Charleston Town Center
Central court of Charleston Town Center
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| Location | Charleston, West Virginia, United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°21′18″N 81°38′21″W / 38.35500°N 81.63917°WCoordinates: 38°21′18″N 81°38′21″W / 38.35500°N 81.63917°W |
| Opening date | November 1983 |
| Owner | Forest City Enterprises pending sale to Queensland Investment Corporation |
| No. of stores and services | 130 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| Total retail floor area |
933,979 square feet (GLA) |
| No. of floors | 2 plus partial third level |
| Parking | 4,000+ |
| Website | http://www.charlestontowncenter.com/ |
933,979 square feet
Charleston Town Center is an enclosed shopping mall in downtown Charleston, West Virginia, United States, with large portions converted into office space. One of the largest enclosed malls to be located in a downtown shopping district, it comprises more than 130 tenants on two levels, as well as a food court on a partial third level. Popular full-service restaurants include Chili's Bar & Grill, the Chop House, Outback Steakhouse and Tidewater Grill. Anchor stores are JCPenney and Macy's. The mall is owned by Forest City Enterprises, but on March 8, 2017 a pending sale to Australia's Queensland Investment Corporation was announced.
Charleston Town Center opened in 1983 in downtown Charleston, West Virginia, as the largest downtown-based shopping mall located east of the Mississippi River. At the time, it included four anchor stores: JCPenney, Sears, Kaufmann's and Montgomery Ward. The mall remained largely unchanged until Stone & Thomas opened next to Montgomery Ward, moving from an existing location downtown. This Stone & Thomas store was later renamed Elder-Beerman when the chain was purchased in 1998, but Elder-Beerman closed it in 2000, the same year that Montgomery Ward closed.
The Montgomery Ward location sat empty for some time. In 2002, plans were announced to renovate the mall. Under these plans, Dillard's (which, at the time, had no locations in West Virginia) would have opened in the former Montgomery Ward space. In return, the Dillard's chain asked for a $1-a-year lease as part of an incentive package, in addition to asking for $7.5 million in city loans. However, the plans for a Dillard's at the mall were later canceled, and the former Montgomery Ward remained dark, while the former Elder-Beerman space was converted to a Steve & Barry's clothing store in 2002.
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