Coastal Grand Mall is super-regional

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is located in

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, located off of

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and Harrelson Blvd. and was built in 2004. It is the second largest mall in the state behind the

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in Greenville. The mall's anchors include

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, and

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with Dick's Sporting Goods/Golf Galaxy,

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, and

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being "junior anchors." There are over 170 specialty stores and a 14 screen Cinemark movie theater located off of the food court. It is the newest of two malls in Myrtle Beach, with Myrtle Beach Mall being the elder of the two. The mall carries a tropical and beach theme throughout, with a boardwalk theme in the food court. The mall also has an outside entertainment pavilion, which houses various restaurants and stores. There are also several out-parcels to the mall, including many restaurants and various other stores.

History

The mall which opened in 2004, was constructed under the development of

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in partnership with Burroughs and Chapin, who also owned the former Myrtle Square Mall, which closed upon the opening of Coastal Grand. The mall was designed by the architectural firm MSTSD from Atlanta, GA. The original planned name for the mall was "Mall Of South Carolina." It quickly became the dominant mall in the Myrtle Beach area. In March 2008,

opened a new store. This was the chain's second store in Myrtle Beach, as it continued to operate its older store at Myrtle Beach Mall, but closed in April 2020. In 2019, Dicks Sporting Goods announced it would be relocating to a new wing near Dillard's, it also received a Golf Galaxy location as well. The former Dicks building is occupied by Wilmington, North Carolina–based Flip N Fly Trampoline Park, this is the second location of the trampoline park chain as they have a location at Mayfaire Town Center (also owned and managed by CBL Properties) in Wilmington. On July 6, 2020, it was announced that the mall has filed a lawsuit against Bed Bath and Beyond saying that the retailer owes about $72,000 worth of rent which it hasn't paid in April, May or June. The store occupies more than 25,000 square feet of the mall. On November 8, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close seven stores nationwide. The store closed on January 24, 2021.

References

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