Westfield CityPoint

Westfield CityPoint (formerly CityPoint Mall) is a super regional shopping center in CityPoint, North Carolina. Anchor stores include Macy's, Ollie's Bargain Outlet, JCPenney, Dillard's, Target, Five Below, and Belk.

History
In 1985, The Swain Company began construction on CityPoint Mall. It opened in 1986, with anchor stores, Sears, Montgomery Ward, JCPenney, Ivey's, Thalhimer's, Spencers-Belk, and Discount Outlets.

The mall had also notable tenants, like Radio Shack, Below Merchandise, Electric Clothes (later replaced by Hot Topic), Gymboree, Claire's, and others.

Its owner, The Swain Company was involved in a hostile takeover attempt by Claver Fishe in 1989. The Swain Company announced an immediate restructure that resulted in its indoor mall portfolio being transferred into a new division, a few property sales, and a $200 investment of the company by GE Capital. CityPoint Mall became part of the new division.

Shortly after, Ivey's was purchased by Dillard's and was later renamed to that latter.

CityPoint Mall later lost its second original anchor Thalhimer's, when it was merged into Hecht's in 1992. Hecht's would later be renamed Macy's after its parent company being purchased by the parent company of Macy's, in 2006.

In 1997, Westfield America, Inc., a precursor to Westfield Group, acquired the shopping center and the next year, renamed it "Westfield Shoppingtown CityPoint", dropping the "Shoppingtown" name in June 2005.

In 2001, it lost Montgomery Ward after the latter's liquidation, but the next year, Target replaced the anchor tenant.

In the late 2000s, it lost several stores, including its fourth anchor Discount Outlets, which was later been replaced by Best Buy until 2012. A video arcade Tilt closed down in 2010, with the games being transferred to the location at Richardstown Mall in Richardstown, North Carolina. A new store called Goodie's Outlet replaced the Best Buy tenant in 2013. Goodie's Outlet later got acquired by Five Below in 2018.

In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Westfield CityPoint, into Seritage Growth Properties.

In December 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 80 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2019. Seritage later announced that Ollie's Bargain Outlet would open up in the former Sears space. It opened in June 2019, with a new dedicated section featuring Sears and its sister Kmart merchandise.

In May 2019, JPMorgan Chase took temporary ownership after the mall's mortgage was defaulted. The next month, it was sold to CityPoint Properties.

Verizon Wireless, Rue 21, Advance Auto Parts, and Moe's Southwest Grill, are outparcels at the former Sears space.

Anchors

 * Macy's
 * Ollie's Bargain Outlet
 * JCPenney
 * Dillard's
 * Target
 * Five Below
 * Belk