Alamance Crossing

Alamance Crossing is a lifestyle center, or open-air shopping mall, in Burlington, North Carolina, United States. It is the city's second shopping mall and the larger of the two centers identified in the available reference material. The development was created to provide a broad mix of department stores, specialty retail, books, sporting goods, wholesale shopping, restaurants, and entertainment in an outdoor-oriented retail environment. The center opened its first phase on August 1, 2007. Belk and JCPenney served as the initial anchor tenants, relocating from Burlington Square Mall, a smaller shopping center now known as Holly Hill Mall. This relocation helped establish Alamance Crossing as a major regional retail destination and shifted Burlington's department-store activity toward the newer development. Hobby Lobby joined the tenant mix in 2008. A second phase added Dillard's and Barnes & Noble as further anchors. The development expanded again in 2009 with the completion of a movie theater, adding an entertainment component to the shopping-center offer. In 2011, another expansion brought Kohl's, BJ's Wholesale Club, and Dick's Sporting Goods to the property. These additions broadened the center's appeal across department-store, wholesale, sporting-goods, and general merchandise categories. The reference material describes Alamance Crossing as comprising more than seventy tenants and eight major anchor stores: Belk, Dillard's, JCPenney, Barnes & Noble, Hobby Lobby, Kohl's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and BJ's Wholesale Club. The center was developed by CBL & Associates Properties, which also manages it. No separate founder, ownership structure, financial information, public ticker, or official website URL is established in the supplied material. Its documented role is that of a regional shopping destination rather than a conventional packaged-goods or retail-product brand.

Alamance Crossing was developed in Burlington, North Carolina, as a large open-air retail project intended to expand the city's shopping capacity beyond its established mall infrastructure. The development is associated with CBL & Associates Properties, which developed and manages the center. Unlike a single-store retail brand, Alamance Crossing operates as a multi-tenant destination whose identity is built around the combined presence of national department stores, specialty retailers, wholesale shopping, and entertainment venues. The first phase opened on August 1, 2007. Belk and JCPenney were the initial anchor tenants. Both retailers moved from Burlington Square Mall, the city's smaller existing shopping center, later known as Holly Hill Mall. Their relocation gave the new center an immediate department-store foundation and helped reposition the local retail market around Alamance Crossing. Hobby Lobby was added in 2008, increasing the center's coverage of home, craft, and hobby categories. A subsequent phase introduced Dillard's and Barnes & Noble as additional anchors. This broadened the center's department-store and book-retailing mix and reinforced its role as a regional destination rather than a narrowly focused neighborhood center. The property expanded again in 2009 when a movie theater was completed. The theater added leisure and entertainment to the shopping-center proposition, allowing visits to combine retail activity with cinema. In 2011, a further expansion added Kohl's, BJ's Wholesale Club, and Dick's Sporting Goods. These tenants extended the center into value-oriented department-store retail, membership-based wholesale, and sporting goods. The available reference material describes the completed center as having more than seventy tenants and eight major anchor stores: Belk, Dillard's, JCPenney, Barnes & Noble, Hobby Lobby, Kohl's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and BJ's Wholesale Club. The documented development sequence shows a staged expansion from an initial department-store-led opening into a broader lifestyle and power-center-style retail destination. Detailed information about later tenant changes, current ownership, current visitor numbers, financial performance, and management personnel is not provided in the supplied sources.

• 2011

  Major tenant expansion

  [1]Alamance Crossingen.wikipedia.org

  An expansion added Kohl's, BJ's Wholesale Club, and Dick's Sporting Goods.

• 2009

  Cinema expansion completed

  [1]Alamance Crossingen.wikipedia.org

  A further expansion was completed with the addition of a movie theater, giving the center an entertainment component.

• 2008

  Hobby Lobby joins the center

  [1]Alamance Crossingen.wikipedia.org

  Hobby Lobby was added to the tenant mix, expanding the center's home, craft, and hobby retail offer.

• 2007

  First phase opens

  [1]Alamance Crossingen.wikipedia.org

  Alamance Crossing opened its first phase on August 1, 2007, with Belk and JCPenney as its first two anchor stores.

A large regional open-air shopping center combining department stores, specialty retail, wholesale shopping, sporting goods, books, and entertainment.

• Retail category · 2007

  Department-store retail

  Alamance Crossing's principal retail offer includes department-store merchandise from anchor tenants such as Belk, Dillard's, JCPenney, and Kohl's. These stores provide apparel, accessories, home goods, beauty products, and general merchandise, although the supplied material does not specify individual store assortments in detail.

• Specialty retail · 2008

  Books and specialty retail

  Barnes & Noble and Hobby Lobby represent specialty categories within the center. Barnes & Noble contributes books and related media or gift products, while Hobby Lobby adds craft, home-decor, and hobby merchandise. The available source identifies their presence and opening sequence but does not provide detailed current assortments.

• Specialty and warehouse retail · 2011

  Sporting goods and wholesale retail

  Dick's Sporting Goods and BJ's Wholesale Club broaden the center beyond conventional department-store shopping. Dick's serves sporting-goods and outdoor-recreation needs, while BJ's offers membership-based warehouse retail. Both were introduced through the 2011 expansion.

• Entertainment · 2009

  Cinema entertainment

  A movie theater was added in the 2009 expansion, making cinema part of Alamance Crossing's wider shopping and leisure proposition. The supplied reference does not identify the theater operator or provide details about screens, capacity, or current operating status.

1. 1Alamance Crossingen.wikipedia.org