Draft:Renaissance Mills

Renaissance Mills is an outlet mall in Gainesville, Florida. It opened in 1988. It's anchors are JCPenney, Dillard's, Kohl's, Bloomingdale's Outlet Store, Burlington, Rainforest Cafe, Hobby Lobby, Best Buy, Target, TJ Maxx, Marshalls HomeGoods, Nordstrom Rack, Dick's Sporting Goods,Meijer, and a Barnes & Noble

History
Renaissance Mills opened in 1988 with Sears Outlet, Phar-Mor, Waccamaw Pottery, Dayton's, Hudson's, Shopko, and Sports Authority. Phar-Mor closed in 1991 and became Steve & Barry's that same year. Elise's, a discount department store built their store opened in 1992. Sears Outlet closed in 1993 and got replaced by Bed Bath & Beyond in 1994. All Elise’s discount stores were rebranded to JCPenney in 1994. Several expansions happened in 1995 with Burlington, Marshalls HomeGoods, TJ Maxx, Petco, and Hobby Lobby building and opening their stores. A Rainforest Cafe was added in 1996. Petco relocated their store in 1997, and the building became Best Buy in 1998. In 2001, Dayton's became Target, Hudson's became Marshall Field's, Waccamaw Pottery closed and became Barnes & Noble, and Linens 'n Things built and opened their store. Marshall Field's closed in 2003 and became Dillard's in 2004. In 2008, Steve & Barry's and Linens 'n Things closed. Steve & Barry’s got subdived by Nordstrom Rack and Bloomingdale's Outlet Store in 2009, and Linens ‘n Things became Kohl's in 2010. In 2012, Buy Buy Baby also got added to the Bed Bath & Beyond space, making the space a combo of Bed Bath & Beyond and Buy Buy Baby. Sports Authority went out of business in 2016 and has been torn down in 2017. In 2019, Shopko went out of business and became Dick's Sporting Goods in 2020. In 2021, Bed Bath & Beyond and Buy Buy Baby closed and the entire space became a Meijer in 2023