Huntington Mall
Huntington Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in the village of Barboursville in Cabell County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Currently the largest mall in West Virginia, it opened on February 18, 1981 and features more than 150 retailers. Anchor stores include Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, Macy's, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, a Cinemark theater, and Woody Williams Center for Advanced Learning and Careers which is a trade school. Other major tenants include Books-A-Million and Old Navy. The mall is owned by Cafaro Company of Youngstown, Ohio.
History
Before the Huntington Mall opened, Lazarus would open on February 5, 1981. The Huntington Mall officially opened on February 18, 1981. It was located about east of downtown Huntington near exit 20 of Interstate 64.At the time, it included Lazarus, Stone & Thomas, and Sears as its anchor stores. JCPenney would open after the mall on April 22, 1981. When the mall's Foot Locker store opened, tennis player Bobby Riggs made an appearance at the mall, challenging mall employees to a game of tennis. Phar-Mor, a discount pharmacy chain, was later added to the mall as its fifth anchor in 1990.
Stone & Thomas was converted to Elder-Beerman in 1998 when the chain was acquired. A year later, Borders Books & Music opened its first West Virginia store at the mall. Old Navy, Steve & Barry's and local chain Dawahares were later added to the mall as well. After Phar-Mor closed in 2002, it became the second Dick's Sporting Goods in the state.
In mid-2008, it was announced that Cinemark would open a new movie theater at the mall, replacing the vacated six-screen complex that closed in 2006 and an adjacent cafeteria. This new theater opened in early 2009. Borders Books closed in 2011, due to the company's bankruptcy. Books-A-Million later replaced it. Parent company The Bon-Ton closed the Elder-Beerman in the mall on January 31, 2016, and the space was split among Forever 21, TJ Maxx, and HomeGoods.
On August 6, 2019, Sears announced it would be closing its location at the mall in late October, while the auto center closed in late August. Later that year on October 2, 2019, Forever 21 announced that it would also be closing in late 2019 after filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
On November 3, 2023 Dave & Buster's announced that it will be opening a location within the mall at the prior Fun City location. Dave & Buster’s opened on August 19, 2024.
Woody Williams Center for Advanced Learning and Careers is currently under construction and is taking up both floors of the former Sears. The building was renovated to house a trade school which announced it would open 2026. Woody Williams Center for Advanced Learning and Careers opened on January 7, 2026.