city limits of [[Staunton, Virginia]]. Opened in 1968 as Staunton Plaza, it originally featured [[J. C. Penney]], [[Montgomery Ward]], [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth]], and [[Safeway, Inc.|Safeway]] as its major stores. An expansion plan between 1985 and 1987 enclosed the formerly open-air property while adding Leggett (now [[Belk]]) as a third department store and renaming the property to Staunton Mall. The mall underwent a number of anchor store changes throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s: Safeway became an [[outlet store]] for [[Sears]], then [[Goody's (store)|Goody's]] and [[Gold's Gym]], while Woolworth was converted to [[Stone & Thomas]] and then to [[Peebles (store)|Peebles]], and Montgomery Ward became [[Steve & Barry's]]. The mall lost many inline stores throughout the 21st century, and passed through several owners before closing on January 1, 2021.

== History ==
Construction of Staunton Plaza began in 1966. The first tenant to open was a [[Montgomery Ward]] department store, which opened for business in September 1968, followed by a [[Safeway, Inc.|Safeway]] supermarket one month later.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/288203461/ | title=First Staunton Plaza shopping center store to open Sept. 18 | work=The News Leader | date=August 12, 1968 | accessdate=January 16, 2019 | pages=A1))</ref> Other major tenants of the original center included [[J. C. Penney]], [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth]], and [[Peoples Drug]].<ref name="google">((cite book|title=Chain Store Age, Executives Edition Combined with Shopping Center Age|date=1968|issue=v. 44, nos. 7-12|publisher=Lebhar-Friedman|issn=0885-1425|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pMcSAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=2014-12-13))</ref> The mall, developed by Rosenfeld Realty, consisted of an open-air concourse connecting the J. C. Penney and Montgomery Ward stores, with approximately ((convert|300000|sqft|m2)) of mall shop space and parking for about 2,000 cars.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/287991802/ | title=Wednesday opening scheduled for first Staunton Plaza store | work=The News Leader | date=September 12, 1968 | accessdate=January 16, 2019 | pages=1, 2))</ref> J. C. Penney opened for business in April 1969, following a fire at their previous location in Staunton three months prior. The Staunton Plaza location was the chain's 21st in the state of Virginia.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/288683877/ | title=J. C. Penney opens complete line store | work=The News Leader | date=April 23, 1969 | accessdate=January 16, 2019 | pages=21))</ref>

Safeway closed both its Staunton Plaza store, and a second in nearby [[Waynesboro, Virginia]], in late 1982 after members of the [[United Food and Commercial Workers]] entered a labor dispute with the chain, combined with increased competition from another non-union supermarket that had locations in both towns.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/288377946/ | title=Waynesboro's Safeway to close | work=The News Leader | date=October 24, 1982 | accessdate=January 16, 2019 | pages=A2))</ref> In 1984, their space at the mall was sold to [[Sears]], which operated it as an [[outlet store]] specializing in overstocked merchandise from other Sears stores and [[catalog merchant]]s.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/288154168/ | title=Sears to open surplus store in Staunton | work=The News Leader | date=August 26, 1983 | accessdate=January 17, 2019 | pages=1, 2))</ref>

===As Staunton Mall===
Covington Co., which owned the plaza at the time, announced renovation plans in 1986. Under these plans, the existing open-air concourse between J. C. Penney and Montgomery Ward would be enclosed, while further mall shops would be added for a total of 70 stores in ((convert|400000|sqft|m2)) of retail space.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/288891259/ | title=Staunton Mall to offer climate-controlled shopping, 70 stores | work=The News Leader | date=July 23, 1986 | accessdate=January 16, 2019 | pages=A3))</ref> Included in the expansion was a third department store anchor, the [[South Boston, Virginia]]-based Leggett, which opened for business in February 1987. Leggett had operated a store in Staunton since the 1930s.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/288917642/ | title=Leggett holds grand opening at new store in Staunton Mall | work=The News Leader | date=February 26, 1987 | accessdate=January 17, 2019 | pages=A3))</ref> Once renovations were complete, the property was officially renamed Staunton Mall.

Despite these renovations, two major stores at the mall closed soon afterward. First was the Sears outlet store, which was shuttered in 1989 due to declining sales.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/288816768/ | title=Sears outlet store closing | work=The News Leader | date=May 25, 1989 | accessdate=January 17, 2019 | pages=A1))</ref> The space became a [[Goody's (store)|Goody's]] clothing store in October 1993.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/289553668/ | title=Goody's to open Thursday | work=The News Leader | date=October 10, 1993 | accessdate=January 17, 2019 | pages=D1))</ref> Also in October 1993, the Woolworth company announced that the Staunton Mall store would be closed by January 1994 as part of a company-wide restructuring that involved renovation or closure of older stores.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/289557010/ | title=Mall Woolworth to close | work=The News Leader | date=October 15, 1993 | accessdate=January 16, 2019 | pages=A1, A2))</ref>

