Burlington Square Mall

[StevenRocks]

Burlington Square. So "we couldn't come up with a more creative name" wouldn't fit on the sign, I guess.

[cosmoboy]

So since this mall's name is changed, what IS REALLY going to happen to this place? Will it be an everyday mall or a Prime Outlets?

[ILoveCallingNCHome]

i agree about the name. holly hill reflected the property that the mall was built on. see my post about the old price house here:

Some Burlington Pictures, Including Glencoe Mill Village

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Great pictures...though I always hate to see beautiful houses decay like this. I love the stone work.

It will always be Holly Hill Mall to me-even if the name changes 10 more times or more.

[ILoveCallingNCHome]

Burlington Square.  So "we couldn't come up with a more creative name" wouldn't fit on the sign, I guess.

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Yeah really..

[ILoveCallingNCHome]

So since this mall's name is changed, what IS REALLY going to happen to this place? Will it be an everyday mall or a Prime Outlets?

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The advertisement really didnt say-it mainly looked like it was business as usual-just under a new name and owner. I guess in time we'll see.

[Roadgeek]

Why does this mall always change names? I've rememberd Holly Hill Mall and Colonial Mall. There are a lot more Colonial Malls around. There's a Colonial Shops in Greensboro (Quaker Village) and I've been to the one in Myrtle Beach. Are all of these name changes a prediction that this mall will soon die?

[StevenRocks]

The Colonial name was gven to those malls by their owner, Colonial Properties Trust. They thought it was a good idea to give thir malls a brand identity to, I guess, let people know they when they traveled about, that they could depend on Colonial Malls for quality retail.

Westfield Property Trust did the same thing with its malls about the same time.

[StevenRocks]

I'm not really big on the Colonial malls I've seen either. The Burlington one is decent, and I've heard the one in Macon, Gerorgia is pretty good, but most of them are pretty crappy.

[StevenRocks]

^ I agree with you; those are all valid points about most Colonial malls. I don't frequent them for those reasons.

[Roadgeek]

I've only been to 2 colonials. Burlington & Myrtle Beach. I don't remember much about Myrtle Beach. I remember an attached K-mart, As Seen on TV store, and a carousel.

[StevenRocks]

I've been to the ones in Mount Airy and in Staunton, Va. as well as the Burlington one. Burlington is great by comparasin.

[NCMike1981]

Doesn't the one in Mount Airy have a K-Mart as an anchor and maybe 20-30 stores? I bet it look '70's inside too, I just get that visual....lots of earth tones? :-p

[StevenRocks]

Mayberry Mall isn't horrible, but it's not great either. I'd stop by if I was nearby, but I wouldn't make a trip for it.

[Roadgeek]

Did you know that BSM is North Carolina's oldest mall? It opened in 1970.

[DigitalSky]

Did you know that BSM is North Carolina's oldest mall? It opened in 1970.

North Carolina's oldest mall is Charlottetown Mall (later Outlet Square and Midtown Square Mall, now demolished)... 1959. 1965- North Hills Raleigh opened... and 1970 SouthPark opened, but I didn't know BSM was as old as 1970.

[StevenRocks]

BSM dates from 1969, which makes it the oldest enclosed mall in the Triad, but not in the state.