West Town Mall - Knoxville, TN - a mall with a variety of options in Knoxville, Tennessee


West Town Mall is a one level mall that opened during August of 1972 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The mall serves the West Hills community of Knoxville from its convenient location on Kingston Pike and Interstates 40/75. The West Town Mall is the largest mall in Tennessee and open seven days a week. Monday through Saturday the mall opens at 10am and closes at 9pm. On Sunday the mall opens at noon and closes early at six in the evening. The actual store hours may vary from the hours of the mall itself and should be contacted individually to confirm.

There are five anchors of the West Town Mall in Knoxville, Tennessee. Miller's Department Store was an original anchor that later became Hess's then Dillard's. Proffitt's later became Belk which was converted to a women's store during 2007, Sears, Roebuck and Company was among the original anchors of the mall. JC Penney is another anchor that has been in the mall since it opened although during 1994 it moved into the space that had been set aside for Parks-Belk. The original anchor Parisian was replaced by a men, children and home store for Belk.

The West Town Mall has forty stores that are exclusive to the area of Knoxville, Tennessee including the Apple Store, Abercrombie and Fitch, Coach, Guess and Swarovski. Petro's first location in the mall is now the food court which is located at the mall's center. There have been two theaters in the West Town Mall since it opened.

The first theater in the mall was round in a parcel on the corner of the Kingston Pike and Morrell Road. The building housing the original theater at the West Town Mall was torn down prior to the mall undergoing major renovations during the 1990's. A Funscape entertainment complex was opened by the Regal Cinemas based out of Knoxville during 1998 in the original JC Penney upper level. The lower level of the store was turned into retail space and a main hallway of the West Town Mall. Only the theater remains since Regal closed the entertainment area.

There are a number of services provided to patrons of the West Town Mall in an effort to make their visit as enjoyable as possible. Sears, Belk, JC Penney and Dillard's all provide gift wrapping services to shoppers. Belk Men, Home and Kids has the Children's Soft Play Area located in front of it for those that need a break from shopping and brought the kids with them. The Security Office which can be found behind the mall's Food Court has the Lost and Found. Items are kept for thirty days prior to being donated to the Simon Youth Foundation and local charities.

West Town Mall offers handicapped parking spaces near all of the entrances. Located between the Belk Men, Home & Kids and Sears is a parking garage with six levels which is the best way to enter the Regal Cinemas. Simon gift cards can also be purchased at the mall and used anywhere the takes the Visa debit card.

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