In 1996, Staunton Mall underwent a renovation plan by then-owners Steven D. Bell and Co. Under these plans, the food court was moved closer to the theater, with the previous one, added in the 1986-87 renovations, becoming additional mall space. Also, a fountain was removed in center court, the mall exterior was repainted and received new canopies, and [[Stone & Thomas]] opened in the vacated Woolworth.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/288088957/ | title=Staunton Mall getting new anchor store | work=The News Leader | date=July 26, 1996 | accessdate=January 16, 2019 | pages=A1))</ref>

The mall was purchased by [[Colonial Properties Trust]] in 1998 and renamed Colonial Mall Staunton, just as the Stone & Thomas store was closed and sold to [[Peebles (store)|Peebles]],<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/288602500/ | title=Staunton Mall changes name | work=The News Leader | date=October 29, 1998 | accessdate=January 17, 2019 | author=David Nivens | pages=A3))</ref> and the Leggett store was renamed [[Belk]]. Following Colonial Properties Trust's purchase of the mall, the Montgomery Ward anchor was vacated in early 2001 as that chain went out of business. Colonial Properties underwent negotiations with several chains to replace the vacated anchor, including [[Target Corporation|Target]], [[Sears]], and [[Old Navy]].<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/289591028/ | title=Mall courts stores for empty position | work=The News Leader | date=May 11, 2001 | accessdate=January 17, 2019 | author=Brad Zinn | pages=A1, A10))</ref> This space became [[Steve & Barry's]] in 2004.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/289793387/ | title=Steve & Barry's sportswear coming to mall | work=The News Leader | date=July 1, 2004 | accessdate=January 17, 2019 | author=Bonnie Naumann | pages=A1))</ref> [[Gold's Gym]] joined the mall in 2006, replacing the Goody's store after that chain decided not to renew its lease.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/289805570/ | title=Fitness center muscles into Colonial Mall | work=The News Leader | date=April 5, 2006 | accessdate=January 17, 2019 | author=David Royer | pages=A1))</ref>

The mall was sold again in 2007 to First Republic Group Realty, which returned the mall's name to Staunton Mall. Under their ownership, the Steve & Barry's store vacated, while [[Books-A-Million]] moved to a larger store in Waynesboro. After First Republic filed for bankruptcy in 2009, it was sold again to the [[Kohan Retail Investment Group]] and in 2014 to Staunton Mall LLC.<ref name="newsleader">((cite web|url=http://www.newsleader.com/article/20140311/NEWS01/303110015/Staunton-Mall-sells-4-5-million|title=Local News &#124; The News Leader &#124; newsleader.com|publisher=newsleader.com|accessdate=2014-12-13))</ref><ref name="Renaming TV3">((cite news|last=Gatto|first=Meg|date=July 26, 2007|title=New Name for Colonial Mall|publisher=[[WHSV-TV]]|url=http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/8741737.html|url-status=dead|accessdate=October 1, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207213918/http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/8741737.html|archive-date=February 7, 2012))</ref> Another anchor store in the mall became vacant when Peebles closed in March 2018.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.whsv.com/content/news/Peebles-in-Staunton-Mall-closes-opening-space-for-new-businesses-476174623.html | title=Peebles in Staunton Mall closes, opening space for new businesses | work=WHSV-3 | date=March 7, 2018 | accessdate=January 17, 2019))</ref> The mall was sold again in 2020, with it being announced on November 24, 2020, that all remaining tenants (except Belk) will vacate the property in thirty days.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/2020/11/30/sold-staunton-mall-tenants-told-vacate-after-its-been-rumored-sold/6463012002/|title=Staunton Mall rumored to be sold, tenants told to vacate|first=Laura|last=Peters|website=The News Leader))</ref>

On June 4, 2020, JCPenney announced that it would be closing by around October 2020 as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://companyblog.jcpnewsroom.com/storeclosings/|title=JCPenney Store Closings – JCPenney Company Blog|website=companyblog.jcpnewsroom.com|date=June 4, 2020 |accessdate=Jun 5, 2020))</ref> By 2021, Belk was the only remaining store and plans for demolition were announced by the mall's then-owners.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/2021/02/10/portion-staunton-mall-rezoned-multifamily-use-apartments-could-coming/4466561001/|title=Portion of Staunton Mall rezoned for multifamily use, apartments could be coming|first=Laura|last=Peters|website=The News Leader|accessdate=Feb 14, 2021))</ref> 

In March 2022, demolition process began with the J. C. Penney anchor store torn down.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/2022/04/05/staunton-mall-week-three-demolition-heres-what-looks-like/9470828002/|title=Staunton Mall demolition: Week three of tearing down J.C. Penney's|first=Laura|last=Peters|website=The News Leader|accessdate=Sep 21, 2021))</ref> As of February 2023, the entire mall (with the exception of Belk and the surrounding stores) is partially demolished.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/2023/02/10/staunton-mall-demolition-work-still-ongoing-no-timeline-for-development-work/69890287007/|title=Staunton Mall demolition work still ongoing, no timeline for development work|first=Akhil|last=Ganesh|website=The News Leader|accessdate=August 4, 2023))</ref>

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