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Village of Martinsville, formerly Liberty Fair Mall, is a shopping mall in Martinsville, Virginia. Opened in 1989, it was converted from an enclosed mall to an open air mall in 2014. Its anchor stores include Belk, Dunham's Sports, Kroger, Marshalls, and OfficeMax. ==History== Developers Diversified Realty built the mall in 1989. Its original anchor stores were J. C. Penney, Sears, Walmart, and Leggett, a division of Belk which had been in Martinsville since 1930. By 1997, the Walmart store had relocated. The space became OfficeMax, Kroger, and Goody's. Goody's closed in 2009. In May 2012, Hull Storey Gibson bought the mall from Developers Diversified Realty. J. C. Penney, whose store was converted to an outlet store in 1999, and later re-branded as JC's 5 Star Outlet. The closing of the Sears store was announced in late 2012. RadioShack and The Pierced Ear moved out in late 2013, while a Chick-fil-A restaurant closed. All three of these stores were original tenants. Hull Storey Gibson also confirmed that Marshalls would be moving into the space vacated by Goody's. J. C. Penney announced the closure of all of its outlet stores in October 2013, including the Martinsville location. Demolition of the J. C. Penney building began in May 2014,〔http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=42028〕 and the few remaining tenants relocated to the Belk wing in anticipation of further redevelopment.〔http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=42043〕 As demolition of the mall continued through the end of 2014, Dunham's Sports was added as well.〔http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/liberty-fair-mall-plan-unveiled-new-store-opening-this-fall/27867412〕 At this point, the mall was renamed Village of Martinsville.〔http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=44379〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Village of Martinsville」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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