# South Square Mall

Durham, NC · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-c581d79f88` · release 2026-10-20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/durham-south-square-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-c581d79f88.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-c581d79f88.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-c581d79f88

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | The mall was razed in 2004 to make way for a big box retail hub that includes a SuperTarget, Sam's Club, Ross Dress for Less, and Petco. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1975 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2002 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2004 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Faison Associates | reported · web research agent |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “closed in 2002” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Square_Mall
- **after_notes**: “The mall was razed in 2004 to make way for a big box retail hub that includes a SuperTarget, Sam's Club, Ross Dress for Less, and Petco.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Square_Mall
- **status**: “The mall was eventually razed in 2004” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Square_Mall

## Anchors

Montgomery Ward, J.C. Penney, Belk-Leggett (later renamed Hudson-Belk)

## Parties

- Faison Associates — original_developer
- Faison Associates — owner (1975–2004)

## Timeline

- 1975: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1975: Opened
- 1985: Montgomery Ward vacated
- 1986: Ivey's (later Dillard's) opened
- 1988: Big Star closed
- 1994: Movie theater closed
- 2002: Mall closed
- 2004: Razed
- 2004: Big box retail hub opened
- 2006: Applebee's planned on hold

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

South Square Mall is a defunct shopping mall that was located in Durham, North Carolina,

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Square_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "South Square Mall, Durham, NC." Record m-c581d79f88, release 2026-10-20, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/durham-south-square-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_durhamsouthsquaremall,
  title = {South Square Mall, Durham, NC},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/durham-south-square-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-c581d79f88, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}
```

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.