Prince of Orange Mall

Prince of Orange Mall is a regional enclosed shopping mall in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is located on the northern end of town, at the edge of the city limits. The current anchor tenants are JCPenney and Belk. Sears was the most recent third anchor; the store closed in 2013.BackgroundThe mall was built in 1984, and currently has approximately 336000sqft in retail space, 270000sqft of which is occupied by the anchor tenants. It is the only enclosed mall in the greater Orangeburg area, approximately 50mi south of the larger metropolitan center of Columbia and 75mi northwest of Charleston.Hull Storey Gibson Companies, a regional owner of shopping malls, purchased the mall in 1998 when it was in foreclosure. At that point, the food court had no tenants and the mall was only at 70 percent occupancy. The mall was subsequently renovated and occupancy increased.The mall is named after William IV, Prince of Orange, for which the town is also named.