One Bellevue Place
One Bellevue Place is a mixed-use development in Nashville's Bellevue neighborhood built on the former site of Bellevue Center mall.
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Overview
One Bellevue Place is a mixed-use commercial and community development in southwestern Nashville, Tennessee. It occupies the site of Bellevue Center, an enclosed regional shopping mall that opened in 1990 and closed in 2008. The property illustrates the transition of a traditional suburban mall site into a more diversified development combining retail, entertainment, hospitality, housing, community facilities, and sports-related uses. Plans for a major shopping center in Bellevue originated in the early 1970s. Local developer Roy Shainberg submitted proposals on behalf of the M. H. Hausman Company for a large two-phase mall on U.S. Route 70S between Interstate 40 and Sawyer Brown Road. The proposed project was intended to include department-store anchors, extensive enclosed retail space, surrounding roads and landscaping, and related hotel, supermarket, and business uses. Belz Enterprises and JCPenney later became involved in the planned development, while Taubman Centers replaced JCPenney as co-developer in the late 1970s. Construction and opening dates were repeatedly delayed by difficulties securing anchor tenants, rezoning issues, and transportation improvements. Bellevue Center eventually opened on August 9, 1990. The enclosed mall had two floors and approximately 848,545 square feet of space for more than 90 stores. Castner Knott and Dillard's occupied prominent anchor positions, while retailers such as KB Toys, Limited Too, Abercrombie & Fitch, Gap, and Electronic Express operated in the interior. JCPenney had participated in the early development process but never opened a store at the center. A planned Macy's anchor was also canceled, although Macy's later entered the mall through the former Castner Knott location after a sequence of retail acquisitions. The mall's initial prospects weakened as competing shopping destinations expanded in the Nashville region. CoolSprings Galleria opened in Franklin in 1991, and The Mall at Green Hills expanded during the same period. These developments created newer and more centrally located alternatives while reducing Bellevue Center's ability to retain distinctive retailers and customer traffic. Sears opened a new anchor store in 1999, but the additional department store did not reverse the center's decline. During the early 2000s recession, many interior tenants left, and portions of the property were adapted for offices, churches, and performing-arts studios. Dillard's closed in 2007 after declining sales and sold its building to the mall's ownership. Bellevue Center formally closed on May 31, 2008, when the remaining non-anchor tenants departed. Macy's closed its store on March 15, 2009, leaving Sears as the final operating retailer. Several redevelopment concepts followed, including proposals to convert the former Dillard's building into a library and Kohl's store and to replace the enclosed mall with an open-air lifestyle center. These plans were not completed. The city later abandoned its proposal for a library at the site, and another redevelopment concept by Crosland Southeast was withdrawn. In November 2014, Crosland Southeast announced the One Bellevue Place plan. The proposal called for demolishing the obsolete mall and replacing it with a mixed-use destination containing retail space, a cinema, a hotel, multifamily housing, professional and medical offices, community facilities, and a Nashville Predators-operated ice rink complex. Sears began liquidation in May 2015 and closed in August. Demolition of the mall, its adjacent anchor buildings, and an outparcel began on August 22, 2015, and was completed later that year. The first tenants at One Bellevue Place opened in August 2017. The completed development includes retail and service businesses such as Sprouts Farmers Market, Burlington, Michaels, HomeGoods, Ulta Beauty, Chick-fil-A, and AMC; a Home2 Suites hotel; apartments; senior living; the Bellevue Community Center; and a dual-ice-rink complex managed by the Nashville Predators. The development therefore represents the current identity of the property, while Bellevue Center remains its former enclosed-mall phase.
