Boone Mall

Boone Mall is the first indoor shopping center in the High Country, located on Blowing Rock Road (US 221/US 321) in Boone, North Carolina. It has two main anchors: Belk and JC Penney, and five junior anchors: a second Belk store, Old Navy, T.J. Maxx, Panera Bread and Sears.HistoryOpened in February 1983, its first two tenants were Food Lion and Rite Aid, located on the backside of the mall. In March, the rest of the mall was officially opened, including its two main anchors, Belk and JC Penney. The original design included planters with wooden benches in the middle of the walkways; at the center was a fountain with a wooden bridge crossing over it. The first renovation of the mall happened in the mid-1990s, in which they removed the all the planters and the center fountain. A second renovation, in 2006, replaced flooring and added Old Navy, Panera Bread and the Tower facade at the front entrance; T.J. Maxx and Sears Appliance & Hardware moved into the old Food Lion location.