Rivergate Mall


Rivergate Mall is a shopping mall located in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, United States.
Rivergate Mall has 5 anchor stores: Dillard's, JCPenney, Smart Buys Furniture, Guitar Center, and Jumpstreet. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Macy's and Sears.
The mall sits in the core of a shopping district that is shared by the city of Goodlettsville and the Nashville neighborhood of Madison, however this distinct area is frequently and unofficially known as "Rivergate" by locals and businesses, after the mall.
The mall property is owned and managed by Hendon Properties. RiverGate has over 150 stores and over 5,200 parking spaces located on and around the mall property.

History

Opened on August 2, 1971, RiverGate mall became the largest mall in the state of Tennessee until 1978. The mall originally included three anchor stores: JCPenney, Cain-Sloan, and Castner Knott. A wing featuring Sears, dozens of new parcels, and a food court was added in 1989. Linens 'n Things arrived in 2003. This store closed in 2008 and became SmartBuys in 2009. Incredible Dave's, a restaurant and entertainment center, replaced a mall wing in 2012, but closed in 2014.
On December 28, 2018, Sears announced that its store would be closing as part of a plan to close 80 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2019.
On January 6, 2020, it was announced that Macy's would be closing in March 2020 as part of a plan to close 125 stores nationwide which left Dillard's and JCPenney as the only anchor stores left.

Recent Openings

An 11,695-square-foot Guitar Center opened in the mall in the spring of 2017, while existing tenant, teen apparel retailer rue21, opened a larger store with an additional in the summer of 2017. Another existing tenant, shoe retailer Foot Locker, added a new store with an additional in the fall of 2017.