Hanes Mall

Hanes Mall
A satellite photograph of Hanes Mall located in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
A satellite view of Hanes Mall.
LocationWinston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates36°04′10″N 80°18′00″W / 36.069386°N 80.300113°W / 36.069386; -80.300113
Address3320 Silas Creek Parkway
OpenedAugust 6, 1975 (August 6, 1975)
DeveloperRichard E. Jacobs Group
ManagementCBL Properties
OwnerCBL Properties
Stores170[1]
3
Floor area1,435,164 square feet (133,331 m2)[1]
Floors2 (3 in Belk and Truliant Federal Credit Union)
Parking7,861 spaces
Websiteshophanesmall.com

Hanes Mall is a shopping mall in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, located off of Stratford Road and Hanes Mall Boulevard, adjacent to Interstate 40. The mall has 1,435,164 square feet (133,331 m2) in gross leasable area and 170 tenants. It is anchored by Belk, Dillard's, and JCPenney. Two anchor buildings were previously occupied by Macy's, now an operations center for Truliant Federal Credit Union, and Sears, which was purchased by Novant Health in 2018.

At the time of its opening in 1975, Hanes Mall was the largest shopping mall in North Carolina, though it was later eclipsed. It became the largest in the state again in 1990 after an expansion southwards from JCPenney, which added 50 new retailers, a food court, and the anchor stores Dillard's and Thalhimers.

History

Development

In 1971, P. Huber Hanes Jr., a textile executive and land developer, sold part of his land in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to Sears, Roebuck and Company for a new Sears store.[2][3] Plans for a 76-acre (31 ha)[3] shopping center named Hanes Mall that included Sears were confirmed in August 1970 in a rezoning petition.[4] The mall was constructed on industry-zoned land on Silas Creek Parkway across from Forsyth Memorial Hospital, bounded by US Route 158 to the west and a proposed southern bypass for Interstate 40,[4] which was completed in October 1992.[5] At the time of its opening, Hanes Mall was anchored by Belk, JCPenney and Sears, and it was North Carolina's largest shopping center, estimated by the Winston-Salem Journal as around 10 percent larger than the nearby Four Seasons Mall in Greensboro, North Carolina.[2][3] Hanes Mall opened on August 6, 1975,[6] with parking for 5,160 cars,[7] accessible via an entrance on Silas Creek Parkway and one on Stratford Road.[8] A four-screen General Cinema movie theater opened in December 1976 in a new building on the southwest corner of the mall.[9]

South mall expansion

The city of Winston-Salem approved an expansion to Hanes Mall, in January 1989. The two-story expansion added around 527,490 square feet (49,005 m2) of retail space and 2,700 parking spaces, expanding the mall by around 50 percent.[10][11][12] Built by Fowler-Jones Construction, the project was the largest retail development in Winston-Salem since the construction of the original mall. Work began in the summer of 1990,[13] and the new wing opened on October 4 that year, overtaking Four Seasons Town Centre as the state's largest mall.[14]

The interior of the south mall, which opened in 1990

The mall's new wing added 50 new stores, bringing the total to more than 170[14] and introducing new retailers to the area, including The Gap, Scribner's Bookstores, and Eddie Bauer.[13] Because the new construction expanded southwards from JCPenney,[15] shoppers have to pass through JCPenney to travel between the old and new sections.[13] A food court, built under a glass skylight with ten restaurants and seating for 500 people, is located on the second floor above the main entrance to the expansion, a large glass arch on the east side facing Hanes Mall Boulevard.[11][14][13] Two new vehicle entrances to the mall from Hanes Mall Boulevard and Stratford Road were added.[15]

The expansion added two new anchor tenants, bringing the total to five.[16][14] The Winston-Salem Journal reported in 1988 that the department store chain Ivey's would become an anchor,[12] which opened as Dillard's after Dillard's acquired the company in 1990.[17] The 143,000-square-foot (13,300 m2) building[15] sits across from the food court.[13] The department store Thalhimers, which had opened a 44,000-square-foot (4,100 m2) store[18] in September 1975,[19] relocated to a three-story, 151,415-square-foot (14,066.9 m2) anchor on the southern end of the new building.[11][14][15][20] Other projects included a remodeling of JCPenney and the construction of a third level in Belk, adding 75,000 square feet (7,000 m2) of space.[11]

Thalhimers was converted to Hecht's in 1992, after a sale to the May Company, and the store became Macy's in 2006.[20]

The Hanes Mall movie theater closed in October 2000 amidst a wave of theater closures by General Cinema.[21]