History
The origins of the property date to 1971, when developer Roy Shainberg submitted plans for a large regional mall in Bellevue on behalf of the M. H. Hausman Company. The initial concept called for a two-phase project with roughly 900,000 square feet in its first stage, multiple department-store anchors, two levels of enclosed retail, landscaped buffers, a surrounding access road, and possible hotel, supermarket, and business-park components. The development was expected to become one of Tennessee's largest shopping centers. Belz Enterprises and JCPenney became associated with the project in 1974. JCPenney was expected to serve as both a co-developer and an anchor, but Taubman Centers replaced it as co-developer in 1978. JCPenney still intended to build a store, although it ultimately never operated at the completed mall. Further delays resulted from difficulty securing tenants and anchor stores, rezoning requirements, and road improvements near Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 70S. By the late 1980s, Castner Knott and Dillard's had committed to anchor positions. Bellevue Center opened on August 9, 1990. Its two-floor enclosed structure contained approximately 848,545 square feet and had capacity for more than 90 stores. Castner Knott and Dillard's were positioned at opposite ends of the mall, with space reserved for additional anchors. A proposed Macy's location was canceled, but Macy's later occupied the former Castner Knott store after Castner Knott was acquired first by Proffitt's and then by Hecht's before the Macy's conversion in 2006. Interior tenants included national apparel, toy, electronics, and specialty retailers. The center soon faced competition from newer or expanded destinations. CoolSprings Galleria opened in Franklin in 1991, while The Mall at Green Hills underwent a major expansion. These projects attracted retailers and shoppers toward larger, newer, and more centrally located facilities. Sears added a store in 1999, using one of the previously unoccupied anchor locations, but the mall continued to lose traffic and tenants. The early 2000s recession accelerated the decline. Empty sections were increasingly used for local retail, offices, churches, and performing-arts studios. Dillard's closed in 2007 after years of weaker sales and sold its building to the ownership associated with Oaktree Capital Management. Bellevue Center officially closed on May 31, 2008, after the remaining interior tenants left. Redevelopment proposals considered a library, a Kohl's store, and an open-air lifestyle center. Macy's, which had initially indicated it might remain through redevelopment, closed on March 15, 2009, as part of a broader national store-closing program. Sears remained the last retailer until its liquidation and closure in 2015. In 2011, Metro Nashville abandoned plans to place a public library at the property and chose another location. Crosland Southeast subsequently developed a new concept and in November 2014 announced One Bellevue Place. The plan replaced the failed enclosed-mall model with a mixed-use format including retail, a multiplex cinema, hotel rooms, apartments, professional and medical offices, community facilities, and a dual-ice-rink complex operated by the Nashville Predators. Sears closed in August 2015, and demolition began on August 22. The mall, its three adjacent anchor structures, and an outparcel were removed by the end of that year. One Bellevue Place began welcoming its first tenants in August 2017. Its components include shops and restaurants, a grocery store, an AMC theater, a hotel, multifamily residences, senior living, the Bellevue Community Center, and Nashville Predators-managed ice rinks. The site thus changed from an enclosed regional mall into a broader, mixed-use neighborhood destination.
- 2017
One Bellevue Place opens
[1]The first tenants of the mixed-use replacement development opened in August.
- 2015
Former mall demolished
[1]Sears closed and demolition of the former mall and adjacent anchor buildings began in August.
- 2008
Bellevue Center closes
[1]The enclosed mall closed on May 31 after the departure of its remaining non-anchor tenants.
- 1999
Sears opens an anchor store
[1]Sears opened a new store in an unused anchor position, becoming the mall's third major anchor.
- 1991
Regional competition intensifies
[1]CoolSprings Galleria opened and The Mall at Green Hills expanded, increasing competition for retailers and shoppers.
- 1990
Bellevue Center opens
[1]The enclosed regional mall opened on August 9 with Castner Knott and Dillard's as anchor tenants and space for more than 90 stores.
- 1978
Taubman becomes co-developer
[1]Taubman Centers replaced JCPenney as co-developer while JCPenney continued to be discussed as a prospective tenant.
- 1974
Belz Enterprises and JCPenney join the project
[1]Belz Enterprises and JCPenney became associated with the mall's development, with JCPenney expected to provide an anchor store.
- 1971
Initial Bellevue mall proposal
[1]Roy Shainberg submitted early plans for a major enclosed shopping mall in Bellevue on behalf of the M. H. Hausman Company.
Products and positioning
A suburban mixed-use redevelopment combining everyday retail, entertainment, housing, hospitality, community services, and sports facilities on the former Bellevue Center mall site.
Enclosed regional shopping mall · 1990
Bellevue Center
The original property was a two-floor enclosed regional mall of approximately 848,545 square feet. It opened in 1990 with Castner Knott and Dillard's as principal anchors and hosted more than 90 retail spaces, including apparel, toys, electronics, specialty retail, and food-related tenants. The mall closed in 2008 after prolonged traffic and tenant declines.
Mixed-use development · 2017
One Bellevue Place
The replacement development uses a mixed-use format rather than an enclosed-mall layout. It combines retail stores, restaurants, a grocery tenant, an AMC cinema, a hotel, apartments, senior living, the Bellevue Community Center, and a dual-ice-rink facility managed by the Nashville Predators.
Brand decisions
2015
Transition from Bellevue Center to One Bellevue PlaceGeneration changeBackground
The former enclosed mall had become largely vacant, with Sears as its final operating retailer.
Action taken
Sears liquidated and closed its store, after which the mall and adjacent anchor structures were demolished.
Aftermath
The site was rebuilt as a mixed-use development that began opening in 2017.
2014
Replacement of the enclosed mall with a mixed-use centerStrategyBackground
Bellevue Center had closed after years of declining traffic, tenant departures, and unsuccessful redevelopment proposals.
Action taken
Crosland Southeast unveiled a plan to demolish the former mall and develop One Bellevue Place with retail, housing, hospitality, offices, entertainment, community uses, and ice facilities.
Aftermath
The mall was demolished in 2015, and the first One Bellevue Place tenants opened in 2017.
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