In less than a year, two restaurants have closed at the 55-year-old mall as it plans for redevelopment.

An empty shell for years, the mall in Lanesborough, Mass., shows how difficult it is to redevelop malls in smaller towns.

Quad Cities company Russell Development has begun construction on a new 10,000 square-foot retail center in the 53rd Street and Utica Ridge corridor.

Businesses located inside Towne West Mall have two weeks to find a new home.

In May, the Spokane Valley Fire Department said firefighters responded to a single-head sprinkler activation at the Spokane Valley Mall inside the JCPenney store at around 8 p.m. Saturday, May 17.

An Iowa-based department store is considered one of the best in the country, according to the USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards.

The Beaver Valley Mall posted on social media that the JCPenney location is having a store closing sale, with prices starting at 20 percent off.

JCPenney’s location at the Beaver Valley Mall in Monaca will officially close in the fall, officials confirm.

The store is set to close it's doors later this year, removing another anchor store from the Beaver Valley Mall.

Reach her at iseaton@citizentimes.com. This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: 7 JCPenney stores closing May 25: Asheville Mall store?

JCPenney is closing its Asheville Mall location by May 25. Six other JCPenney stores across the US are also closing on this date. Asheville's only JCPenney location is set to close this week.