A carousel is located on the lower level.[22] The mall is owned and operated by CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.[1]

An H&M store opened in November 2011.[23] This was the second store to open in the Carolinas, the first being in Raleigh.[24]

Anchor closures

On November 8, 2018, it was announced that Sears would close as part of a plan to close 40 stores nationwide.[25] The store closed in January 2019.[20] On May 13, 2019, a Dave & Buster's opened in part of the previous Sears wing.[26] In October 2018, Novant Health bought the 175,000-square-foot (16,300 m2) building, the outparcel auto repair center, and parking lots for $14.5 million.[20][27]

On January 8, 2020, it was announced that Macy's would also be closing as part of a plan to close 29 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2020.[28] Truliant Federal Credit Union opened an operations center in the space in January 2023.[20][29]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hanes Mall". www.cblproperties.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Dorsett, Walter E. (December 7, 1972). "Big shopping mall will be built here". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 10. Retrieved August 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 Goodman, Joe (August 5, 1975). "Hanes Mall – the state's largest – to open". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 Rochester, Brad (August 6, 1970). "Plans for shopping center confirmed". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 2. Retrieved August 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Tursi, Frank (October 28, 1992). "Long and winding road: it all started in the '40s". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 7. Retrieved August 19, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Hanes Mall plans formal opening". Statesville Record and Landmark. August 5, 1975. p. 5. Retrieved August 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Hanes Mall plans formal opening". Statesville Record and Landmark. August 5, 1975. p. 5. Retrieved August 14, 2026.
  8. ↑ Herndon, Nash (August 5, 1975). "Hanes Mall has 3 entrances". Twin City Sentinel. p. 29. Retrieved August 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Mall cinemas to open soon". Twin City Sentinel. December 15, 1976. p. 55. Retrieved August 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Hanes Mall to expand by 50%". The Salisbury Post. July 20, 1989. p. 11. Retrieved August 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Hoeffel, John (July 20, 1989). "Hanes Mall to be expanded by 50 percent". Winston-Salem Journal. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved August 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. 1 2 Barron, Richard M.; Rice, David (November 24, 1988). "Ivey's may be anchor for Hanes Mall addition". Winston-Salem Journal. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved August 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 Frankel, Jonathan (September 12, 1990). "A bigger, better place to shop". Winston-Salem Journal. pp. 12, 21. Retrieved August 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 McCauley, Byron (October 4, 1990). "Four Seasons outdone". News and Record. pp. 11, 12. Retrieved August 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. 1 2 3 4 McCauley, Byron (July 21, 1989). "Hanes Mall to be state's largest—for a while". News and Record. p. 19. Retrieved August 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ Frankel, Jonathan (October 5, 1990). "Open for Business". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 11. Retrieved August 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "11 Ivey's stores in N.C. are now named Dillard's". Winston-Salem Journal. June 5, 1990. p. 3. Retrieved August 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "Thalhimers in Hanes Mall". Winston-Salem Journal. March 30, 1975. p. 2. Retrieved August 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ "Thalhimers advertisement". Winston-Salem Journal. September 11, 1975. p. 2. Retrieved August 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 Daniel, Fran; Craver, Richard (January 9, 2020). "Hanes Mall Macy's to close. Second major store closing at mall in the past year". Statesville Record and Landmark. pp. A6. Retrieved August 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ↑ Seccombe, Jacob (October 19, 2000). "Last picture show". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 27. Retrieved August 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ↑ Daniel, Fran; Craver, Richard (January 8, 2020). "Hanes Mall Macy's to close. Second major store closing at mall in the past year". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  23. ↑ "Fashion retailer H&M coming to Hanes Mall". Greensboro News & Record. June 24, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  24. ↑ JournalNow Staff (June 24, 2011). "Business Briefs: Media General announces furloughs". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved November 12, 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  25. ↑ Thomas, Lauren; Hirsch, Lauren (November 8, 2018). "Sears to shut 40 more stores early next year". CNBC. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  26. ↑ "Dave & Buster's opens Monday at Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem". Archived from the original on March 4, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  27. ↑ Craver, Richard (July 14, 2022). "The Briefcase". Winston-Salem Journal. Archived from the original on December 24, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  28. ↑ "Macy's location at Hanes Mall among nearly 30 stores nationwide shutting down after drop in holiday sales". WXII 12. Hearst Television, Inc. January 8, 2020. Archived from the original on January 9, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  29. ↑ Craver, Richard (May 21, 2023). "Hanes Mall's newest tenant is creating a stir - only no one can shop there". Winston-Salem Journal. Archived from the original on September 15, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
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