Anderson, South Carolina Retail (Greenville, Clemson: mattress, home, buying)

[Jandrew5]

Other than Walmart Market, anything new for Anderson?...

Man every other city - Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Rock Hill/Fort Mill, Myrtle Beach, Bluffton, Greer, and even EASLEY is booming with new restaurants, retail, and developments, why is Anderson so stalled out. I want more than more Family Dollars and Waffle Houses. Have they completely given up on Beltline Plaza? And what about that project off exit 19?

The recession has been over, the owners havent brought that back up? And how come Simon feels compelled to tune up all their other malls, but leave Andersons to rot? Its almost upsetting. Andersons a progressing city, but everything seemed to be completely stalled.

[Carolina Knight]

RadioShack #18748, located at 3700 Liberty Highway, Anderson, South Carolina 29621-1309, is among the 1,784 stores closing in the chain's Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

RadioShack #11995, located at Anderson Central, 639 Highway 28 Bypass Suite B, Anderson, South Carolina 29624-3009, will remain open.

Further reading:
Browk, Kirk. "RadioShack closing 1,784 stores, including one in Anderson." Anderson Independent-Mail. 2015-02-09. Accessed 2015-02-10. <http://www.independentmail.com/business/radioshack-closing-1784-stores-including-one-in-anderson_97957718>

[Jandrew5]

Thats cool...but is anything opening?

[Carolina Knight]

Originally Posted by Jandrew5

Other than Walmart Market, anything new for Anderson?...

Man every other city - Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Rock Hill/Fort Mill, Myrtle Beach, Bluffton, Greer, and even EASLEY is booming with new restaurants, retail, and developments, why is Anderson so stalled out. I want more than more Family Dollars and Waffle Houses. Have they completely given up on Beltline Plaza? And what about that project off exit 19?

The recession has been over, the owners havent brought that back up? And how come Simon feels compelled to tune up all their other malls, but leave Andersons to rot? Its almost upsetting. Andersons a progressing city, but everything seemed to be completely stalled.

The planned lifestyle center at the northwest corner of the Interstate 85/United States Route 76/South Carolina Highway 28 interchange must have faded. I think it was to include Dillard's, which opened at Anderson Mall instead. I would not mind seeing additional retail options north of Interstate 85 if more residential communities are conceived. Could a supermarket thrive out here?

Ingle's Markets announced plans to build a new 80,000 square feet store on the site of former store #39 on Pearman Dairy Road across from Westside High School over six years ago. Store #240, 2404 North Highway 81
Anderson, South Carolina 29621-2505, should be undergoing remodeling this year to add a pharmacy and Starbucks.

It would be nice to have Costco and The Fresh Market in Anderson.

Further reading:
Smith-Miles, Charmaine. "New Ingles grocery store proposed for S.C. 28 Bypass." Anderson County, South Carolina: Anderson Independent-Mail. 2008-12-29. Accessed 2015-02-10. <http://www.independentmail.com/news/2008/dec/29/new-ingles-grocery-store-proposed-sc-28-bypass/>

[Jandrew5]

So I guess nothing is coming.

[Carolina Knight]

Unfortunately, there is no new retail activity in Anderson to report at the moment.

[Carolina Knight]

Walmart Neighborhood Market #4443, location on North Highway 81 at Reed Road, will be opening in May.

Further reading:
"Anderson Walmart Neighborhood Store to Add Up to 95 Jobs." GSA Business. 2015-02-12. Accessed 2015-02-13. <http://gsabusiness.com/news/53709-anderson-wal-mart-neighborhood-store-to-add-up-to-95-jobs?rss=0>

[Carolina Knight]

Express has closed its Anderson Mall store.

Further reading:
Hardesty, Abe. "Anderson Mall keeps anchor stores but loses Express." Anderson Independent Mail. 2015-02-19.

[S Ayers]

Express used to be Structure. That was the place for the cool kids at Clemson to go in the Anderson mall back in the day.

[Carolina Knight]

Structure, the men's fashion brand of Express, was spun off in 1989 and phased back in with Express in 2000. The Structure brand was sold to Sears in 2003.