# Metrocenter Mall

Jackson, MS · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-dff0ff5c20` · release 2026-10-21

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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | closed | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | office, retail, civic, mixed | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | closed and empty | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1978 | reported · Wikipedia |
| GLA (sq ft) | 1250000 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Jim Wilson & Associates | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Watkins Partners | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **gla_sqft**: “it contained 1,250,000 square feet of retail space on two levels” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_Mall_(Jackson%2C_Mississippi)
- **original_developer**: “Regional real estate developer Jim Wilson & Associates built the mall in Mississippi's capital city in 1978” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_Mall_(Jackson%2C_Mississippi)
- **after_notes**: “The mall itself is closed and empty.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_Mall_(Jackson%2C_Mississippi)
- **status**: “The mall itself is closed and empty.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_Mall_(Jackson%2C_Mississippi)
- **strategy**: “Watkins Partners, a Jackson-area real estate developer, announced intentions to move forward with Project Retro Metro in December 2010 and started with its mixed-use redevelopment in January 2011.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_Mall_(Jackson%2C_Mississippi)

## Anchors

Burlington Coat Factory, Dillard's, Sears, Belk, McRae's, Gayfers, D.H. Holmes

## Parties

- Jim Wilson & Associates — original_developer (1978–)
- Cannon Management — owner (–2012)
- Cannon Management — owner (from text)
- Jackson Metrocenter Limited — owner (–2012)
- Jackson Metrocenter Limited — owner (from text)
- Metrocenter Mall, LLC — owner (2012–)
- Metrocenter Mall, LLC — owner (from text) (2012–)
- Evan Terry Associates — original_architect
- Watkins Partners — developer (2022–)

## Timeline

- 1978: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1978: Mall opened
- 1979: Fourth anchor added
- 1989: D.H. Holmes converted to Dillard's
- 1993: Mall makeover
- 2006: McRae's rebranded to Belk
- 2007: Burlington Coat Factory opened
- 2009: City council purchase of former Dillard's property
- 2010: Sale of former McRae's/Belk property to Retro Metro, LLC
- 2012: Sears anchor closed
- 2022: Final closure of mall

## Deals and debt

- 2012 foreclosure:     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_Mall_(Jackson%2C_Mississippi)
- 2012 sale:  Metrocenter Mall, LLC   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_Mall_(Jackson%2C_Mississippi)
- 2010 sale:  Retro Metro, LLC   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_Mall_(Jackson%2C_Mississippi)
- 2009 sale: 39500.0 City of Jackson   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_Mall_(Jackson%2C_Mississippi)

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Metrocenter Mall is a defunct shopping mall located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. The largest enclosed shopping mall in Mississippi, it contained 1,250,000 square feet of retail space on two levels, including four anchor spaces. Regional real estate developer Jim Wilson & Associates built the mall in Mississippi's capital city in 1978, as one of its portfolio of properties throughout the southeastern United States. The mall is located near the junction of Interstate 20 and Interstate 220/U.S. Highway 49, along West Jackson's U.S. Highway 80 corridor. After years of ownership by Cannon Management and Jackson Metrocenter Limited, a decade-long decline at the mall led to a foreclosure in November 2012, and subsequent sale to Metrocenter Mall, LLC. The mall itself is closed and empty. The last tenant was City of Jackson offices, which were located in the former Belk anchor store. The City left after complaints of facility deterioration. There are 3 other vacant anchor stores that were once Sears, Burlington, and Dillard's.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_Mall_(Jackson%2C_Mississippi)

## Sources

- Quoted support for gla_sqft — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_Mall_(Jackson%2C_Mississippi)
- found by hermes-web (staffboxfree) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_Mall_(Jackson,_Mississippi)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Metrocenter Mall, Jackson, MS." Record m-dff0ff5c20, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ms/jackson-metrocenter-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_jacksonmetrocentermall,
  title = {Metrocenter Mall, Jackson, MS},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ms/jackson-metrocenter-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-dff0ff5c20, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.