Comments on: Mall at Turtle Creek; Jonesboro, Arkansas

By: Hannah

Hannah — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:58:15 +0000

@Dave, well lets be glad that the indian mall will begin reconstruction soon into becoming an outside mall. I have already seen the blueprint of the design and it will help the crowd of turtle creek so much more. puls the fact that olive garden will be opening soon beside chilis.

By: krash1980

krash1980 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:48:28 +0000

Very boring mall, everything’s run of the mill for the time it was built, the bathroom quality floor and narrow corridors are enough reason not to shop there.

By: TenPoundHammer (Bobby)

TenPoundHammer (Bobby) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:26:41 +0000

The vacancies are very low; besides Steve & Barry’s and Circuit City I count only six mainline vacancies (that food court seriously needs more restaurants, though; it has four vacant slots out of eight). The website says Best Buy is coming soon, no doubt in the old Circuit City.

By: Jonesboro guy

Jonesboro guy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:16:28 +0000

Watching the demise of Turtle Creek Mall may be even faster than the demise of Indian Mall. As of yesterday there were 11 vacant stores in Turtle Creek. Sub-anchors Circuit City and Steve & Barry’s are both vacant as a result of bankruptcies. There are also five other vacant stores and four vacant spots in the food court. The number of “this space for lease” signs was disturbing.

If anyone thinks that Bruce Burrow will be developing the Shops at Caraland anytime soon, I have a big bridge you may be interested in buying.

By: John

John — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:55:18 +0000

In response to Angry Mall Worker, The desired effect of any mall or retail store is to be too full, too loud, too crowded. That means the retail outlet and or store is MAKING money. As for Turtle Creek being too small, how many oversized mall corridors have you ever seen? Not many. The mall is so very long that it helps make up for its narrow hall at any rate.
As for lack of food outlets, as someone who worked at Indian Mall in my college years I must say you are luckier than you realize. Our options were Wyatt’s (until Indian Mall ran them out) Corn Dog 7 and a few unappetizing, ever changing other little places. You have a few clean, decent options in the food court, Shorty Smalls in the mall facility, Pizza, Chick-Fil-A and Chili’s on the mall property, not to mention food options directly across the street that include barbeque and asian. That is a sight more than we had at Indian Mall. Limiting what stores open in the food court by being selective has enabled the mall to keep the food court from becoming a teenage hang-out, thus detering people from wanting to be there as is the case in so many malls across the nation. Over time the mall will surely have new food options, it takes time to find the right fit, not only for the space but for what poeple want.
As for parking, its the same as anywhere, if someone feels they can’t park within a foot of the door, they complain there is no parking. At the height of Christmas on a Saturday I observed many open spots to park, they were far out but they were there. I can recall The Warmack Co. forcing all mall employees to park across the street from Indian Mall at Christmas because there WERE NOT enough spots to accomodate the malll workers and the customers.
As for telling people to stay away because you don’t like them, you are in retail, get used to serving people you don’t like, thats the name of the game. How you feel about them doesn’t matter, getting them to buy and stimulate our local economy does. You want them to stay home? Then get ready to lose your job. If small community people shop in their small areas and not ours we will lose money and jobs. We are a regional retail hub and you need to make sure that you welcome every person and their dollars into your store and into our town, it keeps us prosperous and our town growing.

By: Angry Mall Worker

Angry Mall Worker — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:50:18 +0000

This Mall is horrible. The center corridors are too narrow to accommodate medium to heavy traffic. On Saturday or during the peak Back to School and Holiday seasons, you can’t even get out of a store into the main stream. The harsh floors and walls make for a buzz even in slow times. Noise is ridiculous. Parking is ridiculous. The food court is horrible; you have to leave the mall and fight traffic on your lunch break because the choices are so limited. The people that shop here are beyond rude. I just wish we had stuck with Indian Mall. Even though it was MUCH smaller, the acoustics and ambiance of the place was 1000% better. And all those bootheel folks (Southeast Missouri for those from outside the area) get on my freaking nerves. Go back to Cape or Springfield…we don’t like you!

By: AceJay

AceJay — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:29:59 +0000

Re: Target:

No, that one is different than their prototype stores.

Real ones can be seen at the new Big Box Center on Route 1 in South Brunswick, NJ, and at the Wegmans Center in Mechanicsburg, PA. That look quite awesome. Pseudo-movie posters + the new logo statues, red balls, are really cool.

Anyway, this mall looks pretty nice. Too bad it has the ugly Yellow Circuit city on it =/

By: Jonesboro Native

Jonesboro Native — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:38:31 +0000

The Mall at Turtle Creek is a beautiful facility with many long-awaited wonderful stores we had dreamed about having in Jonesboro for years and years. In the summer, it gets really hot and humid in the South with lots of mosquitoes. So, we are so grateful for this modern climate-controlled shopping experience. The pictures above must have been taken at a very off-time of day, because that place is packed nearly 24/7. I have trouble finding a place to park most of the time. The Mall at Turtle Creek is the largest source of revenue for the city of Jonesboro and Craighead county. A recent newspaper article stated that the developers are totally surprised at the geographic reach of this new center, far better than projected. People from West Memphis, Arkansas, are driving 60 miles to shop at the Mall at Turtle Creek rather than simply driving over the Mississippi River into Memphis, Tennessee, to shop. That’s good news for our community and the Mall at Turtle Creek.

(One correction to the article on the malls in this city: The owners of Indian Mall were going to build a mall called South Hills Mall in southern Jonesboro on Highway 49 South, which is south of Interstate 555, about 5 to 7 miles from this location. The wooded area was totally cleared of trees and now just sits there with nothing but dirt and grass. It even had signs up saying, “South Hills Mall Coming Soon.” There were sketches of this proposed mall in the newspaper. Dillard’s, JCP, Target, and Sears were to locate there. In the end, Sears decided to stay at Indian Mall when the Mall at Turtle Creek was built. It is rumored that apartments will be built on the failed South Hills Mall site.)

Thank you for doing a wonderful article with great pictures on our city’s two malls. Your website is great!

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:53:20 +0000

Dunno…mall production had slowed significantly in the 90s, and neither Simon or GGP have enclosed malls in the works.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:51:40 +0000

If this is the only enclosed mall built from the ground up as a brand new mall that opened in 2006, was there any that opened in 2007 that fit that description? The year is almost over and I have not read or heard about any new enclosed mall being opened this year, but have read about many grand openings of “outdoor” lifestyle, mixed use centers. And I mean a brand new mall, that was an indoor mall from beginning planning stages all the way to the grand opening day. not an addition and/or renovation similiar to the Natick Collection. Will there ever be another new traditional indoor mall like this one? I think that there will be one day, but it may not be for many years to come. Anybody has some thoughts about it?