Crabtree Valley Mall is a regional mall located in Raleigh, North Carolina. At 1.3 million square feet, it had been the largest enclosed mall in the Triangle (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) area prior to 2002, when both Triangle Town Center and The Streets at Southpoint opened. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Nickname: City of Oaks Motto: You Can See the Whole State from Here Map of Wake County, North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina County Wake County Founded 1792 Government  - Mayor Charles Meeker (D) Area  - City  115. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Gross leasable area (GLA) in the retail development industry is term applied to shopping malls, lifestyle centers, outlet malls and other retail centers to indicate the amount of floor space available to be rented. ... Nickname: City of Oaks Motto: You Can See the Whole State from Here Map of Wake County, North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina County Wake County Founded 1792 Government  - Mayor Charles Meeker (D) Area  - City  115. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section can be improved by converting lengthy lists to text. ... Triangle Town Center is a mall that opened in 2002 in North Raleigh, NC with 1. ... It has been suggested that South Square Mall be merged into this article or section. ...

Crabtree Valley boasts over 220 stores, including Belk, Sears, and Macy's. Other high-end stores with locations at the mall include a Brooks Brothers store and The Cheesecake Factory. Crate & Barrel had its exclusive North Carolina location at this mall, however, they've opened a store at SouthPark Mall in Charlotte, NC in November.^[3] Belk, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the United States largest privately-held department store chain. ... This article refers to Sears as it existed prior to its merger with Kmart. ... Macys is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City, which has been billed as the worlds largest store since completion of the Seventh Avenue addition in 1924. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Crate and Barrel is a chain of American retail stores specializing in housewares, furniture (indoor and out), and home acessories. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... SouthPark Mall, located in Charlotte, opened on February 12, 1970 with three deparment stores and one million square feet. ...

Parking at the Crabtree Valley Mall is fairly unusual; there is very little at-grade parking. A multistory parking deck surrounds four-fifths of the mall. The mall's protruding anchor tenants force drivers to take many turns in the parking deck to get to their desired destination. Valet parking is available at the mall's northeast entrance. A multi-storey car park is a building (or part thereof) which is designed specifically to be for automobile parking and where there are a number of floors or levels (stories or storeys) on which parking takes place. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The Hecht's was reopened as a Macy's on September 9, 2006.^[4] Hechts, also known as Hecht Brothers, Hecht Bros. ... Macys is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City, which has been billed as the worlds largest store since completion of the Seventh Avenue addition in 1924. ...

History

Crabtree Valley Mall opened in 1972 at the intersection of US 70/NC 50 (Glenwood Avenue) and the I-440 Beltline. Original anchors were Hudson Belk, Sears, Miller & Rhoads and Thalhimer's. The mall also included G.C. Murphy and Piccadilly Cafeteria. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... United States Highway 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. ... NC 50 is a major cross-state route in North Carolina that runs from near the Virginia border to the Atlantic Ocean. ... Interstate 440 in North Carolina, also known as the Raleigh Beltline or Cliff Benson Beltline, is a 24-mile-(39-km)-long complete loop route circling central Raleigh. ... Belk, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the United States largest privately-held department store chain. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Thalhimers was a department store in the Southern United States. ... G.C. Murphy is a defunct chain of five and dime or variety stores in the United States. ...

From the start, the mall pulled shoppers from all over central and eastern North Carolina. Many of them came to the 251,000 square foot Hudson Belk, which is still the largest store in the complex and serves as a Belk flagship. The mall was remodeled in the mid 1980s and added many upscale specialty stores and a food court. It faced remarkably little competition in its market until the 1990s, when Cary Towne Center in nearby Cary doubled in size and spawned a companion mall, Crossroads Shopping Center. The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ... Cary Towne Center is a mall in Cary, NC, a suburb west of Raleigh, NC. Cary Towne Center, as it is known today, originally opened as Cary Village Mall in 1979. ... Cary is a city located in Wake County, North Carolina. ...

