What is the Best Mall in Nashville?
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It depends on what you are shopping for. For department stores and a full-price mall, The Mall at Green Hills is the pick. At 2126 Abbott Martin Road, it has more than 100 stores and restaurants on two main floors, anchored by Nordstrom, Dillard’s, and Macy’s (Wikipedia). For outlet shopping on a larger footprint, Opry Mills is the alternative. Wikipedia describes it as a super-regional outlet mall of 1,168,641 square feet, next to the Grand Ole Opry on the former Opryland theme park site (Wikipedia). Simon Property Group runs both.
The Two Big Malls Compared
| The Mall at Green Hills | Opry Mills | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | an enclosed mall with department store anchors | a super-regional outlet mall |
| Size | 1,053,000 square feet; more than 100 stores and restaurants | 1,168,641 square feet |
| Anchors | Nordstrom, Dillard's, Macy's | outlet and anchor stores listed in the mall's directory |
| Opened | 1955, as Green Hills Village | May 11, 2000, on the former Opryland theme park site |
| Operator | Simon Property Group, through its Taubman holdings | Simon Property Group, which acquired the Mills Corporation in April 2007 |
| Nearby | the Bluebird Cafe on Hillsboro Pike | the Grand Ole Opry |
Sources: Wikipedia, The Mall at Green Hills; Wikipedia, Opry Mills.
Picking One
- For department stores, Green Hills.
- For outlet prices, Opry Mills.
- For a show the same day, pair Opry Mills with the Grand Ole Opry next door, or Green Hills with a Bluebird Cafe show.
One note on Opry Mills: it closed temporarily in May 2010 after Tennessee floods put up to 10 feet of water inside, and it reopened on March 29, 2012, after nearly two years of repairs (Wikipedia). What the Green Hills area is like is in what Green Hills is, and shopping districts are in the best shops in 12 South.