Alexandria Mall

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Alexandria Mall

Location	Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
Opening date	1973
Management	General Growth Properties
No. of stores and services	80
No. of anchor tenants	6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area	869,012 ft² (80,700 m²)
Parking	4800 spaces
No. of floors	1
Website	http://www.alexandriamall.com
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Alexandria Mall is a shopping mall located in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. It features Dillard's, JCPenney, Sears, Burlington Coat Factory, and Stage as anchor stores.^[1] The mall, which features over 80 stores and a food court, is managed by General Growth Properties.^[1]

[edit] Mall history

Alexandria Mall opened in 1973^[1] with JCPenney, Sears, Beall-Ladymon (a chain based in Shreveport, Louisiana) and local department store Weiss & Goldring serving as anchor stores. At the time, the mall also featured a single-screen movie theater.

An expansion, completed in 1986^[1], added the department stores Dillard's and Mervyns, as well as several additional stores and a food court; clothing store Stein Mart was later added as an additional anchor. In honor of the mall's expansion, local pizza chefs cooked a 650-pound pizza.^[3]

Beall-Ladymon was acquired and re-named by Stage Stores in 1994. In 2004, the mall was sold to J. Herzog Properties of Denver, Colorado,^[4] and subsequently to General Growth Properties.

Stein Mart closed on April 30, 2006, followed soon by the closure of Mervyns. In March of 2007, Burlington Coat Factory opened in the former Mervyns location, while Weiss & Goldring relocated outside the mall.