To combat the threat of an expanded Cary Towne Center stealing business, Crabtree embarked on a major expansion starting in 1992. G.C. Murphy, Miller & Rhoads, and Piccadilly all closed down during this period. Thalhimers converted to Hecht's, and began planning for a new,larger location at the mall. Sears closed its Crabtree store in 1994 and built a new location adjacent to it that same year. The old Sears became small shop space and connected to a new, larger Hecht's which also opened in 1994. Cary Towne Center is a mall in Cary, NC, a suburb west of Raleigh, NC. Cary Towne Center, as it is known today, originally opened as Cary Village Mall in 1979. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

The final piece of Crabtree's 1990s renaissance was the opening of North Carolina's first and only Lord & Taylor in late 1995 in the former Thalhimers/Hecht's. However, the store was closed in February, 2006 as part of the reorganization of May Department Stores that began in 2003.^[5] Lord & Taylor, based in New York, New York, is the oldest department store chain in the United States. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Anchors

• Hudson Belk - 320,000 sq. ft.
  • Women's,Children's and Home Store - 3 floors, 251,000 sq. feet, opened 1972
  • Men's Store - 1 floor, 69,000 sq. feet, on the upper level of the former Lord & Taylor, opened May 2007
• Sears - 2 floors, 130,000 sq. ft., opened 1995, replacing store built on adjacent site opened in 1972.
• Macy's - 2 floors, 180,000 sq. ft., opened 1995 as Hecht's, changed to Macy's in 2006

Belk, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the United States largest privately-held department store chain. ... Lord & Taylor, based in New York, New York, is the oldest department store chain in the United States. ... Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is the fourth largest retailer in the United States, behind Wal-Mart, The Home Depot, and Kroger. ... Macys is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City, which has been billed as the worlds largest store since completion of the Seventh Avenue addition in 1924. ... Hechts, also known as Hecht Brothers, Hecht Bros. ...

Flooding risk

Crabtree Valley Mall is situated next to Crabtree Creek, a tributary of the Neuse River that begins near Morrisville and winds through Umstead State Park as well as western and north central Raleigh. As the watershed around the mall become increasingly covered with impervious parking lots, the creek floods easily following major storms. Such floods occurred frequently in the mall's early years, but diminished with the construction of large retaining basins upstream of the mall. Crabtree Creek is a major body of water in Wake County, North Carolina. ... A bridge over the Neuse River at New Bern, where it empties into the Pamlico Sound. ... Morrisville is a town located in Wake County, North Carolina, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 5,208. ... William B. Umstead State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... Nickname: City of Oaks Motto: You Can See the Whole State from Here Map of Wake County, North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina County Wake County Founded 1792 Government  - Mayor Charles Meeker (D) Area  - City  115. ...

Heavy rains caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto flooded the lower level parking lots of the mall on June 14, 2006, forcing the mall to close for the day. A similar situation occurred with Hurricane Fran in 1996, when flood waters flowed through the first floor of the mall and caused a few stores to remain closed for nearly two months. Lowest pressure 995 mbar (hPa) 970 mbar (hPa) as an extratropical storm Damages Not yet available Fatalities 0 direct, 2 indirect Areas affected Yucatan Peninsula, Cayman Islands, western Cuba, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, southern Virginia Part of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season This article is about the 2006... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Hurricane Fran was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season that made landfall near Cape Fear in North Carolina at Category 3 strength. ...

External links

• Crabtree Valley Mall

References

1. ^ Triangle Business Journal - To grow, Crabtree must go skyward
2. ^ Business Leader - Triangle mall stats
3. ^ Crate & Barrel Store Locator - Charlotte, NC. Crate and Barrel (2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-02.
4. ^ Macy's Opens at Area Malls. WRAL-TV (2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-06.
5. ^ Lord & Taylor To Close Raleigh Store. WRAL-TV, Google Cache (2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-02.