100 Oaks Office Tower promotional film

Описание: 16mm film courtesy of Gary Belz
Film transferred by Emily at PSU Film & Video, Nashville, TN
www.psunashville.com

100 OAKS MALL
Thompson Lane and Powell Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee

Named for the 100 Oaks Thompson Mansion that it replaced, Nashville's first fully-enclosed shopping center occupied 51.7 acres, 3 miles south of the Volunteer State Capitol.

Encompassing 850,000 leasable square feet, 100 OAKS MALL was developed by Memphis-based Belz Enterprises, The dual-level shopping hub, which opened for business in late 1968, was basically a strip shopping complex of exterior-entranced stores with an enclosed mall on its upper floor. The original anchors were a 2-level (112,300 square foot) J.C. Penney, 1-level (122,500 square foot) Woolco and 2-level (64,800 square foot) Nashville-based Harvey's.

Charter tenants included Spencer Gifts, Morrison's Cafeteria, Paas Pets, Family Bootery, Port of Call Records, House of Bamboo Outlet, Sergeant Pepper's Boutique, Zimm's Jewelers, Baker's Shoes, Cotton Patch apparel, Tall Gals apparel and Casual Corner.

The Martin Theatre, a single-screen venue, had opened, on the southeast corner of the future mall site, December 25, 1966. It was twinned in 1978 and closed in 1989. Other outparcels were a Giant Foods supermarket, Penney's Auto Center and bank. The mall proper also included the 5-story 100 Oaks Office Tower.

100 OAKS MALL was adjacent to the Interstate 65 expressway, which opened to traffic in the early 1970s. Oddly enough, there were no mall-accessing interchanges with said highway constructed for several years.