# Signal Hill Mall

Statesville, NC · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-4fefda8a4c` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/statesville-signal-hill-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-4fefda8a4c.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-4fefda8a4c.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-4fefda8a4c

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | closed | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | As of 2022, the mall has continued to decline, with Belk being the only remaining anchor tenant. The mall is occasionally used as space for community and recreational events by Statesville residents. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1973 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |
| Closed | 2024 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 357900 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |
| Stores at peak | 40 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |
| Original developer | C&J Associates | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “The interior of the mall closed its doors in January 2024.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Hill_Mall
- **original_developer**: “C&J Associates announced the mall on December 10, 1971, with Woolworth and Belk as the first two anchor stores.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Hill_Mall
- **after_notes**: “As of 2022, the mall has continued to decline, with Belk being the only remaining anchor tenant. The mall is occasionally used as space for community and recreational events by Statesville residents.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Hill_Mall
- **status**: “The interior of the mall closed its doors in January 2024.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Hill_Mall
- **enclosed**: “Signal Hill Mall is a defunct regional enclosed shopping mall located in Statesville, North Carolina, United States.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Hills, JCPenney, Sears, Belk, Peebles Department Store, Woolworth, Spainhour's, Peebles

## Parties

- C&J Associates — owner (from text) (1971–)

## Timeline

- 1971: C&J Associates announced the mall
- 1973: Opened
- 1973: Mall officially opened
- 1979: Expansion started
- 1980: Expansion completed
- 1992: Spainhour's closed
- 1993: Woolworth closed
- 1994: Winn Dixie closed
- 1995: Hills opened
- 1997: Sears opened
- 2024: Interior closed

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

Signal Hill Mall is a defunct regional enclosed shopping mall located in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Opened in 1973, it originally featured more than 40 stores, with Woolworth, Belk, and Spainhour's as its original anchor stores. An expansion in 1979 relocated Spainhour's while also adding JCPenney. Spainhour's and Woolworth both closed in the mid-1990s, with Peebles and Hills respectively taking their places; Hills in turn was replaced by Sears soon after. The mall experienced a great deal of decline in the 2010s, losing most of its major stores throughout the decade and receiving significant attention as an example of a dead mall.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Hill_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Hill_Mall
- Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) — https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6869fc5bfb3f4757954ef7a9e9ccbebf (2014-10-02)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Signal Hill Mall, Statesville, NC." Record m-4fefda8a4c, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/statesville-signal-hill-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_statesvillesignalhillmall,
  title = {Signal Hill Mall, Statesville, NC},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/statesville-signal-hill-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-4fefda8a4c, 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.