River Roads Mall - Closure and Demolition

Closure and Demolition

By 1995, all of the stores in the mall had closed, leaving only Food For Less as an anchor and Walgreens, which relocated across the street to a freestanding location at the corner of Halls Ferry Road and Jennings Station Road in 1996. Benderson Development, which had acquired the mall shortly before its closure made the decision to shutter the dead mall in 1995. Benderson then sold the mall property in 1997. River Roads served as a MetroBus transfer point until 2006. Demolition of the vacant structure began in 2006. When the demolition of the mall was completed in September 2007 the only buildings that remained were the Food For Less grocery store which had once been a mall anchor and, at the time, was still in business, and the Firestone Auto and Tire (originally Penny's Auto Service) which is an outparcel near the intersection of Halls Ferry Road and Jennings Station Road. Food For Less was also demolished in 2011 leaving Firestone Auto and Tire as the last remnant of River Roads Mall.