McCain Mall

McCain Mall
McCain Mall logo
Center Court, 1999
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LocationNorth Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Coordinates34°47′35″N 92°13′36″W / 34.79298°N 92.22670°W / 34.79298; -92.22670
Opening dateApril 1973
DeveloperMelvin Simon & Associates (Simon Property Group)
ManagementSimon Property Group, Inc.
OwnerSimon Property Group, Inc.
No. of stores and services96
No. of anchor tenants4 (1 vacant)
Total retail floor area793,630 square feet (73,730.6 m2)[1]
No. of floors2 (3 in Dillard's)
Public transit accessBus interchange Rock Region Metro Bus Route 10
Websitesimon.com/mall/mccain-mall

McCain Mall is a shopping mall located in North Little Rock, Arkansas, and is the largest mall in the Little Rock Metro and third largest enclosed mall in Arkansas.[2] The mall is anchored by Dillard's, JCPenney, and Regal Cinemas.[3]

History

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McCain Mall was developed on a 53.3 acre site on McCain Boulevard and Interstate 40 as Arkansas's largest mall.[4] The mall was officially dedicated in April 1973, although its primary anchor, Little Rock-based Pfeifer-Blass (now Dillard's), had opened for business in late 1972. Among its 96 stores and services were a J.G. McCrory 5 and 10 and McCain Mall Cinema I and II.

Over its 30+ year history, McCain Mall has never been expanded, although renovations were done in 1992 and again in 2011–2012. The former location of M. M. Cohn was demolished in 2012 for a Regal Entertainment Group movie theater.[5]

In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off its 235 properties, including the Sears at McCain Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.[6] The auto center closed in 2017, and a portion of it became LongHorn Steakhouse on January 22, 2019. On November 7, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing this location a part of a plan to close 96 stores nationwide. The store closed on February 2, 2020.[7]

In August of 2020, a man entered the mall and it is confirmed that he fired one shot within the concourse.[8]

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References

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  1. ^ "Do Business at McCain Mall, a Simon Property". Simon. August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Largest Malls and Shopping Centers" (PDF). CoStar Group, Inc. August 12, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Quinn, Paul (April 5, 2011). "McCain Mall plans renovation". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "Other days". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. January 17, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  5. ^ "New Theatre Set for Grand Opening at McCain Mall". archive.is. June 28, 2013. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  6. ^ "At McCain Mall | Seritage". seritage.com. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Tyko, Kelly; Bomey, Nathan (November 7, 2019). "Sears and Kmart store closings: 51 Sears, 45 Kmart locations to shutter. See the list". USA Today. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  8. ^ "NLRPD confirms one shot at McCain Mall". KLRT - FOX16.com. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.