By Sara Beth Williams– — Two national chain stores have left Sunrise Mall, leaving independently owned stores as the majority of those that remain open among the vacant corridors.
On a visit to Sunrise Mall in early June, The Sentinel found Famous Footwear’s Sunrise Mall location shuttered, as well as the mall’s T-Mobile store. Both were among the few national retailers still remaining, following the closures of Shoe Palace, TORRID, and LIDS, which all closed in January.
Famous Footwear was once located near the mall’s food court and most-used mall entrance. T-Mobile was once located near the southern end of the mall, where nearly all other adjacent stores were shuttered. It’s unclear when the two stores closed, but one business owner who still remains said he noticed sometime last month that the businesses were gone, and that it happened quickly…