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[JerseyBoy]

I thought it would be nice to start Hanes Mall's own thread that way it is seperate from the other Hanes Mall Boulevard topics.

To start this thread off:

For the first time in well over a year I did a thorough walk through of Hanes Mall. Fortunately this time I had a better camera phone with me and got all my shots with that instead of being asked to leave like last time due to my idiotic thinking that nobody would notice a "real" camera. I must say that almost all the spaces were leased, but they weren't to chain stores. There has been a tremendous increase in "urban clothing shops" and cheap stores that usually don't last long from the last time I was here. I took photos of all the stores that were new since the last time I was here. Here are the photos I got:  

JC Penney Renovation:























New stores since last visit (and general mall scenes):

[JerseyBoy]

Part II:
















New location near TGI Friday's


Why do we have two Bath and Body Works in the same mall?

[JerseyBoy]

Part III:































Macy's:

[JerseyBoy]

Part IV:

[Roadgeek]

Very nice pictures! Hanes Mall is definately my favorite non-dead mall.

[DigitalSky]

Good Lord you got a lot of pics! Very comprehensive tour of North Carolina's second-largest (or first, depending on how you look at it) mall.  Thanks for the photos

[StevenRocks]

Even I can't top that kind of output!  Great pics.  Expect to see a few mirrored somewhere else.

Edited by StevenRocks, 04 September 2007 - 07:49 PM.

[suburban george3]

Don't know if this has any bearing on future tenants, but there is a poll question on the Hanes Mall website about what eatery you'd like to see the mall add.  The Cheesecake Factory and P.F. Chang's are on the list and have been selected number 1 and 2.  Maybe the mall might try to pursue these chains as tenants???   (PLEASE, I know it might be wishful thinking for the Cheesecake Factory, but with P.F. Chang's expansion in the state... maybe one of the two!   )

Hanes Mall Website....

[JerseyBoy]

I also took a look at the other poll they were running regarding stores and if these are the types of stores they are hoping to attract to Hanes then I'm in total bliss. Thanks for notifying us of that poll George!

Thanks for the comments on the photos! I recently upgraded phones over the weekend and thought this was the perfect time to try out the 1.3 megapixel camera on it. I'm very impressed with it.

[suburban george3]

 DaAchiever, on Sep 4 2007, 10:37 PM, said:

Thanks for the comments on the photos! I recently upgraded phones over the weekend and thought this was the perfect time to try out the 1.3 megapixel camera on it. I'm very impressed with it.

I've had to go into competitor's stores before and feign a phone conversation while I'm actually taking pictures....  you did a good job!!

[StevenRocks]

Any of those stores and restaurants would be a great addition to the mall.

[DigitalSky]

 suburban george3, on Sep 4 2007, 10:24 PM, said:

Don't know if this has any bearing on future tenants, but there is a poll question on the Hanes Mall website about what eatery you'd like to see the mall add.  The Cheesecake Factory and P.F. Chang's are on the list and have been selected number 1 and 2.  Maybe the mall might try to pursue these chains as tenants???   (PLEASE, I know it might be wishful thinking for the Cheesecake Factory, but with P.F. Chang's expansion in the state... maybe one of the two!   )

Hanes Mall Website....

I think these restaurants would more likely come to somewhere like Thruway Center rather than Hanes Mall.  And I think Chang's is keeping with 1 Triad store for now.. we'll see about CF.  It could happen.

[twincity]

^^^or the Sara Lee Plant site.

[JerseyBoy]

According to the Hanes Mall website Forever XXI will open in December. On a side note, the mall will open at 6:00 AM on Black Friday.

[StevenRocks]

 JerseyBoy, on Nov 13 2007, 06:41 PM, said:

On a side note, the mall will open at 6:00 AM on Black Friday.

Maybe I'll stop there after I go to Four Seasons.

[JerseyBoy]

Ahh thinking about pulling an all-nighter as well? If I haven't fallen asleep at the wheel, I might just stop in there for half an hour.

[winston's finest]

 DigitalSky, on Sep 5 2007, 12:13 AM, said:

I think these restaurants would more likely come to somewhere like Thruway Center rather than Hanes Mall. And I think Chang's is keeping with 1 Triad store for now.. we'll see about CF. It could happen.

All of these stores and restaurants are possible for Winston-Salem and i could see them coming very soon.  Even PF Changs because there are two locations in the triangle in Raleigh and Durham.
I do however feel that they may very well not locate at the mall and hold out for one of the new more upscale shopping centers popping up all over town or even downtown.  The time and location is the only problem because the city is much larger than many other areas and cities that already have these stores and restaurants and the consumer base is large, with spending money and growing....

[JerseyBoy]

I took some photos this morning (err early morning   ) of the new Forever 21 and bebe stores at Hanes:

[kmurphy19662003]

Not a fan of Hames mall, the tenet mix is good, but the remodel already looks dated.  I still think they could have come up with a better solution than having to travel through JC Penney to get to the other half.  I think Crabtree Valley in Raleigh is the best example of a good remodel.

[JerseyBoy]

This was a plan I came up with a year or two ago regarding the JC Penney situation:



I decided to take out the JC Penney anchor spot and make that area from each points of Hanes Mall Circle an outdoor retail village. Where JC Penney used to be, would be 1 new main entrance for the south mall and 1 new main entrance for the north mall. This area would be landscaped heavily and made very pedestrian friendly. The current food court would be taken out and be made into shops but the restaurants would be moved to retail spots in the outdoor village. This new plan still has the possibility for 1 or 2 new anchors depending on whether JC Penney would still commit to the mall (which most likely they would). I also added another parking deck near Belk to accommodate the loss of previous spaces. All 3 decks would be 2 floors depending on my next idea.

My thoughts on a new anchor:
Neiman Marcus- Definitely not
Saks- It's a possibility since Richmond has one but like Neiman, it's very unlikely.
Bloomingdale's- Maybe a Bloomingdale's Home Store? Charlotte or Raleigh will likely get one before us if they ever expand into NC.
Nordstrom- Maybe, since they considered us before. But, that was before they had stores in Charlotte and in The Triangle.
Macy's Home Furniture Store- 50/50 They aren't that upscale but they are generally in decent affluent areas (Bergen County,NJ & Arlington,VA)

We don't really even know if the Triad is ready for upscale retail yet. I think we should first let Belk give us the SouthPark treatment and try some upscale brands that they carry in their flagship Charlotte store and see whether it goes over well or not.